Our debut Boston Marathon team consists of volunteer runners who are either freshly dedicated to the CWU cause or long-term committed supporters. Team CWU is bound and determined to cross the Copley Square finish line on April 16^th and reach CWU's $25,000 fund-raising goal! Continue reading...

"Higher education cannot be a luxury. It is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford." President Barack Obama during his 2012 State of the Union Address

On Tuesday evening as I watched the 2012 State of the Union address and the Republican rebuttal—something I've done maybe only twice before in my life—as an Independent, I was very interested to hear what the current Administration had to say about the state of our increasingly confusing and intensely bipartisan nation. Continue reading...

On 11/16/2010 I read a Blog on why women got paid 79 cents for every dollar a man gets paid.  My comment was perhaps not a good one considering I was uneducated on the subject.  Well today I have facts.  Watch the video and you decide.

"WE MUST PREVAIL"

On December 14, 2011, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley spoke at the graduation of CWU's Woman to Woman program in Boston. Her heartfelt speech offered words of encouragement to the new graduates and inspired all who attended.

Also, do check out this photo gallery from that wonderful day. Congratuations to the class of "Women on the Rise"! Continue reading...

CWU hosted a booth at this year's Massachusetts Conference for Women held on December 8^th at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. More than 7,000 women attended the conference, which has become the largest of its kind in Massachusetts. Continue reading...

This THURSDAY, November 17, 2011, from 9:30pm till 10:30pm I will be performing ( AS WELL AS POETS, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST LIVE MUSICIANS ) at the Middle East on Massachusetts Avenue in the Central Square Area of Cambridge, MA.  Join this 18 and over event as Cambridge Poet Populis Toni Bee host the BeeCool Poetry Mashup.  

Hello Everyone! Well, we have less than one month left before graduation and moving on to our next steps on our journey's!  Is everybody ready? Continue reading...

My daughter is 3 Years old and the only girl out of 7 boys she is the Boss at home. So today she is sick for the first time. Her first cold and we all are at her beck and call. I feel so bad for her I think I'm kind of smothering her with love. I wonder if its too much she already can not breath out of nose. Am sufercaiting her?

LOVE, DEATH,HEALTH HOME...FRIEND,AND A MOTHER...THERE'S NOTHING WITHOUT HAVING A MOTHER..WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE THIS WHEN U LOSE SOMEONE U LOVE AND CARE FOR.SHE'S BEEN THERE AND NEVER LEFT MY SIDE UNTILL ONE DAY NOW SHE GONE..HOW WOULD I DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT HAPPEN SO QUICKLY.. Continue reading...

Hello Everyone,

         Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog page. I am a 38 year old single mother of three beautiful children. I joined the Crittenton Women's Union in September of 2011 and I will graduate on December 14, 2011. The staff of Women to Women have been more than supportive, they have set "no limits" to the accomplishments in which I can achieve. They have changed my mind set about higher education and financial self sufficiency. Continue reading...

I love being a mother and I just want to say love your children every minute of the day. They grow up way too fast,  my daughter turned a year today so forget the clubing nights and focus on your babies and I remeber the day when she was born.

My baby was born at Boston medacal center  at 6.34am on November 12th she was 9 lbs 22 inches and a bundle of joy. she has made me want to strive to do better so i can give her all her wants and need.

I was honored when Stephanie Nichols asked me to write a letter of reference for Crittenton Women's Union for their application for the 2011 Be The Change Award, an award given to three nonprofit organizations that have a powerful impact on individual lives and the community.

Here is what I wrote: Continue reading...

Balancing singlemotherhood and Singing/songwriting has been a worthwild challenges.

As a third semester college student, I enjoy completely throwing myself body and soul into my research for any given paper that’s due.  Last night I watched a documentary on NetFlix called “Generation RX” that absolutely shocked me.  It touched me personally because I know many women especially single mothers who’s children are on medications like Ritalin and Z Continue reading...