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Get Smart about Introverts

By |October 24th, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , |

They are some of our favorite, mysterious characters like Sherlock Holmes, the Sundance Kid, or Wesley from The Princess Bride. They become the surprising heroes of some of our favorite books, like Severus Snape or [...]

Get Smart about Anxiety: Let’s Do This Together

By |October 21st, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle - Plato This is the fourth time I’ve sat down in an attempt to write this blog. I’ve stared at my computer sipping numerous [...]

Get Smart about Rape Culture: Speak Out against Violence

By |October 17th, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.” - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Our culture has become notably lackadaisical on its tolerant attitude toward rape. This considerably lax [...]

Get Smart about Education for Women

By |October 16th, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

 80% of all human trafficking victims are female. 75% of AIDS cases in Sub-Saharan Africa are women and girls. The leading cause of death for young teenage girls is childbirth. Women are globally more susceptible [...]

Get Smart about Gender Segregation

By |October 14th, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Anyone who is an avid fan of the television show FRIENDS remembers the episode where Ross goes berserk when he see’s his son Ben playing with a doll. He finds it "unmanly" and forces Ben [...]

Get Smart about…Wait. What Diet?!

By |October 14th, 2014|Categories: College Students, For Leaders & Mentors, For Teens, For Young Adult Women|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How many times do you criticize yourself in a day? Be honest... we all do it.  If I had a dime for every time I heard, “Ugh, I should not have just eaten that”, “I [...]