Vote for She’s The First on NBC’s American Giving Awards today!
Great news! We are delighted to share that She’s The First is going to be on NBC’s American Giving Awards on Saturday December 8th!
Why?
She’s The First is in the running to win $1,000,000 to send girls to school if YOU vote for them in the Educators & Mentors category! Every girl that is educated can make for a better society, a better world! And all it comes down to is Facebook voting! She’s The First needs YOUR help to unlock this tremendous donation between now until Tuesday December 4th! Make your voice matter right now by voting at this link: http://bit.ly/VoteSTF !
She’s The First needs to get as many Facebook votes as possible in order to win their category. If they get more votes than the other four charities they are up against, they will win at least $125,000 — and the top winner gets $1 million!
Let’s show the world what girl power looks and feels like!
As Tammy Tibbetts, Founder and President of She’s The First, told us:
“If Ana Teresa in Guatemala could walk up and down a mountain with a broken leg to get to school, if Annah in South Sudan could trek through miles of flooded roads to take an exam, if students across the U.S. could bake thousands of cupcakes in one week to sponsor girls, then I knowwe can do thisfor them–but we need you!”
Aria Peace Corps Volunteer in St. Lucia discusses her experience being the White Minority
By Aria Grabowski
I am a white girl, born in America. Although I have lived in a relatively diverse area my whole life, I always was in the majority. In many ways this left me oblivious to what it means to be a minority, to be surrounded by people that do not know what it is like to have the hair of a white person. This all changed when I started my Peace Corps service and my new nickname became white girl.
I moved to a community where I was the only white person. For some of the people in the community, I was the only white person they had ever talked to in life.
In my community most people were filled with questions and amazement about my whiteness. Yes, my scalp is really white like paper. No, my hair did not come from a doll. Yes, I turn red if I stay in the sun too long. Yes, if you press my skin it will briefly change color. I do not know why my veins are that color and no I do not poop white.
Aria with some of the female teachers at the primary school in St. Lucia.
At first, I found the questions, poking, and petting extremely annoying. I do not think anyone wants a stranger on the bus touching their hair. But then I realized these actions were usually not coming from a place of hate or malice. It was coming from a lack of knowledge.
I quickly realized that I not only represented Americans and the Peace Corps. I also represented white people. I needed to do everything possible to help people understand that all white people are not tourists, rich, greedy, or cheap. Not all white women are easy. We are different from black people physically. So when people asked me questions, no matter how crazy, I tried to be patient, understanding and answer questions.
Even with all my attempted patience and understanding, I realized in some way it affected how I viewed interactions with people, especially people I did not know well.
The Pole Vault St. Lucia Team Aria Grabowski coached during her Peace Corps Volunteering.
I frequently found myself thinking someone was treating me in a certain way because I was white. If a guy hit on me, I just assumed it was because I was white and a possible visa. This view came from receiving more marriage proposals from strangers than I could count. It also cam from the phrase ‘I like to see your color’ being a frequently used pick-up line. Obviously, every guy I met was not interested in that, but how could I tell?
There were other times people would try to charge me more for things and I always assumed this was because I was white. The people thought I did not know better. They thought I was rich so it was okay to rip me off. But maybe these were honest mistakes?
Then there were times people would ask me to buy stuff for them. Again, I just assumed it was because I was white and by default rich. If I did not buy, I would be labeled cheap and greedy.
As time went on, it occurred to me that their actions may not have had to do with my whiteness. It may have been based on the fact that it seemed like I had my life together, and by default, must have money.
I started to notice that I had a slight chip on my shoulder about being treated differently just because I was white. I was never certain whether I was treated this way because I was white or I was not white. It made me realize how hard it must be for minorities in the states – always wondering if that interaction was due to race and never being able to know if it was or was not.
Sadly, from my experience it seems like the only thing that can be done, is to get thick skin. Try to be patient and understanding. Try to fight ignorance, no matter how exhausting and hard it may be. I hope that one day things will be different. Granted that is easy for me to say because my experience being a minority lasted only 2+ years and for the most part did not have hatred attached to it.
By Aria Grabowski
Aria Grabowski wrote this article to discuss her experience being a minority for 2+years.She served as a peace corps volunteer in St. Lucia from Feb 23 2009-May 28 2011.
Fromgirltogirl Discussion: How do you think we can promote more patience, understanding, and acceptance of different cultures and people in communities around the world?
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Fromgirltogirl, will be doing mutual guest blogging with established bloggers for the 2012 new year. We did our first one with an award nominated blogger, Sherryn Daniel.
Topics are focused on your specialization on Fromgirltogirl. In return, Fromgirltogirl would guest blog on your site about a topic revolving around any topic you prefer. I will put both articles through out my networks and SEO optimize them (including the one’s you use to get your site found on search engines). This will in turn create two back links to your site and my site as well, improving both of our Google rankings.
Here is an example from my first Mutual Guest Blog(my article i wrote for Sherryn is on fashion. Sherryn wrote an article revolving on girls overcoming jealousy and envy towards eachother she wrote for my site). Notice the permalinks and tags that bring attention to both our articles.
This year Fromgirltogirl is getting organized and making moves to serve YOU and the COMMUNITY better. One way we plan to do this is by establishing an Advisory Board. We strongly feel having a counsel of people who are not only experts in business related functions but passionate about Fromgirltogirl’s mission, will be crucial to the success of our girls and our communities.
What is an Advisory Board?
An advisory board is a body that advises the management of a company. This body does not have the authority to vote on corporate structure or legal fiduciary responsibility. However, a company can offer equity to advisory board members within the company. The purpose of the Advisory board is to keep consist fresh knowledge, experience and ideas for Fromgirltogirl’s development(without the stress of a formal board of directors).
We are seeking the following types of advisers:
Business adviser
Editorial adviser
Technical adviser
Scientific adviser
If you have a passion for empowering girls and community, please apply by sending a resume and cover letter to Briana Booker, Fromgirltogirl Founder at brianabooker@fromgirltogirl.com . In the cover letter please tell us why you are a good fit for Fromgirltogirl’s advisory board.
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Join Fromgirltogirl for our First Lia Sophia Jewelry Party & Fromgirltogirl's Fiercely Me bracelets for a cure for Lupus!
Fromgirltogirl is having our very 1st Lia Sophia Jewelry Party. We will also be selling our “Fiercely me” Leather bracelets for the holidays.A portion of our funds made from the bracelets will be sent to the Lupus Foundation of America. Stay tune in November for more details. #Fromgirltogirl #Lupus #Cure
Fromgirltogirl Director of Marketing, Charisma Parker, will be blogging soon on her journey through combating Lupus. I lost my brother to Lupus. Finding a cure for it would mean the world to me.
If you want an invite, please like this post. Will be held in Baltimore!
100% of the profits from the sale of this shirt will go towards girls’ education in the eight countries where She’s the First sponsors girls. To learn about the programs, click here. You can also sign up to participate in the Tie-Dye Cupcake Bake-Off by organizing your own bake sale at shesthefirst.org/cupcakes!
Fromgirltogirl to attend the State Visit of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea
By Briana Booker
Fromgirltogirl is excited and honored to attend, on October 13,2011, the State Visit of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea at the White House, in which President Obama will be hosting.
The State Visit will highlight the strong alliance, global partnership and deep economic ties between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea.
The State Visit ceremony tradition started during the Kennedy Administration. The purpose of the State Visit is to formally welcome a visiting head of state to the United States of America.
The arrival ceremony for the Republic of Korea will be the largest White House Tweetup thus far because the Republic of Korea is one of the most wired nations in the world!
But what exactly is a tweetup?
A tweetup as defined by Macmillan Dicitionary is an “organized or impromptu ‘meeting’ between people who use Twitter. A tweetup can be an ad-hoc, face-to-face encounter between two people, but more often describes a wider social gathering, promoted and organized on Twitter itself. As well as a chance to satisfy our natural curiosity –a tweetup can also be a useful opportunity to participate in what is now sometimes described as offline networking, a chance to meet people who might be useful contacts for developing your career, business interests, or even favorite hobbies and leisure pursuits.”
Fromgirltogirl looks forward to the event! We will be posting pictures and writing about our adventures!
Stay tuned!
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My Amazing friend Kim Renee Williams works for City Year Washington DC, an organization that partners with 14 D.C schools to keep youth on track to graduate and be the wonderful leaders we need in our tomorrows! So proud of Ms.Williams! Woot! Check her out in the video! She’s the woman to the right, looking fabulous and being wonderfully fierce!
Actions speak louder than words! Will you join and commit to the pledge with Fromgirltogirl? Let us stop bullying in our schools, work places and communities. Get ripe. Get bold. Get excellence.
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