"Tenacity, Perseverance, and Empathy"
Great advice from the one-and-only Arianna Huffington, on what it takes to run for office, and what women need to do to shatter the glass ceiling and create change. Here's an excerpt from the article on BlogHer:
“These qualities," Arianna says, "embody our ability as women to transcend existing paradigms of work, politics and society in general. Yet beyond the cultural, legal & political obstacles are the personal". At times, we are our own worst enemies, letting fears get in the way of our own successes. She encourages all women to push on, knowing fear is essential to success, but creating supportive tribes to help us along the journey.
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More Great Women!
When last in Toronto, Sandy got together with Leah Eichler, founder of Femme-O-Nomics
http://Femme-O-Nomics.com and Saturday Globe and Mail business columnist of Women@work. Leah has created an online networking model that appeals instinctively to women. It’s about time the business world took note of expanded approaches to doing business. YAY!
While networking in Vancouver, Sandy had a productive meeting with Sherri Moore-Arbour, the Director of Communications with the BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA). Sandy'd filmed Sherri at the Famous Five installation in Ottawa, back in 2009.
Sherri has offered to help out with our ‘Dancing Backwards’ program (see below) by providing introductions to movers and shakers in BC’s education field. Thanks Sherri.
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From Sandy's Desk
On Sept 27, I had the opportunity to present the newest DWtO tentacle -
Dancing Backwards – Let’s Get Canada’s Political Women into History! – to the Status of Women group, part of the Social Justice Committee of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) in Vancouver. Thanks to Susan Ruzic for inviting me to speak. BCTF has offered to assist and promote the program and bought a copy of the Hearland Associates' book on the subject.
Teachers complain that it’s hard to find any mention in our history books of the women who came before us. Those who fought for a woman’s right to vote, for the protection of family rights, and to be recognized as “persons” under the law. How can we effectively teach students about the courageous acts of these political foremothers?
In a nutshell here's the idea: DWtO will assist students as they research and create content to be posted to an online video library celebrating the social history of Canadian women in politics. The goal? To combat youth voter apathy by offering role models that engage young people in the political conversation. The video storytelling – by students for students – will offer an accessible online edu-tool that bridges past and present, awakening girls and boys to politics.
Are you a teacher of any grade interested in participating in this pilot program? Please contact me!
Much of September was spent grant writing – thanks for your help intern Hannah!
Stay tuned - you might just be asked to vote for us on BC Ideas Changemakers.
Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:57PM 
