What We Must Do

GoodSearch with us!

By Rosie Molinary on August 28, 2008

You already know that Circle de Luz is committed to supporting seven young women, starting this fall, on their road to high school graduation and further education by providing scholarships […]

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Circle de Luz Update

By Rosie Molinary on August 16, 2008

Lots of things happening with Circle de Luz in the last week so I thought I’d give an update: 1. We received official non-profit status for the IRS. Organizations attempting […]

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Can you help us provide 1 more scholarship?

By Rosie Molinary on August 8, 2008

At our August Circle de Luz board meeting, we discovered that we are just 6 donors away from being able to offer 7 scholarships this fall to young Latinas. If […]

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Hot Women for a Cool Planet

By Rosie Molinary on August 3, 2008

So, my former boss and continued life mentor and dear, dear friend, Ruth, is one of the coolest and most awe-inspiring women I know. A few years ago, she sold […]

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Circle de Luz, an antidote to depression

By Rosie Molinary on July 27, 2008

This opening sentence to a new report grabbed my attention this weekend- Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade — being expelled, suspended or dropping […]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa0iivtTclM] Jean Kilbourne has been a media literacy activist for decades. Can’t Buy My Love was orignally published as Deadly Persuasion and is one of the books that I am […]

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Advice for Parents about Children's Body Image

By Rosie Molinary on July 7, 2008

I came across these advice columns for parents and wanted to share them with you. The first two offer insight on what parents should do to help boost their children’s […]

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15 and a sex educator

By Rosie Molinary on June 26, 2008

I just came across this article in the LA Times about a 15 year old girl who feels her mission in life is to educate her peers about making wise […]

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how do you define byoo-tee?

By Rosie Molinary on June 11, 2008

byoo-tee: the quality in a person that deeply satisfies mind, body, and soul. How do you define beauty? It is a question I asked every single participant in the research […]

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Oldies but Goodies

By Rosie Molinary on May 18, 2008

A blog that I enjoy is Fighting Windmills. She has creative posts and unique, refreshing viewpoints, and has a great wit about her. She recently had a MEME about her […]

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