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Courtney Love, Patti Smith Bring Punk Cred To Mariska Hargitay's Charity Event
Your typical posh charity benefit in Manhattan usually includes a celebrity or two, maybe a performance by an artist who was popular in the '90s and a room full of insanely rich (and generous!) people. And while all of the above were at the Museum of Modern Art last night, the benefit for "Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay's Joyful Heart organization had a whole lot more.
Mariska Hargitay hosts the 2011 Joyful Heart Foundation Gala
Mariska Hargitay hosted the 2011 Joyful Heart Foundation Gala last night at The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the event featured a celebrity guest list as well as live performances by celebrity musicians.
It's time to test rape kits
Over the last two years, cities across Texas, including Houston, have acknowledged significant backlogs of untested rape kits in their police storage facilities — at least 4,000 kits in Houston and another 16,000 untested kits in Dallas and San Antonio combined.
JHF ED Honored Among 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Women's eNews
Several of us at Joyful Heart had the honor and privilege of attending the Women's eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Annual Gala on Tuesday evening as guests of Mariska Hargitay, Joyful Heart's President & Founder, and Maile Zambuto, our Executive Director, who was honored as one of the 21 Leaders. Women's eNews is a valuable source of information, not just for women, but for anyone who cares about the issues that affect women and, by extension, our entire society.
Help Joyful Heart Win $500,000!
Starting today, Joyful Heart is participating in the Chase Community Giving competition. This is an incredible program that allows Facebook users to vote for organizations and ideas that matter most to them. It represents a chance for Joyful Heart to continue helping our community of survivors, healers and supporters in a huge way—the winning organization receives a $500,000 grant.
Hargitay Helps Heal The Healers
Just as she does on TV, actress Mariska Hargitay (who plays detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), is dedicated to helping survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse heal and reclaim their lives.
Rebuttal: Justice Requires Rape-Kit Testing
In February Women's eNews ran a commentary by Wendy Murphy about excessive attention being paid to a backlog of untested rape kits. Here Sarah Tofte offers a vigorous rebuttal, told in part through the tribulations of one young woman.
THE WIFE LOVER
This new shirt from instructor Alanna Zabel’s L.A. based company AZIAM pays tribute to the mental effects of the exercise.
America's Cold-Case Crisis
Testing old rape kits could put countless rapists in prison—and exonerate others who were wrongly convicted. Linda Fairstein on the tragedy of letting these truth-tellers collect dust.
