“I gotta crow!” Mary Martin sang– hands on her hips, chest up, big smile– demonstrating to Eliza, the Darling family housekeeper, how to boast about herself in Peter Pan.  As a girl, I loved the live-action version of Peter Pan starring a woman… I liked crowing along with her… and I now realize that it was training for sharing that “I am proud” (and not afraid to shout it out loud!) about who I am and what I’ve...

I recently joined Twitter.  I decided to take the plunge after encouragement from my college adviser.  She suggested that it might be a good way to learn more about various non-profits working in the industry in which I’d like to be employed post-graduation.  Unwilling to risk unemployment due to not utilizing all available resources, I used my high school AIM screen-name and started following a few friends and the few organizations I...

Volunteer with Team SWSG on April 30th! Our partners at Comcast have invited us to create a team for Comcast Cares Day. SWSG will be having a team in Boston and Miami. The event starts at 8:00 am. Join Strong Women, Strong Girls in a day of service. Through Comcast Cares, we will be working giving back to the community through a variety of service projects. Some projects in the past have included: Beautification projects at different...

When Multiservice Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) brought a representative to my college campus a few weeks ago, it was news to me that the last week in February is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness Week). In this representative’s excellent presentation, she went over the several types of eating disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified or...

Over 3,600  people have been confirmed dead after last Friday’s devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Half a million people are homeless. The images coming out of Japan are tragic and heart-breaking. They confirm a frightening truth- that even the most developed, disaster-prepared nations are at the mercy of mother nature. As a global community, we have endured a frightening number of natural disasters in the last...