( – promoted by navajo) This the annual fundraising diary for the Pretty Bird Woman House, a women’s shelter on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, which the Daily Kos community has supported since 2007, when we came together and not only prevented the shelter from going under, but bought it an entire house. It was … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Cross-posted on the Daily Kos For those of you who haven’t followed the Pretty Bird Woman House diaries, to make a long story perhaps too short, last fall I became the shelter’s fundraiser. Last winter, due to the generosity of the Netroots, the shelter bought a 3 bedroom house in … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Yesterday, Clammyc’s diary on the Daily Kos If not for Biden, she (and many other women) may be dead, which is about Biden’s authorship of Violence Against Women Act and a wrenching case of domestic violence from the 1970s, gave me an idea. Since the Violence Against Women Act is … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) I know times are tough right now; a lot of people are out of work, others are working two or three jobs to make ends meet. Prices are rising on the necessities. But I am asking you to stop and see if you have $20 or $10 or even $5 … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) If not, just skip this diary. It will annoy the hell out of you. KELO in Sioux Falls did the introduction to this situation for me: Sioux Falls shelter for women and children who have been abused is at risk of shutting down. The shelter has been running on grants … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Will Native American women finally get equal protection under the law? Right now Native American women on reservations are 3 times as likely to be raped as a white woman. Due to an insanely complex series of jurisdictional issues, limited law enforcement, minimal political will and racism, perpetrators of sexual … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This title is not an exaggeration or misstatement, although I really wish it were. I did not go to Netroots Nation to learn that it was possible to rape a woman, right here in the United States and walk away with absolutely no consequences to the rapist. But that’s what … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) This diary is an update on the Pretty Bird Woman House and a request for a few small donations. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this project, it’s a women’s shelter on the South Dakota side of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation that the netroots came together to … Continued
( – promoted by navajo) Cross posted from the Daily Kos First of all, I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the Kossacks and other members of the netroots community for your commitment to the survival of the Pretty Bird Woman House. Helping this shelter has been one of the most gratifying things … Continued
(crossposted on the Daily Kos and Street Prophets under betson08 and Docudharma under PiledHigherand Deeper – I guess I have an unstable identity!) I want to update everyone who has been involved in the Pretty Bird Woman House fundraiser on the situation with the house purchase. After you read this you might also ask: Why … Continued
