Chrysula Winegar
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Chrysula is the Community Manager for The Million Moms Challenge, a mother of four, writer, consultant and advocate. Her blogs are WORK. LIFE. BALANCE. and When You Wake up a Mother because when you wake up a mother, you wake up the world.

Blog Entries by Chrysula Winegar

She Is Not A Victim. She Is A Sister.

(0) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 3:00 PM

Audrey is a mother of two young boys. She's 32 and works in a government department. Our lives have a lot in common -- family, work, friends. But in Tanzania, where she lives, being a mother comes with a whole different set of problems.

Audrey's greatest fear is to be...

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Why the Urbanization of Kids Is Not Always a Good Thing

(0) Comments | Posted February 29, 2012 | 10:24 AM

When you think of children in poverty, what image comes to mind? Is it the mud floor of a hut, dirty kids with ragged clothing playing soccer in a dust bowl? Or is it of a shanty in the heart of a pulsing metropolis, with the world's riches a few...

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A Tale of Two "Million Moms"

(12) Comments | Posted February 9, 2012 | 1:58 PM

What's in a name? Well, a lot of confusion. Over the past week, a group named "One Million Moms" has campaigned against Ellen Degeneres and JC Penney for appointing her as its spokesperson. Yesterday, Ellen spoke out against One Million Moms on her show and mentioned the comments against her on their Facebook page.

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Drum Roll Please! Our "Imagine Me & You" Photo Contest Winner Is...

(1) Comments | Posted February 2, 2012 | 3:02 PM

Today, the Million Moms Challenge, in collaboration with ABC News, the United Nations Foundation, Disney Baby and Anne Geddes, announced the winner of our Imagine Me & You -- a photo contest to connect and celebrate mothers around the world.

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Our...

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Why Causes? Why Give?

(0) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 11:40 AM

Is it guilt? Is it a sense of overarching privilege that compels us to reach outside of ourselves? Is it selfish, even self-righteous and narcissistic? Or is it pure, born out of the deepest well of charity, of true compassion?

We give because we feel better when we...

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Three Lessons Learned From the Trail of a Summer Work Life Experiment

(0) Comments | Posted October 17, 2011 | 10:08 AM

What to do with four children under nine and eight weeks of summer holidays when you run your own business? From home. Summer camps times four might just wipe out all profits for the year! An incredible nanny helps, but even they might burn out under the weight of entertainment...

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October National Work and Family Month -- It's Always About the Culture

(5) Comments | Posted October 29, 2010 | 2:48 PM

Do you want to have equality in your parenting and household management? No prizes for guessing, but its grounded in the family cultures you came from and the one you're creating now. What about company work flexibility practices that are stated as policy on the outside but rarely happen on...

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