Can Obama Still Win? Breaking Down the Numbers {Infographic}

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Can Obama Still Win the 2012 Election? A lot of people are wondering if Obama is going to make it to 2013.  I mean, after all, Romney is a powerhouse driven by big money, so is there really a chance? Let me ask you this?  Did we think there was a chance before?  When I [...]

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WATCH: Teens Say It’s Time for a Woman Moderator to Host a 2012 Presidential Debate!

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Teens Say It’s Time for a Woman Moderator to Host a 2012 Presidential Debate! Emma Axelrod, Sammi Siegel and Elena Tsemberis are three high school students from New Jersey who are campaigning to add a woman to this year’s roster of Presidential debates.  After particpating in their schools Civics & Government Insitute they realized that it’s been [...]

Killing Rage: Ending Racism {Book Review}

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Killing Rage: Ending Racism {Book Review} “Many African Americans feel uncontrollable rage when we encounter white supremacist aggression. That rage is not pathological. It is an appropriate response to injustice.”  This quote from bell hook’s insightful novel, Killing Rage: Ending Racism, illustrates that many African Americans have rage about race and racism. Hooks suggests that [...]

Michelle Obama Reflects on the Last Four Years {BlogHer}

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Our fabulous First Lady, Michelle Obama, recaps the last four years and share her hopes for the next four on BlogHer.com.  Check out what she had to say… Four Years Later {Michelle’s Take via @BlogHer} Exactly four years ago today, I wrote my first post for BlogHer. In that first column, I wrote about the kind [...]

Do Men Play a Role in Securing Gender Equality for Women? {MARC Tweetchat}

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Men & Gender Equality for Women Yesterday I participated in a tweetchat about male involvement in the gender equality movement.  I wasn’t aware of the chat in advance, but when I jumped online to respond to this week’s @MFamMag tweets, I stumbled into the convo and couldn’t help myself…it’s a great topic. In the chat [...]

LISTEN: Interview with Author of “In Search of My Father” Shadé Ashani {Podcast}

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Interview with Author Shadé Ashani {Recap} On Wednesday night, Amanda (@MarocMama) and I had the pleasure of interviewing an up and coming author, Shadé Ashani.  In the interview, she spoke frankly about her struggle to overcome the challenges that she faced after her father left her family.  After starting college, she began noticing that many of [...]

Interview with Author of “In Search of My Father” Shadé Ashani {LIVE TONIGHT 9pm EST}

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Multicultural Familia Radio Show Wednesdays at 9pm EST/6pm PST, Multicultural Familia will be hosting biweekly shows on Blog Talk Radio about a variety of topics relating to multicultural families.  The one hour show will include interviews with with parents and experts, guest appearances from popular multicultural bloggers and commentary about the latest ‘hot topics’ in [...]

New Research Shows the Role of Mentorship Between Women in the Workplace {Huffington Post}

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New Research Shows the Role of Mentorship Between Women in the Workplace We’ve seen her depicted time and time again — Miranda Priestly in “The Devil Wears Prada,” Katharine Parker in “Working Girl,” Amanda Woodward on “Melrose Place” — the boss lady who clawed her way to the top and is always ready to undermine [...]

WATCH: The New American Reality {Univision}

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Latinos are the new American reality I remember when this video made the rounds last year, it received a huge reception of applause in the Latino community.  I mean, here I am, a year later, and I am still compelled to watch it.  It’s never left my mind. Honestly, I think this is a brilliant piece of advertising from [...]

DONATE: Charlie & His Imaginary Friend Children’s Book {3 Days Left/$148 to Go!}

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Charlie & His Imaginary Friend Children’s Book Four years ago, Qimmah Saafir and Popephoenix sat down in a Barnes & Noble, flipping through children’s books with the realization that diversity was still so illusive in publishing.  Since they both have children, it struck them all the more upsetting that their kids weren’t being represented in children’s [...]

WATCH: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Discussing Race {Jay Smooth}

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Why Discussing Race is a Good Thing Jay Smooth is a master of race talks.  He has a unique opportunity of understanding both sides of the story and being compassionate to points on either side of the debate, and yet, he has a way of keeping it real and telling it like it is…in the [...]

Tips from Latina Money Coach, Shay Olivarria {Podcast}

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Tips from Latina Money Coach, Shay Olivarria Recently, we had the opportunity to interview Latina Money Coach and Financial Educator, Shay Olivarria on our biweekly podcast for multicultural families.  In the podcast, she answered some of our burning questions about money and financial empowerment. Shay Olivarria is a financial education speaker, former newspaper columnist, former foster [...]