STUDENTS CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE CLOSURE OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE'S MIDWIFERY PROGRAM

IN LIGHT OF UNFAIR TREATMENT, MIAMI DADE COLLEGE STUDENTS & SUPPORTERS PLAN SIT IN 

MIAMI, FL (August 24, 2008) – Despite strong opposition expressed by students, mothers, midwives and concerned members of the community, Miami Dade College has closed the Midwifery...

Midwife Education in the South Decreasing while Black Infant Deaths Increasing

Miami Dade College, the largest institute of higher learning in the U.S., closes its midwifery program, citing economic distress.  The students and community protest, citing Governor Crist’s Black Infant Health Initiative (BIHI).   MIAMI, FL.  (August 23,...

Miami-Dade College Offering Midwifery Students A Cold Shoulder

This is a follow-up to this article.This letter was written by the Miami-Dade College Medical Center Campus President, addressed to the would-be midwifery students of the fall 2008 class: ""...the Fall 2008 Midwifery Program class was contingent upon a minimum of 25...

Miami-Dade College Suspends Midwifery Program

This should be a sad day for women as the only institution of higher education in the U.S. that offers direct-entry midwifery education, closes the program for supposed financial reasons.As of the 2008 estimates in The World Factbook by the CIA, the United States ranks 42nd...

Cowboy Rides for Domestic Violence

A Washington D.C. metro area cowboy (well, actually, there are two cowboys, but I only have a website for one of them) is traveling horseback from Maine, to Florida, in order to raise money for domestic violence.

State Comforts Sexual Assault Victims

In Florida, Governor Charlie Crist signs a bill to grant sexual assault victims three days of leave from work, and name exemption from public records to public workers.

The Fallacy of "Teachers ARE Paid"

I am trying to approach the topic of teacher pay in a non-accusatory, intellectual manner. But I can’t because some dumb asses wrote an article for the New York post regarding the teacher-pay myth.