Special Blog: Motivational Moments & Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Dedication

8/26/11 UPDATE:  After consultation with the National Park Service and FEMA, the Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation announced in a Press Conference on August 25 that the official Dedication Ceremony has been postponed in the interest of public safety and the expectation of Hurricane Irene scheduled to hit the Washington, D.C. metro area this weekend.  The Friday and Saturday morning Prayer Service will proceed as scheduled.  For more information, see:  

FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO DEDICATION DAY PLANS

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial--Stone of Hope
Washington, D.C. (Picture taken 8/22/2011)

Happy Thursday All!

     I hope that you are getting a chance to really enjoy the last days of Summer.  Here in Washington, D.C., we are happy to report that we all survived the strongest earthquake to hit the area in 100 years. As one who grew up in California and has experienced earthquakes before, I have to admit that this was a pretty substantial event.

     Additionally, our area is preparing for the official dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on this Sunday, August 28, which is also the 48^th Anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington.  Are you coming?  The excitement meter is off the charts for this historic event and the city is welcoming guests and participants from near and far, including Former Atlanta Mayor and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, Roland Martin of CNN & TV One, Congressman John Lewis, Stevie Wonder, India Arie, Brian Williams of NBC, Soledad O’Brien of CNN, Gwen Ifill of PBS, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Latrice Pace, Shirley Murdock, and the lists goes on and on. 

     There are a hosts of events including a Public Expo at the Washington Convention Center, go to www.dedicatethedream.org to see how you can participate.  Join us in praying that Hurricane Irene will behave herself so that we can enjoy a beautiful day on the Mall.  The National Park Service and the King National Memorial Foundation has said that they will make a decision about the Dedication Events on Friday afternoon, so if you are planning to attend, check www.dedicatethedream.org for up-to-date details. You can also make donations, buy tickets to the Gala or buy memorabilia at this website.

     Lastly, I have shared one of my cellphone pictures from an impromptu visit to the King Memorial on this past Monday evening, the official opening day.  I’ll post more pictures on Women History Makers-DC,MD, & VA Facebook page.  Also, I will be sharing a surprise about the Sunday events via Twitter this weekend so be sure to follow @womenatliberty or like the Women History Makers-DC, MD, & VA Facebook page.

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MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT

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The Most Beautiful Discovery...Elizabeth Foley

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.   -- Elizabeth Foley

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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.

The regular WOMEN AT LIBERTY's Leadership Tuesdays feature will return on September 6.  To view past features on Ursula Burns of Xerox, Shelly Lazarus of Ogilvy, Mellody Hobson of Ariel Investments, Debra Lee of BET, Donna Karan, and more,  click here.  

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MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT

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Keep Faith With Life...Madeleine Albright

"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life." 
--Madeleine Albright

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Donna Karan, Fashion Designer

"For me fashion is caring and sharing with another human being", said Fashion Designer Donna Karan.  In this video Ms. Karan talks with the Washington Post's Ned Martel about the feminine instinct, the value that can be derived from collaboration, and her philanthropy efforts.  She highlights her business' approach to responding to the AIDS epidemic and the Haiti earthquake.

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Leadership Tuesdays Update: Madeleine Albright on Women and Leadership

Leadership Tuesdays

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

This week we feature Kelsey Hubbard of The Wall Street Journal talking with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright about her role models and mentors, goals and aspirations, and her path to becoming the first female Secretary of State.  In this brief video Ms. Albright gives her views on the current state of affairs for women in leadership around the world. She also shares advice on how women should be supportive to each other. 

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Leadership Tuesdays Update: Deborah Alderson and Sara Blakley

Well, it's been two weeks since I updated this blog, but I wanted to let you all know who has been featured in the WOMEN AT LIBERTY's Leadership Tuesdays segments.  (See below.)  By the way, I am working on a new blog on integrity that should be posted soon.  Stay tuned.  Meanwhile check out these Leadership Tuesdays videos featuring Deborah Alderson, corporate executive from defense contractor SAIC, and Sara Blakley, entrepreneur and founder of Spanx, Inc.

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Deborah H. Alderson is the president of SAIC's Defense Solutions Group, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Ms. Alderson manages a team of more than 12,500 professionals.  In this interview with Beverly Mowery, Vice President of Publications for the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Ms. Alderson talks about the characteristics that are important to her as a leader, what lessons she learned from a situation she considered her greatest failure, and more. 

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Colleen DeBaise, from The Wall Street Journal, speaks with Sara Blakley, entrepreneur and founder of Spanx, Inc. Unhappy with how her "butt" looked in white pants, Sara invented a new type of undergarment that took away panty lines and gave a smoothing effect.  In the video …

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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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WOMEN AT LIBERTY Blog -- 7-7-11

MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT

WOMEN AT LIBERTY sends, via Facebook and Twitter, daily motivational messages to inspire you.  Here is the most popular post of the week:

Leadership Tuesdays: Desire Over Fear...Sheryl Sandberg

“Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face—and there will be barriers—be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold. I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try." 
--Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook

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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.

Welcome back!  We are continuing our inaugural season of Leadership Tuesdays with an article featuring Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer at Facebook, written by Ken Auletta in The New Yorker entitled, “A Woman’s Place:  Can Sheryl Sandberg upend Silicon Valley’s male-dominated culture?”

The article, which is a very good read by the way, discusses not only Sheryl Sandberg’s history and her ascent to her current position at Facebook, but it also takes a look at her philosophy on women excelling in the workplace and the type of activities she is involved in to promote the next generation of women leaders. In addition, Ken Auletta does a wonderful job of presenting other points of view, sometimes opposing, on how…

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2011 WOMEN HISTORY MAKERS-DC, MD, & VA

Please visit womenatliberty.com for a complete list of the Nominees as well as the Honorable Mentions.  Special thanks to all of the individuals who sent in nominations.   Stay tuned for more details.

As you read about each of the Women History Makers, please feel free to leave a comment honoring their leadership, service and accomplishments. 

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Announcing the 2011 Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA Nominations

MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT

Last week, in honor of Father’s Day, WOMEN AT LIBERTY  posted Motivational Moments by great men, fathers, and brothers. Also, special messages and videos were posted featuring President Barack Obama, Denzel Washington, Rick Warren and others.   Here is one of the featured post:

If I'm going to fall, I don't want to fall back on anything except my faith.  I want to fall forward.  I figure at least this way I'll see what I'm going to hit.  Fall forward.
--Denzel Washington, Academy and Tony Award Winning Actor giving the Commencement Address at University of Pennsylvania, May 2011

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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
• Cheryl M. Wood
• Takeyah Young
• Nakeisha Neal
• Lynn Strange
• Carolyn Washington

Our Honorable Mentions

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

Leadership Tuesdays!

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

Regular Leadership Tuesdays features will resume on  July 5^th.  In the meantime, please feel free to check out an article on Amy Gutmann, President of University of Pennsylvania and the rest of the April and May postings and articles on the Women History Makers-DC, MD, &VA Facebook Page. 

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