Hauling Couch!

The couch weigh more than Jie and Dan together!

Time goes by so fast! This has been a busy week. Yesterday I had a CRAB IRB and then picked Kris up from work, since WSBA is pretty close to my route home. However navigating Seattle's rush hour was a disaster, compounded by my forgetting that a certain freeway entrance doesn't have an exit until Mercer Island! We got home around 6, or no faster than the bus would have been, but at least we caught up on planning for the holiday.
I stopped by Dan and Jie's to help them move their new couch it. It  was VERY HEAVY but with the proper use of straps, moving it was merely difficult. I don't think it will ever leave the room it is now in; they'll just knock down the house around it!
Kris and I are pondering how to get mom into our house for Thanksgiving; should we build a ramp? rent a ramp? or can we get enough strong people just to lift her up the steps? Hard to say ...

Nov 17/Web - The XX Factor: Advance Women's Rights. Change the World.

Amnesty International is hosting this very interesting webcast. Note the time is given EST; here on the West Coast it starts 7 am.

The XX Factor: Advance Women's Rights. Change the World.

Presented by Amnesty International, The Embrey Family Foundation and The Ford Foundation
Thursday, November 17, 2011
10 am – 4 pm Eastern (7 am - 1 pm Pacific)
Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY
Tune in here on November 17 to view the livestream broadcast!

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Roundtable discussions
Networking lunch
LiveStream broadcast
Keynote remarks by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women

Violence Against Women: Reforming Global Attitudes and Stemming the Tide
Jimmie Briggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Man Up Campaign
Sarah Deer, Native women's advocate and member of AIUSA Native American and Alaska Native Advisory Council
Cipriana Jurado Herrera, Human rights activist from Chihuahua, Mexico
Esta Soler, President and founder of Futures Without Violence
Moderated by Pollyanna Truscott, Deputy Representative at the United Nations, Amnesty International

Maternal Health and Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Demanding Dignity for Women
Edna Adan Ismail, Director and founder of the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Nan Strauss, Researcher, Amnesty International
Christy Turlington Burns, Director/Producer No Woman, No Cry, Founder Every Mother Counts

Women, Peace, and Security: Supporting Individuals at Risk in Human Rights Hot Zones
Dr. Abdullahi An-Na'im, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Law School
Gigi Ibrahim, Egyptian blogger and social activist
Sarah Mendelson, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, US Agency for International Development
Featuring a Zimbabwean human rights activist
Moderated by Widney Brown, Senior Director of International Law & Policy, Amnesty International

Please check http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/the-xx-factor-advance-women-s-rights-change-the-world for updates.
Questions? Contact Jackie Miller at jmiller@aiusa.org or 212-633-4233

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