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Double your power to change the world

10/06/2010 Nativegrl77

CARE -- Mothers are the pillar of the home. Help her live, learn and earn. Double your gift now

Your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar for the next 10 days. Give today to double your power to change the world. -- Double your gift now

Last week, I asked you to help us meet our goal of raising $3 million to invest in poor girls and women to empower them to escape poverty for good.

I’m thrilled to tell you that generous friends of CARE have committed to helping us reach our goal even sooner, by matching every dollar you give, up to $1 million. But this special opportunity is only good for the next 10 days.

That means, when you give within the next 10 days until the end of the day on Saturday, October 16, your gift of $15 becomes $30, $25 becomes $50.

Investing in girls and women is one of the smartest choices you can make. Girls and women comprise the largest portion of those who are poor and uneducated in the world.

They also face greater health risks. Almost every minute of the day, a mother dies during pregnancy or childbirth, leaving her children vulnerable to a similar fate. We know how to prevent almost every single one of those deaths, but we need your support to help deliver these lifesaving programs.

“The mother is the pillar of the home. If a woman dies, the children don’t know where to go. If the mother lives, the family will stay together. That’s why we focus on saving the mother’s life,” says Bacilia Vivanco, a midwife at CARE-supported Ayacucho Regional Hospital in Peru.

Our work doesn’t stop with health care. We also help girls and women tap into educational and financial resources that enrich their capacity to learn and earn. As a result, girls and women, and their families and communities all benefit.

That’s also why we’ve set an ambitious goal of raising $3 million from now until the end of the year. But please don’t wait. You only have through October 16 to get more bang for your buck. Double your power to change the world by making your gift today!

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE

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What you can do to fight poverty

10/03/2010 Nativegrl77

3 ways you can fight poverty -- $3 million can: help save lives -- help educate girls -- help women start their own businesses -- Donate now

Fatima didn’t have a chance.

Instead of learning how to read and write as a child, she fetched water and herded livestock. At the age of 15, her father forced her to marry. Today, she is the mother of eight children.

Although Fatima and her family struggle to make ends meet, she didn’t see the value of sending her eldest daughter to school. “I told myself that she will get married like me and she does not need education,” Fatima said.

Fatima’s daughter faced the same grim future as herself — forced to live a life that wasn’t on her own terms. When a girl marries young, she usually drops out of school to start a family, but faces a greater chance of dying in childbirth. She’s also less likely to earn enough to support herself and her family and keep them healthy. One generation follows the next, locked in a vicious cycle of poverty.

You can help break this cycle. By making a tax-deductible gift today, you’ll help empower women and girls in the world’s poorest countries to access the education and resources they need to lift themselves and their families out of poverty for good.

Fatima is on her way. She joined a CARE-sponsored women’s group and learned to read and write. A whole new world opened before her eyes, and Fatima realized she had the power to change the course of her daughter’s future. With a basic education, her daughter could chart her own path. Fatima’s daughter is in school today — and she’s learning leadership skills with CARE that will serve her for her entire life.

When you invest in empowering poor women and girls like Fatima and her daughter, they can create a promising future for themselves, their families and their whole communities! Fatima took the first step. Now it’s your turn.

We’ve set an ambitious goal of raising $3 million online between now and December 31, and we invite you to give to CARE today to help us reach it.

Here are examples of how far a gift to CARE can go overseas:

$25 can provide a village savings and loan group with start-up materials to help put women and families on the path to financial empowerment
$49 can send a girl to school for a year
$62 can train a community health worker to provide care and hospital referrals to expectant mothers

As you can see, with the support of people like you, CARE can reach thousands of girls and women. Please give today so that CARE can continue helping women like Fatima who are creating a brighter future for themselves, their families and their communities.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE

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Jon Reacts to the Reaction to the Reaction to Sarah Palin — Watch Now

09/30/2010 Nativegrl77

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While the cable news networks were asking whether Sarah Palin got booed on “Dancing With the Stars,” The Daily Show was asking the question that was really on everyone’s mind: “Who cares?”

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Buckle UP …a message from Paul Begala

09/29/2010 Nativegrl77

Critical FEC Deadline: 24 Hours Left
$141,983 TO GO: Contribute Today >>

In just 24 hours, we come face to face with the final FEC quarterly deadline before Election Day. No doubt that this is the most important deadline of the campaign — and these tea party types know it.

Sarah Palin just announced that she’s targeting 20 races, and some tea party crazy who is too ashamed to show his or her face just slithered out from under a rock to chip in a cool million for their effort to drag us back to the Stone Age. The world will judge our response to gauge our chances for holding the House.

President Obama issued his urgent call and I want to second it. We need to raise just $141,983 more in the next 24 hours to make our goal.

Contribute $5, $10 or more before tomorrow’s FEC deadline to fund our Rapid Response Media Fund. Your dollars will be matched 2-to-1 by a group of committed Democrats, tripling the impact of your support.

Every dollar you give today will go right back out into our battleground districts. Your support will make the difference between victory and defeat. Sarah Palin thinks she can see a right-wing GOP House from her front porch. Let’s prove her wrong.

It’s time to buckle up.

Paul Begala

P.S. Many key races show a dead heat in the polls. It’s all going to come down to which side can mobilize their voters and turn them out. Help us raise just $141,983 more in the next 24 hours.

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Stop Discounting Women …

08/31/2010 Nativegrl77

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Dear Carmen,

Stop Discounting Women

Take the I Am Not Worth Less pledge to help make sure our Senators stop discounting women’s voices and women’s paychecks today.

Women get short-changed every day. We’re paid less than men. We struggle to afford child care. As we age, we’re at greater risk of poverty. Women need real economic security — good jobs with fair pay, decent child care and a secure retirement. Because when women thrive, so do our families, our communities and the economy.

Advocating for common-sense policy solutions to help women and their families in these difficult economic times is essential. That’s why we’re launching a new public awareness effort — Stop Discounting Women. Our goal is to educate and mobilize the public to help bridge the economic inequalities women face.

And the first target of our effort is to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act! With the rallying cry “Women Are Not Worth Less,” we are launching a major social media campaign and continuing our national advocacy to ensure immediate action on the Paycheck Fairness Act in September.

Join us! Take the I Am Not Worth Less pledge to help make sure our Senators stop discounting women’s needs and women’s paychecks!

The Senate must act swiftly when it returns to work in September to make certain that women get the equal pay they deserve. The Paycheck Fairness Act would deter wage discrimination by closing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act and bar retaliation against workers who disclose their wages to coworkers. The House already has passed the bill and now we need the Senate to do the same.

Women are not worth less — it’s time for our Senators to stop discounting women’s paychecks! Pledge to help pass the Paycheck Fairness Act now.

Thank you for continuing to stand up for equal pay. Together, we have come a long way for women, and we won’t rest until we finish the job.

Sincerely,

Fatima Goss Graves
Vice President for Education and Employment
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. The wage gap has tremendous economic consequences for women. Please donate today to support our fight for fair pay legislation and all of our important work on behalf of women and girls.