"material-world-charitable-foundation" Articles & Blogs:
Check out new edition of legendary George Harrison "Beatlemania MINI" !
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MINI has come up with a fresh interpretation of George Harrison's extravagantly decorated original MINI Cooper to coincide with the brand's 50th birthday celebration.
The one-off model will be handed over to Olivia Harrison at the MINI United event whe...[Read on] |
Bristol Palin Begins Campaign Against Teen Pregnancy
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Bristol Palin will head to New York this week to fight teen pregnancy with the Candie’s FoundationPost | Today 3:35 pmBristol Palin, the daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will join forces with the Candie’s Foundation this week to help fight...[Read on] |
Megan Reitenour makes her mark
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Megan Reitenour made the annals of racing history last weekend.
She became the first women to win a feature race at the Tri-County Motor Speedway, winning the Firecracker 150. AskPatty.com chatted with Reitenour about her racing legacy and what's next ...[Read on] |
White House Roundtable celebrates Title IX’s 37th anniversary
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Today, the Women’s Sports Foundation represents the female athletes of the United States in a celebration of the anniversary of Title IX by visiting the White House for a special roundtable discussion.
“At 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, the White Hou...[Read on] |
Nutrition Info on the Net: Separating the Useful from the B.S.
| My insurance company sent an awesome newsletter that I think everyone will appreciate. One of the whole reasons why I started this blog was (well, grad school to be honest and…) to help my friends and family with info and advice. This was all wh...[Read on] |
Loving Diablo Cody
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Not matter whether you love or hate her work, or love or hate her persona, she really is one of the only women working in the film business who is not afraid to talk about feminism and Hollywood.
She spoke this past weekend in SF at a screening of Jenn...[Read on] |
How a sports brand can create awareness through viral video
| One of the best viral videos I’ve seen coming from a sports brand is associated with a powerful advocacy campaign created by the Nike Foundation called the Girl Effect.
Although the campaign’s mission is not overtly obvious, the interactive video (se...[Read on] |
[Video] Are their male and female jobs? Guess who?.
| Did you know that in kids' movies, men can outnumber women five to one? And that the most common job description for women in those movies involves wearing a tiara ruling a kingdom?
Princess' aside, Geena Davis noticed what she thought was a trend a few ...[Read on] |
Donate your car to the Songs of Love Car donation program
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The Songs of Love Foundation
is a national nonprofit organization that creates uplifting,
personalized songs for children and teens struggling with a
life-threatening illness or lifetime disability -- free of charge. Each
CD is professionally produced wi...[Read on] |
Variety honors a variety of Hollywood women
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Yesterday while I was taking editor in chief Peter Bart to the woodshed for his sexist comments about Jane Campion and Kathryn Bigelow the paper that he runs, Variety, was about to honor a plethora of women (including both Campion and Bigelow) for their c...[Read on] |
Martina Navratilova battling cancer with Kilimanjaro climb
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Nine-time Wimbledon champion and retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova is refusing to let her recent breast cancer diagnosis slow her down – she’s preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later this year.
Doctors caught the condition in its early s...[Read on] |
Join the Women’s Sports Foundation in Washington
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February 3, 2010 marks the 24th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a day to celebrate and promote girls’ and womens’ participation and excellence in sports.
NGWSD is marked annually with events around the country and on Cap...[Read on] |
Interview with Jodie Markell, Director of The Loss of the Teardrop Diamond
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Actress and Director Jodie Markell graciously took some time over the holiday weekend to answer some questions about her film debut The Loss of the Teardrop Diamond now playing in NY and LA. Films opens wider on January 8.
Women & Hollywood: Why did yo...[Read on] |
WNBA player Charde Houston harnesses the power of social media to give back
| Ever since WNBA All-Star Charde Houston joined the social networking website Twitter this past April, her plans to create a non-profit organization serving underserved youth have been a frequent theme of her tweets. For several months most of her posts ab...[Read on] |
The latest in cycling trends
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According to Trend Central, the bike community is continuing to innovate and thrive. Here are some of the latest happenings in the cycling world.
Rolling Orange: They may not be world champions of soccer, but the Dutch are still an authority on bikes...[Read on] |
Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business--24 of them are Female
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I really like Fast Company's coverage--they manage to produce a lot of fresh, interesting material that isn't just about fuddy duddy notions of business, but the intersections of sustainability, design, creativity, leadership, innovation etc. (Full disclo...[Read on] |
Sexism Watch: Hollywood Reporter’s Cinematographer Roundtable
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I guess I should thank the Hollywood Reporter for making my job easy this week by providing me with such blatantly sexist material.
They posted their conversation with cinematographers and SURPRISE there is not a single woman included.
I know that the...[Read on] |
Ladies Who Drive Fast Will Enjoy this "Need for Speed" Experience For Women Only!
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Auto racing legend Lyn St. James has announced her first-ever "Lyn St. James Need for Speed Experience," combining classes in high-performance race car driving with physical, mental, and life skills coaching by leading national experts. Lyn is the firs...[Read on] |
Nominate your female Sports Hero
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March is Women’s History Month and there is no better way to honor female
athletes than by nominating them for one of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2010 award programs.
Current open nominations include:
Sportswoman of the Year Award. Every year,...[Read on] |
“Join the Journey NYC” for equality in sport on Oct. 21
| American Lindsey Van has launched off ski jumps more than 20,000 times — often going the length of two football fields. In 2009, she became the first women’s world champion of ski jumping. But she didn’t compete in the Olympic Winter Games in Vancou...[Read on] |
Frances McDormand Takes on a New Role – Producer
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Actress Frances McDormand can add an new title to her resume – producer now that she has optioned two books.
The first is the Pulitzer Prize winning book Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. She purchased the book before it won the Pulitzer. Jan...[Read on] |
Robin Roberts wins Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award
| Former Southeastern Louisiana women’s basketball player Robin Roberts, accomplished student-athlete, media personality, author and breast-cancer survivor, is the 2009 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award.
The ...[Read on] |
Karl Rove Expresses Doubt That Sarah Palin Is Electable (Again)
| • Karl Rove told the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph that he doesn’t think Sarah Palin is presidential material, because she doesn’t have the “gravitas” that the American people demand. She also probably doesn’t know what gravitas means, but that’s...[Read on] |
Ford's Recycling Carpet - Into Engine Parts!
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The green news from Ford just keeps on rolling in, and I just had to share this one with you. Ford's been using a material called EcoLon®, a nylon resin, in its cylinder head covers. What's so special about that? Well, EcoLon® is made from 100% r...[Read on] |
Why must softball game prep include bronzer and eyeliner?
| By Megan Wood
My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair?
Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened a...[Read on] |
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