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R.I.S.E. to Empower

Dec 2, 2014 By elinwaldal 25 Comments

R.I.S.E. to Empower

Thanks in large part to the blog post that Ruth over at Cranium Crunches wrote, my attention was directed to the work of two remarkable women, Amy Wise and Jennifer Meyers, Co-Founders of R.I.S.E. to Empower, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in San Diego, California. R.I.S.E. to Empower is a passionate leadership team helping teenage girls to Reflect […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Dec 14, Teenagers, Women Tagged With: Girl Empowerment, Giving Tuesday, NaBloPoMo Dec 14, Non-Profit, RISE to Empower, Teen Girls

News and Empathy

Nov 25, 2014 By elinwaldal 14 Comments

News and Empathy

When I began to write this morning the sun had just begun to paint her first stroke of orange and pink across the sky. In all her majesty she sent out that initial ray, it appeared as a fine line across the horizon, then in time it grew wide enough to push away the dark. But in order to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Women Tagged With: Bill Cosby, Rape, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault, UVA

The Domestic Violence Blame Game

Sep 21, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 24 Comments

The Domestic Violence Blame Game

Domestic violence is on a lot of people’s minds. In the past two weeks there has been no shortage of dialogue riddled with the, who did what to whom, whose fault was it and who ultimately needs to pay the price now. And all that talk leaves me wondering what will happen if the domestic violence blame […]

Filed Under: Living, Women Tagged With: Domestic Violence Awareness, NFL, Ray Rice, Tornado Warning-Memoir

My Writing Life–A Blog Tour About Writing

May 2, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 18 Comments

My Writing Life–A Blog Tour About Writing

We gave our son, who is a rock climber, a Go Pro for his 27th birthday. If you are not familiar…it is a small movie camera that one can strap to their head, dashboard, bike–whatever–and it, the Go Pro, will then film what’s happening in the moment. But when my husband, Jimmy, mentioned to our […]

Filed Under: Facing Fear, Women, Writing Tagged With: Blog Hop, The Writing Process, Writers

Veterans Day: My Mother the WASP

Nov 11, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 15 Comments

Veterans Day: My Mother the WASP

In December of 1943 my mother, who then went by, Elinor Fairchild, received a letter from Jaqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots of The War Department, letting her know that it looked as if they would have room for Elinor in the next WASP training class slated to begin, January 9, 1944. I can almost […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, Women Tagged With: Mother, Veteran's Day, WASP, Women Pilots, WWII

The Accidental Feminist

May 6, 2013 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

The Accidental Feminist

Sisterhood conceptually is a bond between women. A bond where we celebrate each others unique perspectives and stand united in a state of shared solidarity. It could be said that to obtain sisterhood is simple. Surround yourself with likeminded women–voila–the bond is there. But really that mindset only trivializes the intention of sisterhood. The power […]

Filed Under: Women Tagged With: Feminist Movement, Sisterhood, Women

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