Cottage Grove Progressives

11/20/2024

Happy International Women's Entrepreneurship Day, Ladies and everyone who has benefitted from hiring a woman-owned business!!!

Women have created businesses in most nations.

Women obtained the right to vote in America in 1920 with 19th Amendment to U. S. Constitution.

In America in 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed.

Until then, banks required single, widowed, or divorced women to bring a man along to cosign any credit application, regardless of their income. They would also discount the value of their wages by as much as 50% when considering how much credit to loan a woman." (https://www.theguardian.com/money/us-money-blog/2014/aug/11/women-rights-money-timeline-history?fbclid=IwY2xjawGrS7VleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHejWdX6CEhCw-YKzhWIRmzACj0mdZmoVWgR0ThiRZuSs9Ez3NrUbhPiaow_aem_G_u7cUWyyzynbrkX0KFYGw)

We've come a long way, Ladies!!! 👊

Read these quotes to get inspired.

11/01/2024

12/14/2023

Currently, Facebook Protect is not eligible for all users, but the company says it is rolling out the feature to more and more users around the world.

12/08/2023

The recession that never came. Sorry MAGA.

The November jobs report could help determine what the Fed does next in its interest rate hiking campaign.

05/25/2023

04/20/2023

It's Luther Vandross's birthday!

What are your 3 favorite Luther songs? Mine are "Never Too Much", "Take You Out", and his awesome version of "A House Is Not A Home", which was originally sung by his good friend Dionne Warwick. I could never get too much Luther music!

"A House Is Not a Home" by Luther Vandross from Live at WembleyListen to Luther Vandross: https://luthervandross.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the official Lut...

04/17/2023

If you're interested in participating and need a scholarship, then here's where to apply for it: https://www.militarymentalhealthcoalition.com/scholarship-application.

2023 Registration now open!

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01/25/2023

Carlos Cabrera was a civil engineer in his home country. Granted humanitarian parole, he endured a harrowing journey, traveling at times by foot, to make it from Cuba to Minnesota. Now, he's facing one more roadblock.

01/19/2023

Happy Birthday to the future president.

01/15/2023

Still thinking about putting solar on your home? Get more information here: https://mbsy.co/3bZZD9 - or just ask me! We have had solar since 2020 and love it! 🌞