Women's Voice

From Chanukah to Christmas to Kwanzaa...It is that time of the year to open our hearts to love, compassion and solidarity. My co-host and I will talk about how holidays around the world are celebrated, interesting facts about Christmas -why do we decorate a tree? Why does Santa wear a red suit? Who was Santa? and above all how important for us to come together as the people of this planet to try to understand and embrace each other and work on solutions to find common grounds and how to get along, communicate and love one another.This episode is dedicated to joy, peace and love...

Diversity of "sexuality and gender identity-based cultures." The acts of violence and bigotry perpetrated against LGBT individuals. Factual, unbiased and down-to-earth information about lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered. Our guest, Lauren Walleser is a feminist, activist, writer, pop culture enthusiast, currently working on her M.A. in Women's Studies at FAU.

PBC NOW President Meredith Ockman will be our guest to tell us about new PBC NOW Chapter of the NOW organization. Defining Feminism and Women's Rights. NOW's role in the lives of American women. NOW is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States. Our purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in society — sharing equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities with men, while living free from discrimination.Government, our judicial system, big business, mainstream media and other institutions treat many groups in our society like second-class citizens. Pitting us against each other is an essential mechanism for maintaining the status quo. Together, we can create the change we've been dreaming of — our unity is our strength.

Why does the U.S. rank only 69th in the world in percentage of women holding political positions, considering the hoopla surrounding Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton's historical political rise? This week, in a one-hour special our guest Christian Matthew and I will discuss the root causes of underrepresentation or lack of interest of women in politics, we will also review the mid-term elections and talk about the new grassroots movement called the PRIME Party (Political Responsibility and Inspirational Movement for Everyone!) The party's message, mission and where they stand for on the most important challenges our country and American women are facing right now! Here is a direct link to the Prime Party's website: http://www.primeparty.org/about-us

There is a 25 seconds time lapse at the beginning of this episode, please wait for 25 seconds to listen. Thank you (we are working to correct the problem) Although addiction strikes both men and women equally, it often affects women in unique ways due to childcare issues, stigma, and other socioeconomic issues.Women who recover from drug and alcohol addiction may not kick the habit just for their children or because they have a sudden "wake up call" about their problem. Many women take a proactive role in overcoming substance abuse, replacing those addictions with new lifestyles that include school, work, community service and physical exercise. My guest, lovely Michele Erickson O'Brien and I will discuss addiction to smoking, how smoking affects women's overall health and how to quit naturally. Michele is currently studying homeopathy and empowering smoker's to quit tobacco with a better alternative! http://free-smoke.weebly.com/

Our guest Financial Analyst Mina Bayik and I will discuss why there are fewer women in financial sector? Financial literacy, budgeting, retirement savings. Is there an emotional relationship with money? How important do you think this issue? Do they teach this concept in Business School? What to teach our kids about money? Mina was born and raised in New York. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She worked as a Financial Analyst at various real estate investment firms for most of her career. More recently, she has been working for a taxing district in South Florida.

In this segment discussion's focus will be on women's breast health and breast cancer. We will talk about facts, statistics, symptoms and treatments, early detection, mammography screenings, and breast cancer research along with alternative treatment options and the importance of self love and care. Support groups and organizations.

Domestic violence should not happen to anybody. Ever. Period. But it does - and when it does, there is help. Maybe you have lived with abuse, maybe it happened just once; maybe you work or live next to someone who is being abused right now. Whoever you are not alone. If you know someone whom you think is being abused - a friend, family member, co-worker, client, patient or parishioner - please consider contacting us and we will provide the agencies/shelters information and discuss ways to safely help them. In this segment my guest Mrs. Suzette Preble and I will discuss domestic violence. We both ran yesterday 5K for AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse) We will share personal experiences, why women don't leave, why men don't stop. How can the cycle be broken? What do we teach to our children about the violence at home? Thank you for listening. Please call in with your questions.