Clearly, too many leaders, organizations, corporations, educational institutions, and average individuals have forgotten how to be kind to women and girls. Here is a calendar reminder. Be Kind to Women and Girls Calendar (individuals) Attn: Leaders, Organizations, & Corporations

During a season of speaking to youth about teen dating violence, I decided that I needed to tell them about young people just like them. After an online search, I discovered media reports about the murder of teenager Ortralla Mosely. …

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19 Signs You May Not Be as Pro-Woman as You Believe You Are The phenomenally courageous Rosa Parks was as much an advocate/activist for women’s rights and the rights of Black Americans. Rosa Parks: Women’s Rights Activist — ZCenter Among the most prevailing civil rights issues of our time, is…

We women and girls have such beautiful hearts. We have a capacity for compassion and empathy that does not always subside with pain and time. That is why we have to guard our hearts and be good stewards of our own empathy and compassion at all times. Safety, good health, and dignity are for women and girls too. Quoting the great Maya Angelou: “I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me, if I do that well enough, then I’ll be able to look after someone else — the children or the husband or the elderly.

I now know why my Granny, Grandma Monroe, Aunts, and Mama encouraged me to get quiet when a storm rolled in. When I was a girl, we had to turn off all the electricity, even if we were doing homework. We had to get still. I hated it. …

Reminder: Who you think you are and who you really are isn’t always the same thing. When you support women being silenced because they disagree with males…..you support hate. When you support name-calling, threats, and violence against women and girls because they disagree with males…you support hate. When you support…

Reminder: Prioritize Your Self-Care Short video (because who has time) reminding you to prioritize your self-care. Love YOU. 7 Genuine Ways to Increase Your Power with Hope | WE Survive Abuse 3 Fail-Proof Ways Survivors Can Respond to Criticism | WE Survive Abuse

At First I Was Afraid… When we have been wounded we must heal. To do that, I think we all use a combination of tools. Some of them are good for us. Some of them ain’t. Some days, I recall the alarm disrupting my sleep, and the sun rudely throwing…