This showed up as a request in my email this morning.  I checked out the site and it looks really promising.  Best of luck to you Tara!!

I wanted to tell you about Tara Suri, a teen who has truly made a difference. Galvanized by sexism and poverty, at the age of thirteen, Tara founded Turn Your World Around, an organization that works to engage youth through unique social-change initiatives in the fight against global poverty. Turn Your World Around initiatives include HOPE (Helping Orphans Pursue Education), which works to increase access to basic necessities around the world, Connect-a-Kid, which seeks to increase access to technology in the developing world, and Shakti Girls, a program that empowers women and girls affected by sex-trafficking in India. The Turn Your World Around website, www.turnyourworldaround.org, is a unique social-change portal that helps teens turn their passions into action. Please consider featuring Tara’s organization so she can amplify her movement!

Just discovered this site for the National Women’s History Museum.  What a great opportunity we have to make this happen.  Click the link below to contact your Congressional representative today!

Give Women’s History a Home Next to the National Mall

In a year when many women have made history, Members of Congress have the opportunity to recognize women’s successes by passing House Resolution (H.R.) 6548 and giving the National Women’s History Museum a permanent home.

Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 6548 with bipartisan support on July 17, 2008. Now, we’ve launched the Right Here. Right Now. campaign so that you can make your voice heard on Capitol Hill. Help us urge Congress to pass H.R. 6548 immediately.

• Tell your Representative to pass H.R. 6548 now.
• Show your support by displaying our Right Here. Right Now. badge online.

I ran across this fantastic article by former Pets.com CEO Julie Wainright.  It’s called Five Life-Changing Mistakes and How I Moved On and it’s worth the read. Bookmark it.  Here’s an excerpt:

I would like to tell you that I was down but not out. That I just brushed myself off and got on with life. I didn’t. At first, I kept myself hyper-busy. That lasted for about three months. Then, I sank into a depression. I’m sure I was in shock for a long time. It was a very dark, confused time in my life. I kept pushing myself to get back to normal. That didn’t happen. I never got back to myself. I became better than I was.

At a waterpark recently, my family and I reached the top of the biggest water slide to be greeted by a nice looking teenage boy wearing nothing but a pair of crocs and swim trunks.  Oh and underwear.  You couldn’t miss it - the waistband was pulled at least 3 inches above the top of his shorts.  It wasn’t an accident.  He wanted us to see his jockeys.  In fact, in the minute or so we waited for our turn down the slide, he checked at least twice to make sure that band with the big letters was showing.  What did it say?  AEROPOSTALE.  What did it mean?  It means you paid too much for your drawers, dude.

I don’t get it.  Don’t get me wrong, I like nice clothes and I understand paying for quality, but wearing clothing that does nothing but promote someone else’s name and says nothing about you or your passion is beyond me.  How is that a “fashion statement” if it says nothing about you?

I guess this is part two of  How Would You Brand Yourself?  Except that this time it’s not a permanent decoration - we’re talking about clothing, not tattoos.  Seriously, what name brands are you buying and why do you wear them?

My husband and I took our girls to the American Girl Place a couple weeks ago as part of our vacation. Let me preface this post by saying I like American Girl for their books and movies, but I am not a fan of dolls and frilly outfits.  And I really don’t like the color pink. I know American Girl Place is sort of a mother-daughter special event, but I really wasn’t looking forward to going. I was going because my girls wanted to go, but I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal for me.  It’s rare, but I can be wrong sometimes. Read more