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Can You Become a Black Woman?

By wogwpa1358 on July 14, 2015 / Family, Featured Post, Heart, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: racial justice, social justice, women's empowerment, women's issues, women's leadership

Washington-state resident Rachel Dolezal has made her living and life for the past several years as a scholar, artist, and activist. Dolezal has been a leader in college campus and community development through volunteerism and research, coordinating MLK day celebrations, teach African American history, holding one woman art shows, and tutoring children, among other activities. Over the years of being a civic leader, artist, and teacher, Dolezal presented herself as a Black woman.

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Questions To Help Create Progress In Your Life

By wogwpa1358 on July 10, 2015 / Featured Post, Health, Heart / Leave a comment

Tags: coaching, coaching for women, social entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, women's empowerment, women's issues, women's leadership

I’ve been reflecting on some of the key elements necessary for moving your life forward. Here is my start on a list. Take a look and see where you land. Then make a decision to put concentrated effort into making changes in your identified area. Do you notice what you notice? Where do you put your attention? Do you guide your thoughts or do they seem to guide you?

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Earth Mammas: 9 Mothers Making the Planet Greener

By wogwpa1358 on July 9, 2015 / Family, Featured Post, Heart, Leadership, Nature / Leave a comment

Tags: eco moms, environmental justice, environmental sustainability, green women, sustainability, toxins in environment, women and the environment, women of green, women's empowerment

Being an environmentalist doesn’t have to mean sacrificing dreams of having a family. In fact, as the five women on this list prove, being a mother can make us even more committed to keeping the planet clean and green. And while some environmentalists point to overpopulation as the leading cause of global warming, there’s more evidence showing that our mismanagement of resources is more to blame than the number of people on the planet.

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Costa Rican Cable Co. Broadcasting Female Empowerment In Prime Time

By wogwpa1358 on July 6, 2015 / Family, Featured Media, Featured Post, Innovation / Leave a comment

Tags: eco moms, economic justice, economic self-sufficiency for women, gender equality, social entrepreneurs, social good, social justice, women in business, women in media, women startups, women-run business, women's economy, women's empowerment, women's issues

A cable company in Costa Rica has decided to use it’s most valuable public advertising space (which is what we meant by “prime time”) not to promote itself, but to promote local, women-run businesses in the name of female empowerment. Claro® is the company, and ‘Signs Of Progress’ is the name of this awesome campaign seeking to give Costa Rican women a place in society that elevates their economic status.

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New Feminist Beer Campaign ‘Cerveja Feminista’ Challenges Sexism In Advertising

By wogwpa1358 on July 4, 2015 / Arts, Featured Post, Innovation, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: branding, creative activism, gender equality, social entrepreneurs, social justice, women entrepreneurs, women in advertising, women in media, women's buying power, women's empowerment, women's issues, women's leadership

When you think of beer advertising, you think of a group of men crowded around a bar watching sports, chugging a few cold ones down, right? Why is it that the majority of beer advertising is only directed at men, when there is quite a healthy female population of beer drinkers world wide.

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The Media’s Portrayal Of Women, and How We Are Changing It

By wogwpa1358 on July 3, 2015 / Arts, Featured Media, Featured Post, Heart, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: collective power of women, social entrepreneurs, social justice, woman-made media, women entrepreneurs, women filmmakers, women in media, women's empowerment, women's leadership

In celebration of the all-female focus in front of and behind the camera, the filmmakers turned the cameras on themselves, capturing their transformational journey, and asking the questions, “What would it look and feel like to live in a women’s world? And what would it be like to live in a world where we hear every day from incredible, inspiring women about what women can do?”

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Maci Peterson, On Second Thought, “The Texting Savior” Is First Place Winner

By wogwpa1358 on July 2, 2015 / Featured Post, Innovation, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: social entrepreneurs, women entrepreneurs, women in business, women in technology, women's empowerment, women's leadership

On Second Thought is the flagship Digital Reputation Protection Platform (DRPP) and ecosystem that protects the reputations of individuals via mobile application technology. It does so by allowing users to take back text messages, chat messages, emails and social media posts before they get to the recipient. On Second Thought won 1st Place in the UpGlobal and Kauffman Foundation’s #StartupOasis pitch competition at South by Southwest in 2014, and it was recently named “The Texting Savior” by AT&T. It is currently available in the Google Play Store and Amazon AppStore.

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Empowering Women One Brand at a Time

By wogwpa1358 on July 2, 2015 / Featured Post, Health, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: branding, Fourth Wave Feminism, social justice, women in business, women social media, women's empowerment, women's issues, women's leadership

Women are everywhere. No surprise, right? They do, after all, make up 50 percent of the world’s population. Yet, everywhere we look, women are a topic of conversation. Michelle Obama’s outfit choices on a recent tour of Japan are proclaimed to break down female stereotypes. Sweaty, jiggling, and fabulous women exercising on our screens chant “This girl can.” A woman’s mob killing in Afghanistan sparks a global #JusticeForFarkhunda movement. The banning of “India’s Daughter,” a documentary about the gang rape in Delhi, raises hackles across the globe.

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12 Women Startups Aim to Disrupt Startup World at Women Startup Pitch Competition

By wogwpa1358 on June 28, 2015 / Featured Post, Innovation, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: women entrepreneurs, women in business, women in green business, women in sustainability, women of green, women's empowerment, women's leadership

Only 7% of investor money goes to women-led startups. We’re going to help crush those stats!! Folks, the Women Startup Challenge is on a roll. In Round I, over $315,000 was raised by the startups. A panel of judges consisting of investors and tech experts reviewed the 25 startups that raised the most money in Round I for viability and promise. Twelve women-led startups were chosen to move to the final round.

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Meryl Streep: We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby… But Not Far Enough

By wogwpa1358 on June 24, 2015 / Family, Featured Post, Leadership / Leave a comment

Tags: Carolyn Parrs, gender equality, social justice, women entrepreneurs, women of green, women's empowerment, women's issues, women's leadership

Meryl Streep - Gender Equality in Constitution

Meryl Streep Wants You to Know Gender Equality Still Isn’t Guaranteed by the Constitution. The actor sent letters to Congress to urge it to pass an amendment that has been stalled for decades.

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