Joan Blades
Joan Blades
Joan Bladesis an American businessperson and progressive political activist. In 1987, she and her husband Wes Boyd co-founded Berkeley Systems, a San Francisco Bay area software company known for marketing the After Dark screensaver and the You Don't Know Jack trivia game. After selling Berkeley Systems in 1997 for $13.8 million, Blades and Boyd founded the liberal political group MoveOn.org...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
ability given manifesto
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
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We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.
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Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.
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What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.
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When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.
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The data that kind of shocked me and got me started on this book was finding out that mothers get paid a lot less for equivalent jobs.
strong way election
I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.
long voting voters
Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.
common-sense basics our-future
Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.
mother believe issues
Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
training inclination mediators
I'm a mediator by training and inclination.
activist occasions
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
mom jobs parent
Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.
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Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.