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Inspire Us!

Note: We're moving this page to forums so it'll be easier to see what everyone's up to and to be inspired.

This is where you tell the community your plan, your vision, your activity, that will make the world a better place. Will you...
-Teach a workshop
-Read a book
-Go to a workshop
-Run for office
-Sign a petition
-Volunteer for an organization that inspires you
-Start a business
-Go to an event that empowers and educates women and girls
-Organize an event that empowers and educates women and girls
-Start a nonprofit
-Write a book

These are just some ideas...we're sure you'll come up with something even more amazing and inspiring...and it'll change the world!

Tell us!

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Permalink Reply by Red Tent Women's Project on October 8, 2008 at 4:50pm

Previous "Inspire Us" posts:

Comment by natalia on August 6, 2008 at 9:31am
Nominate a cool woman-owned business in the NY-metro area!
I am a Co-founder of Cocoon, an entry-level recruiting firm, and we are launching an initiative to connect talented female college graduates with small- to medium-sized women-owned businesses. At the moment, I am compiling a list of employers with whom we would like to work, and I was wondering if you had any NY-metro area women-owned businesses you would like to nominate.

Thanks!
natalia
Cocoon invests in you.

Email: natalia@gococoon.com
Website: www.gococoon.com

Comment by Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan on August 16, 2008 at 9:54pm
I have made the bold decision to go to law school and intend to focus on international women's human rights!

Comment by Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan on August 16, 2008 at 9:54pm
BTW - just read "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and highly recommend it!

Comment by Eryka Peskin on August 22, 2008 at 12:54pm
Last night I went to a "Cocktails with Candidates" event organized by the Grassroots Initiative, where I met some amazing people running for office...and was convinced that I should run too one day! So...the next thing I'm going to do is take the White House Project's training on how to run for office in September! For more info check out the White House Project.

Comment by Molly Eness on September 3, 2008 at 9:06am
I will let my sister inspire you--
After a 4 month Hurrication following Katrina, Dana returned to her home in New Orleans, quit her job with the Louisianna Endowment for the Arts, and began running StayLocal, an organization devoted to promoting local business. Despite the fact that gov't aid goes disproportionately to corporate big box stores, locally owned businesses were vital to the early recovery. For more info check out www.risingfromruins.com or staylocal.org.

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Permalink Reply by Eryka Peskin on January 3, 2009 at 11:16pm

I just finished my novel! I'm looking forward to getting feedback, but for now, I'm reveling in the fact that I actually finished it!

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Permalink Reply by Amber Van Cleave on July 3, 2009 at 4:03pm

I am on a crazy ride of a life right now, but it could be inspiring if you are in the right frame of mind. I started a course in Plant Spirit Medicine this spring (I recommend the book by the same title, by Eliot Cowan). Since then nothing has been the same. (but when has it ever?) Before this I was a Waldorf teacher, which I also recommend if you are of a mind to do something amazingly challenging and growth-inducing. I recently went back to my home state, Oregon, and connected with the Sacred Salmon Ceremony organized by Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim, spokeswoman for the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. The next council meeting is in Lincoln City, Oregon in August. Check this out, it's very important! I also just heard of the Good Medicine Women's Gathering in Williams, Oregon in August. I hope I can make it to one or both of these events. Last but not least, I was unexpectedly invited to go see Amma in Iowa this week. Known as "the hugging saint," Amma is an embodiment of the Divine Mother. Besides giving amazing hugs (Darshan), she also initiates an incredible amount of charity work.

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Permalink Reply by Lea Knepley on May 19, 2010 at 2:36pm

After I graduate massage school, I would like to get involved in volunteering with AIDs Project Rhode Island as a massage therapist. AND it would be wonderful to participate in an active Red Tent Group in Rhode Island.