Its All About Healthcare!

Well, maybe its not ALL about healthcare, but I know that is an issue that many of us are concerned about. With a disabled husband, its an issue that affects me every day of my life. I often feel that I am flying through the air without a net.

I found this great sister website, MomsRising.org, that's a national forum for many of the issues that women right here in our own community are dealing with: healthcare, childcare, employment, pay parity, etc.

How are current healthcare issues impacting your life? Go check out MomsRising, read the articles and the blog and tell us what you think.

We hope you will make the Women's Resource Center blog a place to voice your opinions and get support.

Posted by Kate Tinnan, WRC volunteer

Wonderful Spring Gala!

We had a wonderful evening at the Lake Hickory Country Club, celebrating the community we have created over the years here in Hickory.

As a new volunteer, it was great to meet so many supporters of The Women's Resource Center and to get know the board members, past and present. So many helping hands were there making the event a great success.

Lisa Miller, the Executive Director and our fearless leader, gave a great speech tonight, expressing some thought provoking ideas. She spoke about the difficulties we are all facing these days, how our community is changing and that the kind of support The Women's Resource Center provides will become even more crucial as we head into the future.

One of the things I love about The Women's Resource Center is the mingling of youth and maturity and the celebration of all of the talents we have to offer, young and old. We all have so much to learn from each other and its wonderful to be in a community that values all of the insights and energy each of us can give.

Terri Bennett, our keynote speaker, gave us wonderful food for thought regarding what we all could do to not just reduce our carbon footprint, but our eco footprint. I learned many facts about lightbulbs and recycling that have inspired me to do even more to reduce, recycle and reuse. Go to her site to see the many simple things you can do to create a more sustainable life that helps protect the planet.

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the gala such a lovely event, especially Susan Huttman, WRC Outreach Coordinator, who spent the evening managing the logistics, making it all run so smoothly. It was a pleasure to volunteer with so many warm and dedicated people.

I am sure we will have pictures to share soon - hope to see even more of you there at next year's event!

Posted by K ate Tinnan, WRC volunteer

Igniting Change at NCRW’s Annual Conference

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The White House Project is proud to co-sponsor NCRW’s 2009 Conference, IgnitingChange: Activating Alliances for Social Justice, featuring a distinguished line-up of speakers, including White House Project President Marie Wilson.

The conference will bring together leaders from business, philanthropy, academia, advocacy, and policy communities to devise collective strategies for change.The conference will be held from June 10th-12th in New York City, at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Posted by Kate Tinnan, WRC volunteer

Geek-Squad’s New Internship for Women

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Best Buy and Geek Squad have joined forces with the Women's High Tech Coalition to inspire a younger generation of women to get directly involved with science and technology policy-making by combining a hands-on learning experience with a paid congressional internship opportunity.

Female college students who are passionate about science and technology, and want to spend the summer working on related public policy and learning more about Capitol Hill are encouraged to apply. For more inform please visit their site.

Posted by Kate Tinnan, WRC volunteer