The United Nations describes solitary confinement as torture. Yet, in fiscal year 2018, Maryland revealed that 50% of those in prison are placed in solitary, and the average length of confinement is anywhere from 43 to 51 days.
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Women’s History Month
Advocate for a Marshall Plan for Working Women!!
..nevertheless she persisted
It is no secret that women have been the hardest hit by the COVID 19 pandemic. During the pandemic,
women have disproportionately been responsible for keeping their families safe, while juggling work
schedules, fulltime childcare, and home schooling. Many women have reached their breaking point.
Since the pandemic started, more than 2 million women have dropped out of the labor force - a rate
four times that of men. Many more have cut back on their work hours. By some estimates, women’s
labor force participation is now no better than it was twenty years ago. When women earn less, a
family’s standard of living declines, family savings disappear, and a women’s future retirement income
drops.
“So You Want to Talk About Race” A Must Read (and Watch) List
The recent events in response to George Floyd’s killing have made many of us, who have not lived the experience of being Black in America, realize how much we don’t know. From the meaning of Juneteenth to the names of our own local streets to our Confederate State Song to the slave plantations and lynchings that occurred in our own Montgomery County, there is much that we can do to educate ourselves. Below is a list (in no particular order) of some readings that are appearing on many “Must Read” lists, and a few films.
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