“Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes”
Where Do You Want/Need to Be?
By Suzanne Braun Levine,
FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY,
10 Life Lessons for Women
In Second Adulthood
Second Adulthood is all about change…the changes that befall us and those we generate. The first without the second creates a miasma of disappointment. The second, if it doesn’t incorporate the first, is frustrating and discouraging…
A STORY FROM “THE BIG SHIFT”
Marc Freedman, Founder & CEO
Civic Ventures, THE BIG SHIFT: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife
What is so special about Marc Freedman’s new book, THE BIG SHIFT is that it shares a vision for a new stage of life that will be rich and full for both the people entering their fifties and sixties and the society at large.
It also shares stories of people who have entered that Encore stage. I always think one story is worth a thousand words. Here is Anne Nolan’s from THE BIG SHIFT…
Celebrate the Special Holiday Just for YOU!
By Mary Eileen Williams, Founder
Feisty Side of Fifty
There’s no official vacation day, very little media coverage, and you won’t even find it on the calendar—but this holiday commemorates a movement that’s made a huge impact on our lives both personally and professionally. March 8th is International Women’s History Day.
OUR HISTORY, OURSELVES – How to Celebrate International Women’s Day
By Suzanne Braun Levine
March 8 commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the official recognition of the world’s women. Over that century American women got the vote, became economic entities, and were granted equal rights in most spheres. And we found our voices. We have been speaking up and speaking out about the conditions and experiences of our lives, and as a result much of our story has emerged from the obscurity that history has relegated us to.
The Next Frontier – Care-getting!
By Suzanne Braun Levine
With your kids finally leaving home, your vision of the years ahead beginning to come into focus, and your relationships narrowing down to a precious few, you are just beginning to explore what it means to care for yourself –– when the call to care-giving comes.
Parents who had been taking care of each other suddenly lose it; partners who had been mighty oaks crack; friends who had been there for you suddenly need your support; kids in crisis show up on the doorstep.
EXCLUSIVE From Tahrir Square: The City in the Field
By Nawal El Saadawi
Translated and edited by
Robin Morgan
Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi embraces a younger generation determined to achieve the revolutionary goals to which she and others have devoted their lives.
COURTNEY MARTIN: A New Generation of Activists
Over coffee on a winter afternoon, I spoke with Courtney Martin for Encore.org about how to go about making the world a better place.
Courtney Martin is the author of “Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists.” She speaks to her generation in her writings and her blogs on Feministing.com (“young feminists blogging, organizing, kicking ass”). And she speaks about her generation to older activists who are trying to figure out where all the political flowers have gone.
“WMC EXCLUSIVE! GIFFORD’S TRAGEDY: WHAT’S THE MESSAGE TO YOUNG WOMEN?”
Gloria Feldt, Exclusive
Women’s Media Center
We have all been almost paralyzed by horror over the events in Arizona. Not Gloria Feldt. She has written a passionate appeal to action. For those of us who stood up for civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, it is time to mount a calm, cool, and collected campaign to cure the ills in our public life – civic rights.
DARING TO BE OURSELVES – Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness and Finding Your Own Voice
By Marianne Schnall
Founder, Feminist.com
Over the course of my career as a freelance journalist, I have had the great pleasure and privilege of talking to many of the world’s most interesting and influential women, from actresses to activists, comediennes to poets, recording artists to Nobel Laureates.
Women, Power, and the New Fifty!
By Mary Eileen Williams
Founder, Feisty Side of Fifty
Boomers are the first generation of women to openly claim our rights to personal power and parity with men since the decline of the Goddess cultures. The first feminists fought long and hard for women’s suffrage. But, once they got the vote, many seemed to lose steam and returned to stoke the home fires.