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Free Informational Webinar The Art of Professional Development Monday, July 25, 2016--1-2 p.m., EST Sponsored by: J.V. Educational Consultants info@jveducational.org Sisters' Action Network info@sanstudio.org Connecting Candidates, Business, Organizations, Colleges and Schools Email for registration on or before July 23, 2016
The Sisters’ Action Network brainstormed, took the advice of participants and collaborated with daughters, granddaughters, neighbors and friends to design our most empowering Teen Workshops for Girls. Our new presentations are designed around the theme “Nurture Your Dreams.” Find further details in this newsletter or contact: info@sanstudio.org We have the perfect workshop to empower your teens.
In 1858 Sojourner Truth was making a speech in rural Indiana when proslavery members challenged her to strip to the waist to prove that she was a woman. Protocol of the time dictated that ‘ladies’ were never to publically address a crowd. Black women were not consider ‘ladies,’ or rather members of the cult of true womanhood, anyway. At the close of the meeting, Dr. T. W. Strain, the mouthpiece of the slave Democracy, requested the large congregation to ‘hold on,’ and stated that a doubt existed in the minds of many persons present respecting the sex of the speaker, and that it was his impression that a majority of them believed the speaker to be a man. The doctor demanded that Sojourner submit her breast to the inspection of some of the ladies present, that the doubt might be removed by their testimony. There was a large number of ladies present, who appeared to be ashamed and indignant at such a proposition. Confusion and u...
Roxane Gay offers a humorous and insightful eleven minute TED talk on her version of feminism. Her presentation is informative, contemporary and worth the viewing time. Follow the link to view her talk: http://go.ted.com/b36p
From employees to folk in administration Diversity Consultants from Sisters’ Action Network can make workplace diversity issues understandable and approachable-- www.sanstudio.org “We need to find ways—as entrepreneurs, teachers, scientists, and parents—ways to pro-actively address race. Not just because it’s right, but because it’s smart. Because our businesses, our products, our research, our communities will be stronger and more vibrant with greater diversity.” -–Mellody Hobson, President Ariel Investments