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A Telling Footnote in the History of Women's Rights
This January 2019 piece by Amanda Foreman reveals just how ancient and bitter this struggle for women's rights can be:
"What [these women] want is complete freedom...Once they have achieved equality, they will be your masters." -- Cato the Elder in 195 B.C., defending a law being repealed that had banned women from owning a half ounce of gold.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unenforceable-laws-against-pleasure-1154834...
Complicated and requiring EQ, the struggle continues today.
Principle Quest Unwrapped
Published this January a workbook for facilitators, and with an index, so you can quickly find five minute shares or the bicycle chain described!
In my career on Wall Street, then as founder of a successful entrepreneurial venture, I discovered how vital it is to build community in any group or team. But exactly how does this happen? In this workbook, I share a possible recipe, what I have learned from wise mentors, my own Principle Quest and leading retreats for women since 2012. Racial justice and gender equity need to be part of our conversation today, and you may be considering being a facilitator using one of these formats in your own workplace or community. Building community becomes better understood, an explicit goal of work teams, events and various groups – and not just for women-only groups. What you will find in this workbook are tools, formats and tips for creating that climate of a safe and more intimate community.
By providing you with these tools to build a safe community, facilitate a retreat, or lead a team, you can relish your own journey, find your deepest wisdom, feel empowered – and most importantly, learn how we can change our world into a more just and sustainable environment for everyone.
Grants in 2018 – To Begin to Be The Change We Hope To See
These two women-led organizations received grants:
Rock the Street Wall Street - high school girls learn about financial markets and careers, inspired by women they meet on field trips to financial firms.
World of Money - young people in underserved communities are empowered by immersive education in financial literacy. Go, money moguls!
Additional grants were made to seven organizations:
Council for Economic Education
Hunter College Foundation initiated the Forté Foundation partnership at Hunter
Virtual Enterprise International
Pass the Baton Retreat Concludes on a Lovely Autumn Afternoon
Nine women joined me to discover how this baton might be passed for the future. My gratitude runs deep! Thank you.
Grace Institute Breakfast
My guests and I were inspired, to say the least, when we heard the stories of two amazing women graduates of Grace Institute's multi-week program. Today thanks to Grace Institute, women enter (or re-enter) the workplace with more confidence, new skills and rediscovered talent!