Leadership Tuesdays: "Managing Change" and "How To Succeed"

Twice a month on Tuesdays, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. 

In celebration of Black History Month and its 2012 theme: Black Women in American Culture and History, we are featuring Reverend Dr. Vashti M. McKenzie who is currently a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. She is responsible for leading the 13th Episcopal District (Tennessee and Kentucky) and she holds the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the office of Bishop in the A.M.E. Church. Her leadership accomplishments include leading large church organizations in both the U.S. and South Africa, creating entrepreneurial business projects, starting over 35 local churches, growing a church congregation from 330 to over 1700 members, and managing multi-million dollar church real estate development projects.

http://www.thisisyourwakeupcallonline.com

Also for Women's History Month which begins March 1, Leadership Tuesdays is featuring Arianna Huffington who is an author, nationally syndicated columnist, President and Editor-In-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group. In 2005, she along with Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti, founded The Huffington Post as a political blog. In 2011, Huffington sold The Huffington Post to AOL for a reported $315 million while still maintaining leadership over the now well-respected internet news source. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington

To view these stories, click Leadership Tuesdays.

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MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT

WOMEN AT LIBERTY sends, via Facebook and Twitter, daily motivational messages to inspire you.  Click the link above to get the most current message or see below for the most popular message posted last week:

A Legacy of Public Good...Mrs. Betty Ford (1918-2011)  

"We were in a position where my husband had been sworn into office during a very, very difficult time. There had been so much cover-up during Watergate that we wanted to be sure there would be no cover-up in the Ford Administration. So rather than continue this traditional silence about breast cancer, we felt we had to be public." 

--Mrs. Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (1974-1977), Wife of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Co-Founder of the Betty Ford Center (previously the Betty Ford Clinic), Breast Cancer Survivor

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Leadership Tuesdays!

Leadership Tuesdays’ goal is to provide a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders.

In the very first introduction to Leadership Tuesdays, a quote from the book, Becoming A Leader (2009), by Myles Monroe was used to illustrate one of the key premises of this program:   Everyone has the potential to lead.  Dr. Munroe stated that, “there is a leader in everyone waiting to serve his or her generation." This quote helps to dispel the myth that only certain people can be leaders and supports the thinking that people must discover and cultivate their innate leadership abilities and styles. 

 Although we cannot all be leaders at the same time, at any given moment in life we may be called upon to lead. Further, as Vashti McKenzie states in this short inspirational message, we must examine ourselves for self-sabotage and excuses.  Next, …

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2011 WOMEN HISTORY MAKERS-DC, MD, & VA

It’s not too late to visit womenatliberty.com and view the 2011 Nominees as well as the Honorable Mentions.  Feel free to leave a comment honoring their leadership, service and accomplishments of the honorees.  Special thanks to all of the individuals who sent in nominations.   Stay tuned for more details.

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Announcing 2011 Women History Makers and Honorable Mentions

Leadership Tuesdays!

Leadership Tuesdays' goal is to provide a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders.

Ann M. Fudge, a Washington D.C. native, is the former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam. She also held leadership positions at General Mills and Kraft.  In a short interview, she talks with the Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein about the skepticism as well as opportunity you face as a CEO without a history in the industry. (See the video here.)

2011 Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA  

Announcing 2011 Women History Makers. Today, check the WOMEN AT LIBERTY website to see profiles of:
Nominees

• Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Esq.
• Dr. Barbara L. Shaw

Our Honorable Mentions

• Katie Couric
• Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards
• Cathy Lanier
• Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
• Bishop Vashti McKenzie
• Senator Barbara Mikulski

2011 Komen Race For The Cure

Check out the Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA Facebook page to see picture highlights of the 2011 Komen Race For The Cure in Washington, D.C. on June 4.

SPONSOR

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or partner of WOMEN AT LIBERTY and Women History Makers-DC, MD, & VA and/or Leadership Tuesdays, please contact Nona at 240-486-1427 or nona@womenatliberty.com.

Women History Makers Program

Good Day All!

I hope that you all enjoyed the Black History Months Blogs and posts.  I have been busy working on a special project to honor women who have been pioneers and trailblazers in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area.  I actually spoke of the project in a blog honoring the life of the late Apostle Betty Peebles last October.  This project will honor women in the fields of:

• Art & Literature

• Business
• Civic/Religious Leadership
• Media
• Medicine/Science
• Music and Entertainment
• Public Service & Education
• Sports

Are you a history maker? Do you know a history maker? Go to WOMEN AT LIBERTY for more information.  Nominations begin March 20, 2011.  

This week, the WOMEN AT LIBERTY Blog featured the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's (D-TX) historic Keynote Address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention. She was the first woman and African American to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Also remembered was the late Apostle Peebles of Maryland who was the only woman to lead one of the United States' largest 100 churches' in recent years. 

Don't forget to check out and "Like" the Women History Makers--DC, MD, & VA Page on Facebook . You will find interesting info on History Makers, Motivational Moments by History Makers like First Lady Michelle Obama, Bishop Vashti McKenzie and Katie Couric, stories on pioneering journalists like ABC's Carole Simpson, fashion tips, and more!