17-year-old Samantha Garvey is in the running for a national prestigious science award. 300 teenagers across the country have been named this year as semifinalists in the Intel science competition; so Samantha is, indeed, a member of a select group. But I wonder how many of these intelligent, dedicated, and creative kids also have been [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘hope’
January 10, 2012
Passion and Purpose can Transform a Woman: Lateefah Simon’s Story
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 [...]
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 [...]
May 24, 2011
Women’s Work on the Front Lines of Afghanistan
U.S. Marines are undertaking an experiment in Afghanistan. They are embracing the power of women’s work. A few women have been added to what used to be all-male patrols − patrols on the front lines. Although the women wear body armor (which can be cumbersome and cause discomfort and chaffing because it wasn’t designed to [...]
May 11, 2011
It Took 35 Years for This Woman to Rediscover Her Voice
Who hasn’t had a moment when they felt like yelling? What if you couldn’t? What if you weren’t able to say anything? Those among us who are able-bodied often take our abilities for granted. Jan Christian hasn’t taken the power of her voice for granted for a long time. She recently found hers after a [...]
April 27, 2011
Becca Stevens Changes Lives:Beauty Products with a Social Purpose
Becca Stevens looks the part of a beauty product entrepreneur. Stevens created a natural bath and body products business advertised as good for the Earth as well as the body. Becca, an Episcopal priest, established the business to benefit the women who make the Thistle Farms products. The women who work at Thistle Farms are [...]
October 25, 2010
Girl, 20, Takes Law into Her Own Hands!
In a lawless area of Mexico where police officers frequently quit because of low pay and high risks, where police chiefs and mayors are regularly murdered, and where drug cartels seem to be in control, one town’s solution to these problems is more remarkable than any movie I’ve ever watched. The town of Praxedis G. [...]
October 14, 2010
It’ll Get Better. Don’t Let the Bastards Win!
It’s hard to pick up a newspaper (yes, some people still read the morning news in print form) or listen to the news these days without hearing stories related to gay rights. The saddest stories involve the death of tormented youth such as 18-year-old violinist and Rutger’s freshman Tyler Clementi Clementi who jumped from the [...]
