Patricia Ireland

Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.

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Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.

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And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family.

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When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?

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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.

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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.

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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

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