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MPRA is hosting an Archery Competition on April 17th at Ft Leonard Wood, MO. Come out and show your skills and possibly win some nice gifts
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The 2010 MPRA Scholarship program is now open. Go to our website for more details www.mpraonline.org and go to the Scholarship link.
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April 2010 MPRA is hosting the 1st Iron Buck / 3D Archery event at Ft Leonard Wood. A great event planned !!!
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MPRA Ozark Chapter is sponsoring the local Shop with a Cop program which reaches many less fortunate Families; Great Effort by the MPRA-OC.
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Our Rhode Island Chapter is hosting their 3rd Annual Dinner / Dance in March 2010; contact us at harner@mpraonline.org for more details
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2010 Theme: Writing Women Back into History
2010 will be the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project. When we began mobilizing the lobbying effort that resulted in President Carter issuing a Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980 as the first National Women’s History Week, we had no idea what the future would bring. And then, in 1987, another of our successful lobbying efforts resulted in Congress expanding the week into a month, and March is now National Women’s History Month.
The overarching theme for 2010 and our 30th Anniversary celebration is Writing Women Back into History. It often seems that the history of women is written in invisible ink. Even when recognized in their own times, women are frequently left out of the history books. To honor our 2010 theme, we are highlighting pivotal themes from previous years. Each of these past themes recognizes a different aspect of women’s achievements, from ecology to art, and from sports to politics.
When we began our work in the early eighties, the topic of women’s history was limited to college curricula, and even there it languished. At that time, less than 3% of the content of teacher training textbooks mentioned the contributions of women and when included, women were usually written in as mere footnotes. Women of color and women in fields such as math, science, and art were completely omitted. This limited inclusion of women’s accomplishments deprived students of viable female role models.
Today, when you search the Internet with the words “women’s +history + month,” you’ll find more than 40,500,000 citations. These extraordinary numbers give testimony to the tireless work of thousands of individuals, organizations, and institutions to write women back into history.Much of this work was made possible by the generous support of people like you.
We are inviting other women’s and educational organizations as well as women’s history performers, authors, historic sites, and museums, unions, military units, universities, and women’s history programs and parents, grandparents, and interested individuals to join us in recognizing the importance of women in history.
Now, more than ever, the work of this movement needs to continue and expand. Each new generation needs to draw information and inspiration from the last.
Your continued financial support is needed for this special campaign and to help ensure that women do not find themselves once again written out of our history
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MPRA 1st Annual Archery Tournament! Greetings from the Scholarship Committee, We would like to announce that the Committee is currently organizing our spring fundraiser. On 17 April we will host the First Annual MPRA 3D Archery Challenge & Iron...
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Send your Military Police Photos and Stories to be displayed on the MPRA website! Thanks LTC Galvin for your photos of the 89th MP Ball in Iraq. Photos are displayed on ...
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Son saves Family, honored by MPs
Thursday, 14 January 2010
By Kerstin Lopez
GUIDON staff
It was the day after Christmas, and as a family of four retired upstairs for the evening, little did they realize this would be a night to remember.
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