Category: Activism

On June 24, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc./LiveYourDream.org is a global organization with a diverse membership whose Read More

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is observed in the United States during the month of May. But frankly, a month is not enough to recognize the many contributions and important influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Read More

Consent is a surprisingly dense topic. It is well-defined in many areas, from legal consent for a lawyer to act on your behalf, to consent for data sharing or to allowing cookies on the internet. We tick the little box Read More

In January 2020, there were 580,466 people experiencing homelessness in America. Though the full impacts of COVID-19 on unhoused communities has not been measured, the pandemic has certainly made the poorest communities even poorer, and exacerbated longstanding issues.   According to Read More

In the United States, a woman is fatally shot by her partner every 16 hours. That is 760 women slain each year – leaving children without their mothers, families without their sisters and daughters, and communities without their colleagues and Read More

Domestic violence, also called intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or relationship abuse, affects more than 12 million people in the U.S. every year. The statistics are shocking; about 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence, rape, and/or stalking by Read More

If you want to help address violence against women and support domestic violence survivors, there are easy ways that just about anyone can get involved.  Here’s what anyone can do to help! 1. Understand the issue. Did you know 1 Read More