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Category Archives: Women’s Empowerment
Mary Emily O’Hara, Art History, Class of 2012
O’Hara is a non-traditional student whose pre-Reed activities included working as a journalist and union organizer as well as helping found Spread Magazine, a magazine about the sex industry that engages sex workers to write from their own experience. Her … finish reading Mary Emily O’Hara, Art History, Class of 2012
Posted in Arts, LGBTQ, Sex Workers Rights, Women's Empowerment
Tagged film, new york, portland
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Sunny Daly, History, Class of 2003
Daly is Senior Manager of Foundation Relations at the Ms. Foundation for Women, an organization that hopes to build women’s collective power. Daly is also a board member of the New York Abortion Access Fund, which helps poor and low-income … finish reading Sunny Daly, History, Class of 2003
Posted in Reproductive Rights, Women's Empowerment
Tagged new york
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Nina Liss-Schultz, Political Science, Class of 2013
Last summer, Liss-Schultz interned at NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon and was responsible for organizing tabling events at street fairs and other festivals around Portland during the summer. Liss-Schultz managed to obtain several thousand signatures in support of the motion for birth … finish reading Nina Liss-Schultz, Political Science, Class of 2013
Posted in Reproductive Rights, Women's Empowerment
Tagged portland
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Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Anthropology, Class of 2005
Ruiz de Luzuriaga works at Crittenton Women’s Union in Massachusetts which helps low-income women to transform their lives so that they can be economically independent and create better futures for themselves and their families. As the Coordinator of Family Planning, … finish reading Nicki Ruiz de Luzuriaga, Anthropology, Class of 2005
Posted in Women's Empowerment
Tagged alumni, massachusetts
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Maocairang (Lumo) Li, Sociology, Class of 2014
In the summer of 2011, with a McGill Lawrence Summer Internship Award, Li worked at Pentok Institute in Tibet, a grass roots local initiative led by local women as a service-centered learning organization to empower local women to take charge … finish reading Maocairang (Lumo) Li, Sociology, Class of 2014
Posted in McGill Lawrence Summer Internship Awards, Women's Empowerment
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Ellie Angelova, Economics, Class of 2009
Angelova manages development activities of World Pulse, an action media network and magazine that is based in Portland but powered by women from over 190 countries. While at Reed, Angelova was actively involved with the International Students Advisory Board and co-founded InterConnect, a peer-mentoring … finish reading Ellie Angelova, Economics, Class of 2009
Posted in Arts, International Development, Women's Empowerment
Tagged media, portland
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Dana Bays, Assistant Dean of Students for International Student Services
Bays is currently serving her second year on the Board of Directors of Abby’s Closet, a non-profit organization (started by Bays’ childhood best friend) that provides 2000 free prom gowns each year to high school teenagers, many of whom do … finish reading Dana Bays, Assistant Dean of Students for International Student Services
Posted in International Development, Women's Empowerment
Tagged clothing, religious
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Arya Samuelson, Anthropology, Class of 2013
Samuelson currently volunteers with Portland Women’s Crisis Line as a direct service advocate. She answers the crisis line and offers emotional support, information, and resources to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence and this fall, she will facilitate a … finish reading Arya Samuelson, Anthropology, Class of 2013
Posted in Abuse Prevention and Intervention, Arts, Mental Health, Women's Empowerment
Tagged domestic violence, immigrant rights, latin america, writing
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Fawn Livingston-Gray, Class of 1995, SEEDS Program Coordinator
Livingston-Gray has volunteered with numerous local non-profit organizations from planting trees at Friends with Trees to being on a local host committee at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change conference. Starting her sophomore year at Reed, she volunteered … finish reading Fawn Livingston-Gray, Class of 1995, SEEDS Program Coordinator
Posted in Abuse Prevention and Intervention, Education, LGBTQ, Women's Empowerment
Tagged domestic violence, portland, SEEDS, women
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