I love getting email. My inbox is always full of cool and interesting stuff… like this:

V is for Victory. So is IX. from Womens Sports on Vimeo.

Message: Dear GCW bloggers,

Thanks for doing all that you do to inspire young women to be strong
and confident!  I love the site, and I think that you’re doing
wonderful work.  I wanted to share some info about a girls sports
initiative that I thought might be of interest to your readers:

Have you ever noticed that there’s less equipment, fewer teams,
inferior facilities or less time dedicated to girls sports? The simple
fact is girls have the same rights as boys when it comes to sports at
school. If you don’t think girls are getting fair opportunities,
there’s something you can do about it because it might be against
the law.

Visit: http://www.Vis4Victory.org to learn about Title IX, watch a
video and take a quiz!

Thanks again for your great work!

Sincerely,
Dorothee

Seriously - check this site out!

Here is another Click to Empower opportunity to help women in need. This program encourages people to donate nearly new purses or professional bags to Dress for Success to help domestic violence survivors, or other women in need, get back on their feet with confidence. Purse donations will be accepted at select Allstate agency locations across the nation.

To help kick start this, ABC’s Ugly Betty actress, Ana Ortiz, will donate her Onna Ehrlich purse to one lucky winner for telling gal pals about domestic violence. To enter the contest, visit http://www.clicktoempower.com/gal-pal-entry-form.aspx. For each person that you encourage to enter the contest, you’ll get an extra entry – increasing your chances of winning the purse! The contest runs until Friday October 31 so the clock is counting down.

Here’s a great opportunity to participate in a survey for women and as a business owner, I am very interested in the results of this one: Read more

Kirsti Manna from songwritergirl contacted me about promoting two fabulous upcoming camps for female songwriters.

• Oct. 17-19 in Pittsburgh, PA
• Nov. 14-16 in Nashville, TN

This is a great opportunity to network and build skills.  Those who attend also have the chance to win a fully produced demo session!  Get the details and sign up at songwritergirl.com.

Even if you can’t attend the camp, check out songwritergirl.com and sign up for the newsletter. It has valuable tips and resources to assist you in your compositions.  

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!