Silver Vixens...It's Our Time!

~ Thursday, July 2, 2009 ~

Civil Rights Act, 1964
outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. Conceived to help African Americans, the bill was amended prior to passage to protect women, and explicitly included white people for the first time. It also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

It’s our time…to mind our purse

There has been a great deal written about the possibility that Social Security payments will start to exceed contributions by the year 2017. Wow!  Doesn’t that sound like a far off time?  It isn’t – it is less than 8 years away!

Many economists are refuting that date because Baby Boomers are again changing the rules and working beyond traditional retirement dates.  This is a combination of our refusing to age as our parents did and the changes in our retirement funds due to the economic downturn.

EEOC, which was founded in the Civil Rights Act, is our best chance at fighting ageism.  What goes around comes around…we fought for civil rights in the 60s and now the fruits of our labors 45 years ago help us sustain ourselves now.  Stay vigilant, stay involved!

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent,
I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts
in programs benefiting women and children.

Coretta Scott King


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