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Empowerment Anthem

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June is LGBT Pride month.

I Will Survive (AKA: The Gay Anthem)

“At first, I was afraid, I was petrified.
Kept thinkin’ I could never live
Without you by my side,
But then I spent so many nights
Thinkin’ how you did me wrong.
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.”

“Well, now go! Walk out the door!
Just turn around now,
‘Cause you’re not welcome anymore!
Weren’t you the one
Who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I’d crumble?
Did you think I’d lay down and die?”

“Oh no, not I! I will survive!”

-I Will Survive (single) and We Will Survive (album), performed by Gloria Gaynor, written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris

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Learning from Mistakes

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“Kick me down, I’ll bounce back up. But that will never happen again.“

–Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction by Marcia Reynolds

Overcoming Rape With Dance

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National Dance Week is April 24-May 3, 2015.

Profile of Sohini Chakraborty, India

“I am not teaching dance; I am inspiring dignity and self-respect.”

“Girls who are the victims of violence and sexual trafficking are extremely uncomfortable with their bodies,” Sohini explains. “They don’t feel physicality because they feel it is responsible for the stigma attached to them.”

“In the brothel, you have no control over your body,” she explains. “But when you dance, you are the one giving expression to your body. You are controller of your body, of your mind, of your expression. It’s freedom.”

–Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World by Alyse Nelson

 

It’s About the Challenge

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“Give me a stick and I’ll build you a bridge, unless I’ve already done that, so give me a bigger challenge or I’ll move on to something else.”

“Don’t do me any favors; just applaud me when I’m done.“

–Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction by Marcia Reynolds

What We Do Matters

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“Our lives are short, time passes quickly, and we will have our share of suffering and joy. Time, place, skin color, and gender will greatly affect the expectations, opportunities, and limitations placed on us. And yet, if we have a soul, then what we do here in the time we have matters.“

–Moving Toward the Millionth Circle: Energizing the Global Women’s Movement by Jean Shinoda Bolen


Her Own Rope

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Eve’s Mouth

“Now we’ve got to Rapunzel, she’s chilling in the tower
Waiting for the handsome prince
She’s sapped of all her power
Finally, one day, the handsome prince in town
Called up to Rapunzel, “Yo girl, let it down!”
But our dear Rapunzel was nowhere to be seen,
Yes our dear Rapunzel had learned something keen
“All that time alone kinda taught me how to cope,
So I shaved my head and I made me a rope!””

–Built Like That by Alix Olson

Circles of Nourishment

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“I believe every activist needs the nourishment that a circle of women can provide to keep on keeping on.“

–Moving Toward the Millionth Circle: Energizing the Global Women’s Movement by Jean Shinoda Bolen

What Women Want

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“What most surprised the managers was that the top-performing women did not stay and fight. These days, strong women take their expertise and knowledge to greener pastures.”

“Their workplace wish lists rarely state “being promoted” as a prime motivator. Instead, my survey respondents told me they look for (1) frequent new challenges that stretch and grow their ability to achieve; (2) the opportunity to be flexible with their schedule; (3) the chance to collaborate with other high achievers; (4) recognition from their company; and (5) the freedom to be themselves.”

“Self-satisfaction seems to be more important to today’s high achievers than the outer trappings of success.“

–Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction by Marcia Reynolds

Why Some Benefit and Others Suffer

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““We’ll go around the table,” he says, “and I’d like you to tell me why you’re here.” My fellow interns cite their reasons as having relatives in law and politics, and a passion for politics or a political ideology or a commitment to advance a specific public policy. Then the circle reaches me. I think of Rosie, of the money I tuck away to send her every month, of how I’ll never give up trying to rescue her. Then I share my reason for why I’m pursuing this career. “Politics is the allocation of resources,” I tell Professor Chartock. “I want to know who allocates the resources and why some people benefit from them while others suffer.“

-Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra

Thriving Problem Solver

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“I can walk into a situation and see where the holes are and what changes need to be made . . . then I do it. If I have the freedom to do that, I thrive.”

–Wander Woman: How High-Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction by Marcia Reynolds