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title: "OBOS 40th Featured in The Women's Health Activist"
date: 2012-01-28T00:25:33-05:00
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# OBOS 40th Featured in The Women's Health Activist

By Rachel Walden • January 28, 2012

Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above.

We're delighted to see a piece on our recent 40th anniversary global symposium in [The Women's Health Activist](https://www.nwhn.org/womens-health-activist-newsletter/), the newsletter of one of our favorite organizations, the [National Women's Health Network](http://nwhn.org/). In [The Spiral of Women’s Health Activism](http://nwhn.org/newsletter/node/1305), NWHN Program & Policy Director Amy Allina talks a bit about our history and reports on panels and presenters from the day, remarking:  
  
> Early in the day, Jaclyn Friedman, the symposium’s mistress of ceremonies, explained her belief that women’s health activism moves in a spiral, not a circle, because while we are connected to our beginnings, we are also continually moving forward. The day’s discussions provided a perfect demonstration of that concept.

  
  
If you weren't able to join us for those discussions, check out [video from the event](http://www.youtube.com/user/ourbodiesourselves#p/c/21193CA7E013C735), including presentations from Byllye Avery, Loretta Ross, a welcome message from Governor Patrick Deval, panels with our global partners, and more.  
  
If you haven't checked out the NWHN site lately, go take a look - it has been redesigned to a spiffy new look, with news and blog posts, connections to social media, and lots of great information about the organization and the health issues they work on.

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