Intro to self defense for LGBTQI people
Join us to learn: Skills for preventing harassment attack and abuse….
How to stop a threatening situation with words… Physical moves to use
against common attacks
We’ll address the range of situations you might encounter, from the
annoying to the dangerous, including abusive relationships and hate
crimes. Though you might never have to use the physical techniques, you’ll
use the confidence, skills, and attitude every day.
Radon is a radioactive gas that can seep into homes and reach harmful levels if trapped indoors, increasing lung cancer risk. The sooner you take action, the sooner you will know if radon is a problem in your home.
Along with energy efficiency and recycling, testing your home for radon is key to living a greener and healthier life. You can perform a basic home radon test or hire a professional to test for you. If your home does have an elevated radon level of four picoCuries per liter (pCi/L) or more, there are simple ways to reduce it and make your home’s air safer to breathe.
If you are building a new home, “Build Green.” Ask the builder to make sure it has radon-resistant features. Radon-venting features are easy to install at the time of construction and less expensive than retrofitting an existing home with a radon mitigation system.
To obtain a do-it-yourself radon test kit, stop by your local home improvement or hardware store.
Or, obtain a test kit through:
To find a qualified radon tester or mitigation contractor, contact your state radon office at www.epa.gov/iaq/whereyoulive.html or contact a private proficiency program at www.epa.gov/radon/radontest.html.
Comprehensive information about radon is available at www.epa.gov/radon/nram.
We told you once, we told you twice, and here is it is again: organic food is healthier. After £12M and four years of study, it has been announced that organic fruit, vegetables and milk are more nutritious than non-organically produced. They may also contain higher concentrations of antioxidants which ward off cancer and heart disease. Apparently, “the health benefits were so striking that moving to organic food was the equivalent of eating an extra portion of fruit and vegetables every day.”
Why I’m Suing the Bush Administration
By Governor Eliot Spitzer
The Huffington Post
Tuesday 02 October 2007
Somebody had to do it.
After months of negotiation and countless attempts at compromise, the Bush administration is still refusing to let New York and other states across the country expand their State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). The president is refusing to back down from destructive new rules his Administration has imposed – the sole purpose of which are to curb bi-partisan state efforts to insure more of our nation’s children.
The reason? As the president himself put it: “I mean, people have access to health care in America. They can just go to the emergency room.”
Continue reading ‘Gov. Spitzer Sues the Bush Administration’
from the grist.org advice column “Ask Umbra” on all things environmental.
From an environmental perspective, reducing our participation in the conventional food system is a higher priority than recycling, than washing fewer forks, than dish soap. There are multiple ways to reduce our participation in the conventional food system. A few easy ones are to buy less meat, to make at least some organic food part of our diet, and to buy fewer processed food products.
Statistics show the first three hours after a child’s abduction are most critical to recovery efforts. Recognizing that wireless technology can help galvanize communities to assist law enforcement in the search for and return of the child, the membership of CTIA-The Wireless Association®, The Wireless Foundation, the United States Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are honored to offer the Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative.
By combining the efforts of the wireless industry with NCMEC and law enforcement agencies, the Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative will be a catalyst for the more than 200 million wireless subscribers to aid in the return of an abducted child.
To sign up for wireless AMBER alerts, click here.
The Chemical That Must Not Be Named
By Stephen Leahy
Inter Press Service
Thursday 20 September 2007
Montreal, Canada – Delegates from 191 nations are on the verge of an agreement under the Montreal Protocol for faster elimination of ozone-depleting chemicals, but the United States insists it must continue to use the banned pesticide methyl bromide.
by Jeffrey Moore
Sexual assault is defined as, “physical contact of a sexual nature in the absence of clear, knowing and voluntary consent.” In 2004-2005, there were an average annual 200,780 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault. 2,302 of those occurred in North Carolina. Keeping in mind statistics only reflect reported incidents, it’s safe to say sexual assault is a predominate problem. It is an epidemic that does not discriminate regardless of age, gender, creed or sexual orientation; it affects us all. As a recent victim of sexual assault, I offer my story as a testament to an ongoing war that seems to be missing a vast part of its army – male victims who report.
Continue reading ‘Please Speak: a male survivor shares his story to encourage others to share’
On the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME magazine and Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic and syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, took a look at the greatest lemons of the automotive industry.
book reading in honor of DV Awareness month — Oct. 21
Published October 9, 2007 For Your Health , Freebies! & Deals! , Get Active! , Let's Go! , Social Commentary Leave a CommentTags: Body Evidence Book Reading, DC DV events, DV Awareness Month, DVRP, Intimate Violence, SAALT
The Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project (DVRP) and
South Asian American Leaders for Tomorrow (SAALT) invite you to a book reading in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Body Evidence: Intimate Violence Against South Asian Women in America
Edited by Dr. Shamita Das Dasgupta, 2007 Rutgers Press
On Sunday, October 21st, 2007 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
at Busboys and Poets – 2021 14 Street, NW Washington DC
Join us for a special reading by select contributing authors:
Grace Poore – “Silence That Prevails When the Perpetrators Are Our Own”
Shivali Shah – “Middle Class, Documented, and Helpless: The H-4 Visa Bind”
Sunita Puri – “The Trap of Multiculturalism: Battered South Asian American Women and Health Care”
Reading will be followed by Q & A
Copies of the book will be available for purchase
This event is free and open to the public.
Donations appreciated
For more information contact Shenaaz Janmohamed at shenaaz@dvrp.org, or call (202) 464.4477
For more information on the book, click here.