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Joan Blades
American
Businesswoman
Born:
1956
Future
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Our
People
Sense
Together
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The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
Joan Blades
Motherhood
Ability
Parent
Given
Purpose
Mothers
Manifesto
Really
Need
Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.
Joan Blades
Future
Better
Values
Sense
Back
Our
Vastly
Lead
Well
Get
Going
Common
Depends
Common Sense
Common Values
Us
Present
Basics
Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.
Joan Blades
Work
Parents
Pay
Earn
Caretakers
Jobs
Able
Both
Primary
Fair
Most
Also
Families
Flexibility
Moms
Need
I'm a mediator by training and inclination.
Joan Blades
Training
Inclination
Mediator
It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
Joan Blades
Love
Time
Together
Focus
Parents
Nation
Resources
Right Thing
Simply
Supporting
Issues
Children
The Right Thing
Capacity
Us
Right
Thing
Bring
Raise
Need
I have referred to myself as an accidental activist on more than one occasion.
Joan Blades
Myself
More
Occasion
Accidental
Referred
Than
Activist
We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.
Joan Blades
Family
Together
People
Move On
Congress
Other
President
President Clinton
Pressing
Sign
Week
Had
Put
Within
Issues
Clinton
Friends
Friends And Family
Move
Censure
Sent
Asking
Petition
Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.
Joan Blades
Best
People
Post
Internet
Sense
Two-Way
Broadcast
Those
One-Way
About
Rated
Feel
Most
Passionately
Comments
Get
Which
Used
Forum
Media
We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.
Joan Blades
Passion
Aim
Our
Members
Something
Fact
In Fact
Actionable
Express
When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.
Joan Blades
Experience
Compile
Way
Members
Deliver
Real
Go
Person
Offices
Senator
Often
Representative
Staff
Connection
Petition
What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.
Joan Blades
Care
Our
Unless
Members
About
Going
Successful
What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?
Joan Blades
Pay
Final
Deficit
Statement
States
Kids
Jobs
Super
Trillion
Super Bowl
Written
Bowl
Were
Dollar
Text
Going
Blue-Collar
Just
Biggest
Public
Public Forum
Working
Forum
Shows
United
United States
Ad
Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail.
Joan Blades
Voting
Long
Paper
Fine
Touch
Trail
Screen
Thing
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
Joan Blades
Better
Presidential
Percent
Voter
Got
Much
Elections
Turnout
Appalling
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