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Film: ‘Equal Means Equal’ to screen in Montclair

by Gwen Orel May 25, 2017June 26, 2017

By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news It’s perfectly legal to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. Women don’t have equal protection under the law. Many people assume […]

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Local karate black belt heads to Japan to study

by Jaimie Julia Winters April 13, 2017April 12, 2018

Karrin Pitt is excited, and also admits to being terrified, to leave Montclair to live and study karate in Okinawa, the birthplace of that martial art. But the 31-year-old, who […]

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Enter the Queen: costumed speaker comes to Victorian Society in Montclair

by Gwen Orel April 13, 2017June 30, 2017

By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news If she could, Judith Martorelli would hold flowers when she gives her talk about Queen Victoria on Monday, April 17. That would be more in keeping […]

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Never saying sorry: Women’s Empowerment panel in Montclair

by Gwen Orel April 12, 2017April 12, 2018

by ANTOINETTE MARTIN for Montclair Local Women’s empowerment took the stage at the Wellmont on Tuesday, April 4, as a panel of local women offered evocative tips and insights into […]

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Women’s Empowerment Panel gives notes

by Gwen Orel April 5, 2017July 2, 2017

Donna Miller, founder of C3 Workplace, moderated a panel on Women’s Empowerment at The Wellmont Theater Tuesday, April 4. Speakers on the panel included WOR radio host Joan Herrmann, career […]

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Taking a week for women in Montclair: Women’s Empowerment Week

by Gwen Orel March 30, 2017April 9, 2018

By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news For women, empowerment can be as simple as wearing a well-fitting bra. And as meaningful as wearing clothes, instead of scrubs, home from the hospital after […]