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FILTER RESULTS ►Monique Ruffin: Moms For Eric Garcetti
It's time for Angelenos to go to the polls and cast their votes for a new mayor. But recent surveys are showing that going to the polls is what many of us aren't planning to do.
Monique Ruffin: Moms Change the World: Wendy Silvers
I'm convinced that empowered, knowing, self-embodied mothers can move mountains. It doesn't matter what type of work these moms do. What matters is that they do it from their hearts and souls, knowing they can create change. Wendy Silvers is one of these mothers.
Monique Ruffin: Moms Change the World: Nicole Walters
As a mom myself, I often encounter other mothers who find themselves lost in the empty nest. Watching Nicole become an author showed me that nothing but time can be an opportunity to do something that will add joy to the world not unlike the way being a mother once had.
Monique Ruffin: Moms Change the World for Better or Worse
There is one universal experience that each one of us on the planet shares -- each one of us was borne of a woman. While...
Monique Ruffin: Follow That Chef SNAP Challenge: A Free Farmers' Market Tour, Cooking Demo and Panel Discussion
Hundreds of thousands of families in the Los Angeles area are entitled to SNAP benefits but are not accessing them. If your family might be one of them, this event will answer your questions and lead you to the services available.
Monique Ruffin: I Will Not Date a Bigot
I made it my mission to find and date black men who were open and accepting of gay people -- and I found them.
Monique Ruffin: Sequestration, Gun Violence and GMOs -- Oh My!
As a mom whose son's growth and well-being is reliant on publicly funded benefits, I am deeply concerned about these sequestration cuts. But as a citizen, I'm absolutely infuriated by the way in which our society mishandles the dangers our children face.
Monique Ruffin: Sequestered to Death
With disabilities education slated to endure $591 million in cuts under the terms of the sequester, I'm just hoping families like mine will make their voices heard.
Monique Ruffin: The Adventures of Zelza Zero -- a Race to the Finish
Forty-five days seems like a short period of time to raise thousands of dollars, but in reality it's a long way to the end. You must have a plan for maintaining your energy, and a backup plan for when you don't meet your goals.
Monique Ruffin: A Zero on a Mission
As a mother of a 6-year-old who has a unique learning style, I'm always on the lookout for creative books that teach fundamentals, such as...
Monique Ruffin: Mayor Cory Booker Shines the Light
The more we openly speak about the high cost of unhealthy food and how it particularly effects the poor, the more likely it is that our government, and each one of us individually, will do something about it.
Monique Ruffin: The Food Stamp Diet
I could never have imagined that something that initially seemed so humiliating would turn out to be one of the greatest teaching events of my life. Although my food stamp benefit itself will be ending soon because I no longer require assistance, the benefits to my lifestyle are not.
Monique Ruffin: I Am a Sister Giant
Shame rises within me as the word "takers" resonates throughout my body. I take a deep breath, attempting to calm the anxiety and heat rising from my belly. I find it difficult to hold the complexities of this issue of poverty within me -- I know the face of poverty well.
Monique Ruffin: Mitt Romney, Single Parents and Gun Violence
When Mitt Romney speaks of single parents contributing to gun violence, I believe he is speaking to me, not to white, single parents whose suburb-dwelling kids have good schools and enthusiastic teachers.
Monique Ruffin: You Are the Answer
This election might be one of the great defining events of our time. Are we spectators standing on the sideline, waiting to see if our guy will win, or are we in the game playing for the victory we desire?
Monique Ruffin: I Am the 47 Percent
The Romney/Ryan ticket is so deeply disturbing to me because it seems to exploit many of the issues that have divided our nation and left a large percentage of our citizenry disenfranchised.
Monique Ruffin: Your Vision For America
What do you vision, not just for your children, but for all of the children in America? What is your vision for the future of energy? Do you see a country becoming more reliant on its own energy resources? Do you think that renewable energy sources are being pursued with enough vigor?
Monique Ruffin: Open Your American Heart
Over the last four years I've struggled in my support of President Obama, but my heart continues to tell me that his policies, and not those of today's Republican leadership, are our best option if we want all of our citizens to have a chance at freedom and prosperity.
Monique Ruffin: It's the Economy Stupid -- Really?
The media would have us believe that the upcoming presidential election will be decided strictly on the basis of the economy. I believe, however, that this election will prove to be a battle for the economy of the American spirit.
Monique Ruffin: The Black Church's Conundrum: What Would Jesus Do?
Black people have a large gay community, many of whom are less and less willing to hide and deny who they are. Their confidence is challenging the black community to embrace and acknowledge what has largely been swept under the rug.
