As a young teenager Lateefah Simon seemed to be going nowhere. She dropped out of school and worked full-time at a Taco Bell. She was on probation for shoplifting. Then someone offered her a different path. She changed directions and has ever since been paying off her indebtedness for this opportunity with hugh INTEREST. Lateefah’s [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘empowerment’
December 7, 2011
Skip the Beauty Talk: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Tell Her How Beautiful She Looks.
A friend sent me a link to an article on The Huffington Post Web site. I thought Lisa Bloom’s post offered a great model for how people especially women can take action to break the cycle of girls growing into women who see their worth in terms of their image. Bloom demonstrated the power of [...]
November 11, 2011
Midwifes for Haiti: Saving Lifes One Mother and Child at a Time
Erin Curtiss is a midwife in Seattle who operates her own home birthing business. She was intrigued when she learned about an American-based, nonprofit organization called Midwives for Haiti. Haiti has a desperate need for so many things. Midwives are one item on a very long list of needed services. Women in Haiti are fifty [...]
November 3, 2011
Elouise Cobell: She was no legend. She was the real deal.
The fall is a time of harvest celebrations. It is a time of feasting and family gatherings. It is also a time of storytelling – some about families, others about American history. One of the biggest of these stories is played out every November in elementary classrooms across the United States. It involves costumes. Typically, [...]
October 17, 2011
Her Name Fits: Mary Ann Angel
Note: Since this article was first posted it was announced that Mary Ann Angel was selected as one of the Dayton area’s ten top women. The honor, initiated in 1962, recognizes leaders in the community who contribute time and talent for the greater good. Mary Ann will now be included on a list of 480 [...]
October 7, 2011
She Roars Like a Lion in a Country that Expects Her to Act Like a Lamb: Tawakul Karmen
Note: Since I posted this blog in April Tawakul Karman, was one of three women who were announced as the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners. Karman was selected for her contributions to the ongoing struggle for democracy in Yemen. The other two for their pursuit of peace in Liberia. The Nobel Peace Prize committee recognized [...]
September 8, 2011
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots.
She’s played with the big boys. Now she calls the shots. Perry Barber was a singer/songwriter growing up in the 1970s. She did office work for Gladys Knight, and performed as an opener for Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and Hall and Oates. But music was not to be her calling. Instead, her career path lay [...]
August 10, 2011
Israeli and Palestinian Women Are Proof Life is a Beach
Incivility is on the rise according to the American Psychological Association. At their recent annual meeting the APA focused on incivility in the workplace. The professional organization said that rudeness, insults and plain old bad manners are growing problems for Americans. Incivility stresses workers and reduces productivity. Sometimes the problem is simply the result of [...]
July 20, 2011
She’d Like to Drive Men
Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel doesn’t want to drive men mad. She does, however, want to be able to drive a car. She is not alone. No Saudi Arabia woman has the legal right to drive a car. Ameerah who is in her late 20s in the fourth wife of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the [...]
June 8, 2011
Run Rosie, Run. She’s Number One Around the Track
She’s like a bride and a bridesmaid. Rosie Napravnik was the featured woman of the day yet she didn’t go home with the prize. When the 23-year-old jockey finished ninth in the 2011 Kentucky Derby in May she became the highest-finishing female rider in the premier thoroughbred horse race. The Run for the Roses as [...]
