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December 8, 2011 Uncategorized gender inequality, homeboy industries, homegirl cafe, jane fonda, Jennifer Siebel NEwsom, Latina, life after 50, Lifestyle, lisa ling, Parenting, Ted talks, Tedx, third acts

Tedx Women – A Call to Action

Tedx Women – A Call to Action

This post first appeared on Technorati Women  Shamila Kohestani was trapped in her house for years. She couldn’t read a book or study

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July 20, 2010 Uncategorized homeboy industries, homegirl cafe

Homegirl Cafe

Homegirl Cafe

Yesterday, a group of some of my favorite bloggers joined me for lunch at the Homegirl Café. I was working with Reclaim

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July 14, 2010 Uncategorized homeboy industries, homegirl cafe, tattoos on the heart

Tweetup at Homegirl Cafe!

Tweetup at Homegirl Cafe!

If you’re in the mood for fabulous food and interesting conversation then please join me at the Homegirl Café on Monday, July

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June 8, 2010 Uncategorized homeboy industries, homegirl cafe

Save Homeboy Industries!

Save Homeboy Industries!

Here is my latest post for LA Moms Blog about the financial crisis at Homeboy Industries. I’m organizing a tweetup at Homegirl

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Demonstrators were out on the streets all over Los Demonstrators were out on the streets all over Los Angeles yesterday from Santa Monica to Pasadena for the national shutdown. These photos/videos are from Santa Monica, Boyle Heights and Downtown Los Angeles. Thousands of people marched and they were young, old, all nationalities and ethnicities. I left when tear gas was thrown from DHS at the Metropolitan Detention Center and before they gave the dispersal order to the people who were still there. (Check out @lataco for their coverage of that.) I personally saw an older man (who was probably my age) sitting on the sidewalk trying to get the chemicals out of his eyes and an agent on the roof shooting something, non lethals. Other than that, it was peaceful, which is significant considering all of the violence people have had to endure this last month. Yes, it’s still January.
The Writers Lab founders came to LA last week to c The Writers Lab founders came to LA last week to check in with past Lab alums (I’m class of 2024!) and to announce their new initiative with MountainA, Natalie Portman and Sophie Mas’ production company. The Industry Advocacy Program will help get projects in front of industry reps and executives.

Nia Vardalos was a special guest at the fundraiser at the fabulous Goldwyn house in Hollywood. #losangeleswriters #thewriterslab #womenscreenwriters
We saw thousands of peaceful protesters at the No We saw thousands of peaceful protesters at the No Kings rally in Downtown LA yesterday. And Ozomatli.
The world’s cutest baby is brightening our lives The world’s cutest baby is brightening our lives this week!
Someone who had stopped looking at news, asked me Someone who had stopped looking at news, asked me if ICE raids were still happening. Yes, they’re happening and now is not the time to look away. Reposted from LA Taco
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