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THURSDAY IN NEW YORK

I spent the whole day in a Womens Media Center board meeting. It was exciting because the board members are so fabulous and smart, because we welcomed our new President, Jehmu Greene, and because ther...

MONDAY IN NEW YORK

I was honored this morning (at 7am!! Having flown in from LA so for me it was 4am) with the Elinor Guggenheimer Lifetime Achievement Award presented to me by the New York Women’s Agenda. Gloria ...

MORE FUN ON THANKSGIVING

I cannot ride yet cause of recent and not serious back surgery. But I look forward to doing a lot of it in the spring and summer. Just because I’m falling apart doesn’t mean I have to stop doing what ...

THANKSGIVING AT THE RANCH

AT&T were a no-show for the five days around the holiday in spite of our continuous cries for help and as a result I have had no internet access. Our offices in Atlanta were flooded when a pipe b...

THE NY FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER

This took place while I was recently in NY but because of the internet isses I haven’t posted this before. We had a lovely dinner in the home of Caroline Hirsch. Gloria Steinem sat at one table and I ...

A GALA FOR SING FOR HOPE

Click here to view some photos of event Don’t know who everyone shown here is but Dr Muhammad Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh whose work is lifting women out of poverty. He is n...

NEW FRIENDS, NEW FILM

I flew to Paris from Dusseldorf the morning after the UNESCO event first to have an interview with Annabelle, the Swiss magazine that is similar to our Marie Claire. This was at the behest of L’Oreal....

BACK IN DUSSELDORF…WHERE ELSE?

This time it’s for UNESCO. I received the “Patroness of Education” award at a huge gala tonight. I spoke, again, about the critical importance of educating girls. Sitting next to me,...

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