All over the world, June is celebrated as Pride Month, a time to honor the LGBTQ community’s resilience, recognize their contributions, and continue the fight for equal rights. It serves as a poignant reminder of the progress and challenges in pursuing equality. During this month, it is essential to reflect on the intersectionality within social
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TROUBLE celebrates Mother’s Day this year by recognizing the importance of every Mother’s story. We stand on the shoulders of all the strong women who navigated the world and made Trouble before us, especially those of our Moms. There can be a transformative power in the narratives we get from our mothers. The stories they
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Trouble exists to promote equity. Health equity is one area of particular concern to us. This year, The National Sexual Violence Resource Center is taking a health equity approach to its National Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign. The theme is Building Connected Communities, focusing on addressing social and structural factors that impact the way people live,
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Let’s be honest, women make stuff happen all the time. Always have. We make the world go around, from high-impact, progressive stuff to the unseen life-affirming stuff. Yesterday and today, so many women are doing important things. Women are making positive changes, working for peace, challenging the status quo, and speaking truth to power. There
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Valentine’s Day, the day dedicated to expressing love and affection, is just around the corner. Popular ways to celebrate include gifts of roses and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, vintage Valentines, and romantic restaurant tables for two. While we eagerly anticipate being showered by our loved ones with tokens of appreciation (TROUBLE swag?), it’s also a
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Our culture constantly spotlights the loud and outrageous. Our media focus on the extraordinary and the sensational. The next shiny thing distracts us from what’s meaningful, and impactful in our day-to-day lives. But, it’s more often the quiet strength, resilience, and effort of regular people that powers and propels the real world. Progress and positive
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2023 is almost behind us. We were fortunate in many ways this year. We highlighted incredible TroubleMakers, distributed funds to awesome Trouble Partners, and learned so much along the way to further the cause and promote equity for women and girls. We certainly have a great deal to be thankful for. As we look ahead,
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Fellow Troublemakers, do you try to stay on top of current affairs? Do you read, watch, and listen to coverage of cultural, political, and policy news? Maybe you’d agree; for the past several years it’s been too easy to get caught up in the flood of media content that distracts from the TRUE information that
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Check out the list of October’s 206 observances and awareness events for the month. There are also 1159 individual days during the month with holidays scheduled. Overkill? Will you celebrate National Cookie, Pizza, Pork, or Seafood Month? How about Orthodontic Health, Agent Orange Awareness, and Bat Appreciation Month? The hype calendar for October is fractured
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There has been no shortage of thoughtful opinions and emotional reactions to the Barbie movie. As the summer blockbuster that broke the billion-dollar box office record for women directors, and because it’s a woman-centered story, it was bound to generate a ‘vigorous response.’ “It’s too, pink!” “Barbie’s a man-hating movie.” “I did not expect to
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