Awaken your greatness, the ‘sleeping giant’ this Women’s History Month and it will stay with you forever. Are you ready to be great?
Bring to the surface and into the light, your inner strength, your inner courage and your awesome power to make great things happen in your life and in the lives of others.
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You deserve the best girl program you can find. This is the epitome of girl power.
The children are the future. Do you want to work with girls, yet are unsure about how to get started? Or maybe you run a girls’ empowerment program, yet are looking for something fresh and new?
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Do you know how to be a sister? Being a sister means being there for other women and girls who need you.
Sisterhood is a bond between women who share common goals and can come together to move the agenda forward.
Being a sister means knowing how to respect yourself and honor the whole.
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Sometimes, we have to learn to fight bullies. It is not easy or fun, but it’s something that must be done.
Do you know a bully? I know several. We are all uniquely created with different fingerprints, hair textures, and personalities. Bullies often try to dominate through forced conformation.
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THE CONNECTION
ACEs and women often go hand-in-hand. Women experience more trauma than men. These traumas too often mirror the experiences of a childhood fraught with the same. ACEs are Adverse Childhood Experiences that put all of us at risk, particularly women of color.
ROUGH CHILDHOODS
Why? ACEs are traumatic experiences (for example,
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When sexual assault makes the headlines, it can result in a mass triggering among sexual assault victims and survivors.
When Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before Congress on Thursday, September 27, 2018, a major energy shift occurred, particularly among the women watching. Dr. Ford’s testimony was not only believed,
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Fashion speaks feminism means that the two can be related and interconnected. Our self-expression can be both fashionable and feminist at the same time.
“The Future is Female!”
I’m sure you have seen this quote printed on t-shirts and while you may not have thought much of it,
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I sometimes wonder if women need a revolution, just for us. In the U.S., the first annual United State of Women Summit was recently held. Named after Angela Davis, I always believed that the revolution would not be televised. Lately, I have really been wondering: who and what is going to make the biggest impact for women and girls around the globe?
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“When feminism becomes mainstream, this is great, as long as it includes sisterhood and is not women’s power defined by someone else’s agenda.” Angela D. Coleman, Founder, Sisterhood Agenda
#1: Worshiping Idols
Calling oneself a feminist is a self-identifying label. It does not have to be true and there is almost an implicit dare to challenge it.
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In countries all over the world, many are asking this question: “When it comes to skirts and shorts, how short is too short?”
The picture below is from Germany where schools administrators are asking this very question.
Short skirts are not appropriate everywhere and they are not for everyone.
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