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[ad_1] PORT ARTHUR, Texas — September 15, 2023 is the start of Hispanic Heritage Month and 12News will be sharing stories to celebrate the Southeast Texas Hispanic community.A Port Arthur woman has built a business sharing her colorful piñatas all over Southeast Texas.Piñatas are a longtime Mexican tradition that can take on any shape or look. They can bring life to any party. The creative process of making beautiful piñatas is a labor of love.”This is the first thing we do the cardboard, depending on design the people want. Let me show you, this is like number four,” said Owner…

How is it possible that women are still being killed by men claiming they are witches?Read this report in the Daily Mail on December 5.A Boko Haram commander in northern Nigeria claimed that witches caused the deaths of his children.Women were rounded up.  On November 15, about 26 of them were murdered.This kind of murder is common enough that a citizens’ group in Nigeria has been founded: Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW).  The group called on Nigeria’s president to do more to protect women.On the website SaharaReporters.com, AfAW explains thataccusations happen when people attribute misfortunes to occult or supernatural causes…

Shireen Abu Aklehphoto by Al Jezeera Media NetworkWhat’s more important, the coronation of King Charles III or the one-year anniversary of the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh? The pageantry of the coronation on May 7 is a fairy tale, a relic of the past.  We all want to live in this fantasy world where princesses ride in coaches, kings are crowned, and the poor are happy.But May 11, 2023, one year after Israeli soldiers shot Shireen, is a reminder of Palestinian suffering.She was reporting on the military raid of Israeli soldiers on Jenin, a city in the occupied West Bank…

[ad_1] New York Fashion Week has brought all of our favorite stylish stars out in their absolute best high fashion. From the most desirable everyday streetwear outfits to elegant or daring evening wear, each and every style has been one for the books.The same is absolutely true of the fabulous outfit that Brazilian model Sofia Resing wore to attend the Retrofête fashion show on Sept. 11. In an Instagram post two days later, the one-time SI Swimsuit star highlighted the fabulous ensemble, which featured a sparkly denim midi skirt and matching unbuttoned denim jacket. Underneath, the model wore a stunning…

[ad_1] Business Spotlight: Browder’s Neighborhood Barre a welcome space for women Published 11:28 am Thursday, September 14, 2023 Casey Browder opened her Neighborhood Barre Troy in 2017. (Photo by Josh Boutwell) Casey Browder’s Neighborhood Barre Troy aims to offer women in the Pike County area a safe and welcoming environment for their fitness needs. Browder, a Brantley native, started out her professional career far away from the fitness world, as a teacher. She earned a degree in early childhood education and was a second grade teacher at Pike Liberal Arts School before deciding she wanted to be a business owner.…

What a fate–to be the talented sister of two famous brothers! Katharine Wright, sister of Orville and Wilbur, is in the news this week because her correspondence with other men of her era was being auctioned by Christie’s, the renowned art appraiser and seller.Katharine Wright Haskellphoto from WikipediaThank you to book and manuscript specialist Heather Pisani for her review of the Katharine’s letters and her sketch of the life of this influential woman.  Thanks also to my brother Jim, who sent me this link:https://www.christies.com/features/Katharine-Wright-Aviations-unsung-heroine-9222-1.aspxThough Katharine was the youngest of her siblings, her brother Orville was quite dependent on her. She called him…

[ad_1] More than 30 businesses across Benton and Franklin counties took the extra step of becoming state certified as a small business owned by a woman or minority woman, adding their names to an online directory and putting them in position to bid for a share of government contracts. Lynn Carlson Lynn Carlson, owner of Gemini Corps LLC in Kennewick, said the certification makes it simpler to contract with her company, which specializes in organizational development and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, providing services in cultural competency, assessment, strategy and training. “I originally did it as a competitive advantage since…

[ad_1] Brooke Walker spent that first night watching as much Australian rules football as she could. She did the same the next night, and the night after that. She had a lot of research to do, and not much time to do it. She was going to be paid to play the game at its highest level. It was probably a good idea, she thought, to figure out how it worked.Walker had not grown up playing what is, depending on whom you ask, Australia’s most popular sport. She was born in New Zealand, unabashed rugby territory. Her first sporting loves…

La Asamblea Nacional Política de Mujeres Indígenas y el Instituto de Educación de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres invitan al foro virtual: Mujeres Indígenas y la CEDAW por la No Discriminación  En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer Indígena Fecha: 5 de septiembre, 2020 Organizan: Asamblea Nacional Política de Mujeres Indígenas (ANPMI) con Instituto de Educación de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (WHRI), Colectiva Ixpop e Instituto de Liderazgo Simone de Beauvoir (ILSB) Sinopsis: La Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer (CEDAW), es la carta de los derechos humanos…

[ad_1] Comment on this storyCommentLEAVENWORTH, WASH. — Paul Davis is a lawyer at the Department of Energy, but he’d always wanted to play Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music.” His dad was a naval officer, like the character, and Davis’s family would watch the movie over popcorn and root beer when it came on TV at Christmastime. “I grew up identifying as a von Trapp,” he says.Davis finally got his dream part, at a community theater in 2014. But he wanted to do it again, at another “Sound of Music,” the one they’ve done in the mountains here…