Three Passionate Young Women Making History In Washington, D.C.

Maliaka Mealy, Heather Rasberry, and Megan Goffney

Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA salutes three young women from the Washington, D.C. area who took their passion regarding the shooting death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin ( Sanford, Florida) and channeled it into a well-attended rally on Saturday March 24th in Downtown Washington. Heather Rasberry, Megan Goffney, Maliaka Mealy along with their friend from Florida, Yolanda Carr, organized the "DC Trayvon Rally" via social media in only four days. Thousands including national and local civil rights leaders, church and student leaders, as well as the local, national and international media showed up on a rainy day at Freedom Plaza in front of the John Wilson Building to show their support for the family of Trayvon Martin and concerned for the justice process related to Martin's death.

Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA recognizes the tremendous ingenuity and social media savvy demonstrated by these women.  They not only moved themselves into meaningful action, but they also engaged an entire metropolitan area in activism about the unfortunate and tragic death of Trayvon Martin and the social ills plaguing the urban communities of the Washington, D.C. area. Kudos to Heather, Maliaka, and Meagan, and a SHOUT OUT to Rev. Tony Lee (Community of Hope A.M.E. Church) and all those who supported these women!!  

For more info on this story, check: Trayvon Martin - Washington, DC Rally For Justice on Facebook and "DCTrayvonRally" on Twitter.

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Leadership Tuesdays--Stephanie C. Hill of Lockheed Martin newly promoted Executive of non-defense Gov't SBU

 
Our last Leadership Tuesdays for this Women's History Month's of 2012 features Stephanie Cole Hill of leading defense industry contractor, Lockheed Martin.  An engineer by training, Ms. Hill was recently promoted to President of Information Systems and Global Solutions-Civil where she leads the 10,000 employees of this multi-billion dollar business unit. Presently, Ms. Hill is the only African American President at Lockheed Martin and she reports to Ms. Linda R. Gooden, Executive Vice President of Information Systems and Global Solutions and the other African American woman in executive leadership at Lockheed Martin. (Ms. Gooden was profiled and featured in Leadership Tuesdays in September 2011.) 

In March 2012, Ms. Hill has the distinct honor of being profiled for Women's History Month in The Root by her prominent older sister, Harriette Cole, a best-selling author, Today Show/MSNBC contributor, president of her own media company and former editor at Essence Magazine.

To view Ms. Hill's quote "It's The Right Thing To Do" advocating STEM education, click:
http://motivationalmoments-vwo.blogspot.com/2012/03/leadership-tuesdays-its-right-thing-to.html

To view this Leadership Tuesdays' feature on Ms. Hill, click:
http://womenatliberty.com/leadershiptuesdaysmarch2012.html

For more information on LeadershipTuesdays, see:
http://womenatliberty.com/leadershiptuesdays.html


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