Yo. Hola. Yola.
The name is Morgan and the game is growing up.
This is my blog.
And this is an invisible high five:
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Sweet goodbyes to a few of my favorites.
Last Saturday morning overlooking the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The view was so serene. And the air was so crisp and awakening, it made me want to take as many deep breaths as I physically could.
It’s a nice “bring me back” picture after a long, chaotic Monday. (And now to bed, so I can get up and do that chaotic thing all over again. Blagh.)
Health is a right that belongs to everyone on Earth.
(YEAH, FLIP BOOKS!)
For 40 years, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has been working overseas to ensure that women, men, and young people in some of the world’s most neglected areas have access to the health care they need to control their bodies and their futures — and to be educated, empowered and opportunistic in overcoming the obstacles they’ve been dealt.
Planned Parenthood Global currently supports partnerships in 10 countries — Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Sudan and South Sudan — and maintains regional offices in Miami and Nairobi, Kenya.
A part of Planned Parenthood that most people don’t even know about. Pretty badass, right?
Lunch break on the road
I feel honored to say that I’m on the Planned Parenthood Truth Tour this week, traveling across the country with my colleagues and stopping in communities to rally for women’s health. It’s been nothing short of amazing, and we’re only half way done. I have met so many women and men of different ages and backgrounds who each have their own story on what Planned Parenthood means to them. People who can see the direct correlation between access to preventive services and the health of our country and future generations. This isn’t about abortion. This is about basic health care. It’s common sense and it just gives me hope when I know others get it.
Follow our adventures here: http://istandwithplannedparenthood.blogspot.com/
A follow-up to yesterday’s post: A graph on the gender wage gap in select industrialized nations. (via)thepoliticalpartygirl:
NYT: Unpaid internships may be illegal
I have said this for years that unpaid internships have nothing to do with helping students gain experience and everything to do with free entry-level labor and dodging payroll taxes. It’s not only unethical, but as people are slowly coming around to, also illegal.
Convinced that many unpaid internships violate minimum wage laws, officials in Oregon, California and other states have begun investigations and fined employers. Last year, M. Patricia Smith, then New York’s labor commissioner, ordered investigations into several firms’ internships. Now, as the federal Labor Department’s top law enforcement official, she and the wage and hour division are stepping up enforcement nationwide.
