Building Lasting Relationships

Building Lasting Relationships

Sharing my devotion from 10/29/12 from ucb devotional...

God's plan for your life always requires building relationships with the right people. To succeed, you must be able to recognize these people and work with them. Remember Jonathan, who loved David even at the cost of his own life? Or Ruth, who loved her widowed mother-in-law Naomi and gave her a reason to live again? Or Paul, who wrote, '...I have no man like Timothy. For all men seek their own...' (Philippians 2:19-21). God wouldn't say, 'It's not good that man should be alone,' then tell you to do it all by yourself. But there may be areas in your life that need to be healed before you can enter these relationships and enjoy them. There's a world of difference between 'using' relationships and 'heart-ties.' Blood-ties don't wear as well as heart-ties.

So allow God to work on you. When you are ready, He will make the necessary introductions. In the meantime, get to know Him better. Make His opinion the source of your self-worth. If your last relationship stripped you of worth and drained you spiritually, use this time to get back on your feet. You may never have this opportunity again. And one more thought: begin to love as God loves. He sees your imperfection, handles your rejection and loves you regardless. That should help you not to throw someone away because they made a mistake. You wouldn't discard your car over a faulty part, right? If God forgave you as you forgive others, what shape would you be in? Come on, let God teach you how to build lasting relationships.

I am not necessarily a fan of change, I love consistency in my life but over the years, I have come to realize that I cannot avoid change and not all change is bad.

The Strength of a Black Woman is EMPOWERING

A recent article with the title "The Strength of a Black Woman is Empowering" in the magazine Essence by Tyler Perry (TP) caught my eye.
In the November issue of Essence TP says " When Black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move heaven and earth." says Perry. He often thinks about his late mother- "she loved from the purest place in her heart. The strength and power of a Black woman is empowering to me."

(http://www.essence.com/2012/10/10/tyler-perry-strength-black-woman-empowering)

I am at the point in my life where I cannot be more grateful for the women in my life who are in my corner. It is amazing that even through the thick and thin...they still hang around and are so instrumental in molding me into the woman after God's heart that I am trying to be. Today, I thought I will give a SHOUT out to them...

Liz Nkiruka Ngewa: my beloved mama and one of my best friends. I love you so much. You are truly the greatest mama in the world. You have shown me what being a woman of God looks like. Thank you for spanking me when I deserved it;) though I did manage to escape spankings a lot. Thank you for your love, your support, your encouragement and most importantly your PRAYERS that truly get me through everything. You have been my shoulder through the years, you have wiped away tears and rejoiced with me in the happy moments. You are such a woman of wisdom and when I grow up I want to be like you. Thank you for modeling what it is like to be a mom, wife, daughter, sister, and best friend.

Tabitha James Ngewa: my beloved grandma and lady who kept me in check because believe it or not, I have and always will be one mischievous girl. You are the woman of so many talents. I miss hearing your beautiful voice and cannot wait to see you again. I miss your cooking! I know grandpa is watching over you from heaven. Thank you for being the woman of strength in the Mutyandia clan. I am amazed by just how much you do and most importantly how you have been standing up for women who are oppressed your whole life. You are my hero and I am so blessed to be your granddaughter.

Christina Onyejegbu: My beloved grandma on my Naija side. You were an amazing woman and I am sad I was not able to meet you in person since you passed away more than 20 years before I was born but you were beautiful both inside and out.

Mary Peters: My grandma on my American side.  I miss you terribly grandma, it has been 4 months since you passed away. 10/23/12 would have marked your 91st birthday! You were amazing and so loving. Thank you for always being there for us and taking care of us when mommy was sick and daddy deep in his books working on his doctorate. Thank you for always taking time to clip coupons and mail them to us...I did not realize just what a pain clipping coupons can be but you send them all the time and I did not always appreciate them.

To my sisters:

Christine-Joy Mwende Ngewa Ross: OMG aka mama Bryan Muuo Chinonso Ross (what a mouthful...but you are a mommy now!!! 7 days of motherhood;). Thank you for always being there for me, you are the one who still packs a goody bag when I am traveling so I do not get hungry on the plane. You got mommy's strength...you are one strong lady and I truly admire you. You are one of the most creative people I know, the things you do is simply amazing and I wish I got part of that creative gene but I guess you took it all from mommy and daddy. Thank you for still spoiling me;) You are beautiful and loved! Looking forward to your going back to the operating room to continue to impress surgeons and nurses alike with your skills. I am going to have to take you with me to Africa on my medical missions.

Jennifer Stephanie Katee Ngewa: to one of the smartest people I know! I love it when you call me kiddo;). You have one of the most incredibly genuine spirit which is something I treasure. Thank you for always being the one who will make sure no one is left out when the rest of us are out there oblivious to it all. I pray that I can get more of that characteristic like you. I am so excited that you are in law school, you have found your calling and I cannot wait for you to be a children's advocate fighting for human rights, you have the heart and caring spirit for this. We owe each other a trip around Europe just living it up and enjoying God's creation, I am waiting for you to finish school so we can get to doing all that fun stuff and more. You are beautiful my dear sis and I love you to pieces.

Nicole Eloise Morgan McDermott: My Jamaican sister who shares a birthday with me aka mama Gracie and Joshua. I love your sense of humor and how you keep us happy and smiling as a family. Thank you that we can be crazy together, I love it! You wear so many hats and yet you keep it so calm, cool and collected and I admire that. You have no idea how blessed we are to have you in our lives. I love you Nicky!!

Hiyabel Tewoldemedhin: the baby of the family...well you are not a baby anymore but you are the lil sis. I am so blessed to call you my sister and to have you in my life. Thank you for keeping the fun in everything and living life to the fullest. It seems like you were 4 years old the other day, now you are all grown up in the working world doing amazing things. Truly beauty and brains...I am so proud of you and miss your sense of humor! Love you missie!!

Akosua Rhoda Nkansah-Obrempong: Where has the time gone? You really were 2 the other day sucking your thumb and we would try everything from putting hot pepper to bandages on your thumb to get you to stop lol...I cannot believe for the first time in so long we are on two different continents. I thank God for the woman of God you are continuing to become and how He is using you in Kenya. I am so proud of your business mind and praying for you like crazy. I do miss you though, I miss our heart to hearts...I miss our inside jokes and how we love to live life and have fun. I miss our crazy food concoctions that turn out to be absolutely delicious. I pray that God will continue to bless you and grant you the desires of your heart.

Regina Hayden: You keep it real...always have and always will and I love that about you. Thank you for being my big sister through the years and keeping laughter in our midst. There is definitely never a dull moment with you. Thank you for modeling being a mama and sharing your kids D and D with us. Thank you for filling mom's shoes when she left and hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at your house. It truly means the world to me keeping up with our family tradition. You are such a blessing and we love having your in our lives.

Sophie Nduku Munyao Okello: Miss "ophie" aka mama Sean. You bring the music to the house with your talented voice and you have such an infectious laughter and I love it! Thank you for being such a caring sister and being there for all of us 24-7. Thank you for always checking up on the parents, it means a lot. I am so blessed to have you in my life and love you lots:)

To my besties:

Betty Mihayo Daniel Nungwana Mlaki: My bestie since I was 3 and a half years old. Girl, we have come a long way. Thank you for calling today!! So crazy we have been on different continents for more than 15 years but we do not miss a beat. I LOVED hearing my niece Haika chatting about in the background. I cannot wait to meet her. It is such a blessing to hear how much you love motherhood, it SO suits you!!:). You are such a gem and I treasure you. Our song by Whitney Houston and Cece Winans still holds true today more than ever..."Count of me through thick and thin, a friendship that will never end. When you are weak, I will be strong...helping you to carry on..."

Semeyian Namelok Nassei: How did I manage to have a best friend who was always at the top of the class and I was the one getting into all sorts of trouble with my posse. My beautiful Kenyan-Tanzanian sister from another mother. You made junior high a memorable experience for me in Ngong Hills:). I cannot believe I have not seen you since I was 12 but I am so grateful that we have managed to keep in touch and maintain our friendship. I am honestly waiting for our reunion because it will be like old times you being the voice of reason haha. I love you my dear and thankful for how to modeled what it is like to be a women on a mission, with a vision and a plan. You planted a seed in me that has enabled me to focus on being a student and not taking education for granted. I am sure you are surprised that something good rubbed off on me because it was like I was always in detention, being punished for being hecka rude to teachers or being chased around by a teacher because I stole his stick to punish people...haha the memories!!

Sheridan M. Richards: I can honestly say you are the most genuine person I know. Thank you for being one of my favorite people and being incredibly beautiful on the inside and the outside. I am so happy God created Red Robin restaurant because I was able to meet you at one and God started a friendship and sisterhood that has truly been held me up through all these years. Thank you for being someone I can look up, and I am so excited that I am learning what it looks like to be a wife and mother living in God's will. I have learned so much for you and I wish there were more REAL people like you in this world!

Sherryann Taylor-Santos: I am grateful for the years of friendship and for the growth and just having someone who has my back. I appreciate all you do and who you are. It seems like yesterday we were just out of high school and biochemistry majors at CSUF. I am so glad that we were able to connect them, being some of the few female black students did pay off;) In a few months, I can officially call you Dr. Taylor-Santos. I am so proud of you! Sorry for ditching you on the MD path but once I convince you to follow me to Kenya lol we can bring health back to so many communities out there. Thank you for the 411 on all the new Dorito flavors;)

Fiona Lewis: My Guyanese sister without you there will be no trio here at Loma Linda University. You are such a beautiful person and you keep me in check. Thank you for being a lady of prayer and modeling what it looks like to walk in Christ. I love it that we can be serious, goofy and crazy at the same time and not drive each other crazy. I am learning so much from you, what it means to be focused and yielding to God's plan in my life. Thank you for taking care of me and looking out for me, and even for FORCING me to eat my lettuce!! Who does that? someone who cares...and I know you do. I am blessed to have you in my life and that God brought us to Loma Linda for a reason:)

Tracy-Ann Dawes Daniels: My Jamaican sister the other part of the trio here on campus. To say that you do it all is an understatement. I admire how you balance so much and still manage to keep a smile on your face and take care of everyone. I am so blessed that you are in my life and I can learn from you. It is great to have genuine people in my circle such as yourself. You keep us happy and cracking up with your sense of humor and I love it:). I am truly looking forward to see how God is going to continue using you for his kingdom. You are truly a force to be reckoned with!

To the lady who is sister, friend, manager and everything else:

Corrie Lynn Osuna: my dear Cor, if I could bottle your energy and sell it, I would be a billionaire. I cannot believe I have only known you for a few years because honestly it is like we have been friends and sisters forever. Now, you are superwoman and no one can deny that. I am perplexed at how you do ALL you do! You have such a caring heart and you have been a huge blessing in my life. Looking forward to seeing your fashion designs in France, Italy and all over the world because you are amazing! I still cannot believe you woke up that one day and decided to make a dress for yourself..before I could blink it was done and you rocked it!!! I am honestly still laughing because it was like you zapped me into a different time zone and did your magic and we were walking out the door with you wearing your just made dress haha.

Running FROM or TOWARDS something...

DECISION NOT TO GIVE UP

Maybe not 1996 in Atlanta because they do not have junior-junior Olympics, but possibly Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 or London 2012. Running in the Olympics and representing my country (Kenya) has always been one of my hearts desire and life’s goal that I have unfortunately been unable to obtain.

Coming from a background of athletes (having a mother for a track star and father for a soccer star), I believed it was an innate notion to be an athlete, and I became an athlete in my own rights, blessed with the speed and endurance but was content with being a tad bit above average because I figured if I pushed myself to be great, I no doubt would have made it but at the risk of possibly not enjoying myself anymore. I was blessed to have a trainer who qualified for and ran the Boston Marathon on numerous occasions, a feat that is achieved by a few and takes a mentally tough runner to get to the point of running past the “wall” and pushing to the end. Today, I have reignited that goal of running the Boston Marathon hopefully in April 2014.

I know myself to be resilient, through my running years I have had to bounce back from both physical and emotional pain especially after major injuries or surgeries that sidelined me for what seemed like eternity. Some people live, eat, breathe music….as for me running became part of my life, bouncing back was not always easy but everything was put back into perspective knowing that there is another immediate goal ahead that needed to be accomplished and not just accomplished but done so successfully.

I have asked myself many times if I am able to remain focused on the race even especially when approaching the last miles in a race, the last stretch on a run when every muscle in my body is screaming for me to quit, stop and throw in the towel. At times when I run, I cannot help but ask myself what I am getting myself into…why did I decide to run the full marathon instead of the half but I have fostered my ability to focus in the face of pain, aches, fear, anxiety, self-doubt and more often than not the unexpected…how to remain focused when a race day prediction of comfortable weather erupts into a stormy day of thunder, lightening and rain so loud one could hardly hear themselves think…to run and COMPLETE the race, FOCUS becomes the mantra to weather all the storms both literally and figuratively that life may throw my way. 

When I think of life, I think of it as a marathon. We are all in this race called LIFE and it is up to us to live the best lives we can and live every day to the fullest and find and do something we are passionate about because we only live ONCE!! Make your life count today...I know I am constantly challenging myself to be not just above average but SUPERIOR in every aspect of my life...you should do too:)

I have chosen to strive to create a future WITHOUT breast cancer and oppression of women...what do you choose?

09/30/12

Celebrating breast cancer survivors

Hosted by Loma Linda Cancer Center & Department of Plastic Surgery

Struggles of a Black Woman...

Who do you look up to?

In March 2012 I finally watched Tyler Perry's movie For Colored Girls. I had actually started watching it sometime last year but did not finish it. In the movie, each of the women portrayed one of the characters represented by a collection of twenty poems based on a play by Ntozake Shange. The movie revealed different issues that impact women in general and specifically Women of Color.

“And this is for colored girls who have considered suicide but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows”

As I reflected on the movie, I had a few questions that came to mind:

What black female role models do you have?

Who do you look up to?

Are they women of substance of character?

My reflection turned into writing the following words...depicting the REALITY of a STRUGGLE that plagues so many women. I could not help but pray for my sisters out there who are going through it all BUT knowing that they too will RISE above it all.

As a black woman…

Struggles, pain

Joy, gain

Silent musings

Deafening silence

All in the name of the game

Seeing but not seen

Hearing but not heard

Touching but not felt

Waking up to smell the roses

Or for most

Awakened by the piercing of the thorns

How could something be so beautiful

Yet feel so ugly

How could someone be so close

But be beyond distant

What is my purpose

What is my destiny

Am I in or out

Am I loved or hated

Do I know who I am

What defines me

Pondering thoughts of what could have been

Not knowing what the future would bring

When do you call it quits

How can you move forward

When being propelled backward

Black women

Telling yourself it could be worse

In reality it could be

But with choices you could be free

Or is that an illusion

A figment of her imagination

Is she silent

Is her voice heard

Or is she seen but not heard

Is it worth it

How can this be life...

(©Ndinda Ngewa, March 15th 2012)

Lorraine Chandler

Breast Cancer Survivor

Embarking on a Charity Trek across the Sahara!!

Surviving and Making a DIFFERENCE

What would YOU give to end Breast Cancer?

Did you know that 108 women die of breast cancer each day...

I value life and if I can do something to save ONE life...I will not even think twice about doing it. Often times in life we think we might not be making a difference in what we do, we want to see the impact NOW and TODAY. It is during such times that we have to remember that it all boils down to action.

Today, I had the privilege of acting with LOVE by joining a study that will provide researchers with a better understanding of breast cancer.

God can use this to save my/your friend, my/your sister, my/your mother, and my/your future daughter from getting this disease.

I joined the HOW study today!!

Join Army of Women and their Health of Women (HOW) Study

Majority of women who get breast cancer have none of the known clinical risk factors. This means we don't know what causes breast cancer or how to prevent it. The HOW study is a first-of-its-kind international online study for women and men with and without a history of breast cancer.

Be part of this partnership to help get a better understanding of breast cancer and its potential causes.

https://www.healthofwomenstudy.org/

Sheryl Crow

Breast Cancer Survivor

2 hours today...2 hours tomorrow...Make that time!!

Oppression into Opportunity

I started off this week sharing about this documentary Half the Sky. Please take a moment to watch it online today and tomorrow.

HEAR the stories

SEE the faces

and be TOUCHED by the courage

INSPIRATION truly awaits...You can be the ONE to bring about CHANGE

Half the Sky Documentary

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into

Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Watch part one online through October 8 and part two through October 9.

A landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event (check local listings), a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two websites, educational video modules with companion text, a social media campaign supporting over 30 partner NGOs, and an impact assessment plan all inspired by Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide was filmed in 10 countries and follows Kristof, WuDunn, and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union, and Olivia Wilde on a journey to tell the stories of inspiring, courageous individuals. Across the globe oppression is being confronted, and real meaningful solutions are being fashioned through health care, education, and economic empowerment for women and girls. The linked problems of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality — which needlessly claim one woman every 90 seconds — present to us the single most vital opportunity of our time: the opportunity to make a change

MOVE for JUSTICE!

Move = Speak, Walk, Jog, Sprint, Run

Today I am featuring an organization that is standing up for women.

Women for Women International

One Woman can CHANGE Anything!!

I believe that women are change agents and that it truly only takes ONE person to stand up for a cause and light the fire under everyone else and CHANGE the impossible.

We want women around the globe to thrive. We can sit down and talk about the issues and have faith that things will get better but faith without works is no bueno. We have to get up and move...
Moved to SPEAK UP
Moved to Walk for Justice
Moved to Jog for a cause
Moved to Sprint for a REASON
Moved to Run like there is no tomorrow so you can save a life today!!

Let's move to ACTION. One way we can do this is through sponsorship with Women for Women International.

You might be wondering how sponsorship will be beneficial...a little help goes a long way to:
*Provide financial assistance for food, medicine and HER children's education
*Raise awareness of HER legal rights so SHE can user HER voice
*Personal and professional development
For more information:
http://www.womenforwomen.org

Challenge your girlfriends today and sponsor a SISTER. $30 will support a woman for a month and if 30 of your friends get together and each invest $1/month in the life of another sister, that is a worthy cause. In all honesty, you do not have to look far to SEE, HEAR, KNOW of a sister that might need your help. You can pray for your classmates, buy groceries for a friend, offer a listening ear to the woman standing in the check-out line with you. YOU never know what impact you can have on the girlfriends and sisters around you both near and far.

I am amazed by this story...
You beat cancer ONCE...it comes back!
You beat cancer TWICE...it comes back!
You beat cancer THRICE...it comes back
You beat it yet again...you get a different cancer...4 times and you do not give up...AMAZING!

 Juanita Lyle

35 year breast cancer survivor

Power of WORDS

Where is your POWER?

Have you ever been bullied, belittled or talked down to? How did you respond? If this was to happen to you tomorrow, how would you respond?

A few days ago, a story was on the news about a news anchor's response to a viewer (bully) calling her fat. Watch the video of how she so gracefully responds. Bullying is REAL and it does not just happen to kids, adults face bullying that comes in various forms...

"...the cruel words of ONE are nothing compared to the shouts of MANY"

http://www.businessinsider.com/fat-anchorwoman-speaks-out-2012-10

Many times we are forced to be silent, we lose our voice. Recent events in the news showed the bravery of speaking up. Unfortunately, many women around the globe have to be silent because their livelihood is threatened. In some situations, you have to choose wisdom over speaking UP or speaking OUT.

As women, we have so much power. I am daily inspired by the many "heroes" who are fighting to educate women, empower women and enable women to take a stand and make significant contributions to their worlds. We just have to unleash that power...and keep fighting for women who are in situations where they cannot show their strength yet...but they will!!! We will be the MANY shouting out for them:)

Often times in life, we have to pick our battles. Words are so powerful...they have the capacity to BUILD UP or BREAK DOWN.

Whatever you are facing in life, even though it is so much easier said than done, as women we have to hold on to this...

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" 

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Robin Roberts

Breast Cancer Survivor

Keep her in prayers as she got a bone marrow transplant from her sister for a rare blood disorder
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/robin-roberts-great-transplant-article-1.1175096

How will you Respond to the CALL?

THE CALL...

A few years ago during a routine physical, my doctor found lumps in both of my breasts and was concerned. Few days later, I was scheduled for a surgical biopsy...I remember meeting the anesthesiologist and him telling me to start counting back from 10. I was like oh snap...they do this in real life. I had an overwhelming sense of peace because I had an army of support praying for me. My mom was more scared than I was because the outcome could have been good or bad. By the grace of God, my tumors were benign...I remember going back to the doctor and finding out and breathing a sigh of relief. Given my close family history of cancer Not all calls turn out like mine...

On February 28, 2006, at 4:45 p.m., she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. She had no family history of breast cancer; and was only 32-years old.  While undergoing chemotherapy, she made a promise to God that if she survived, she would create an organization that would educate, empower, advocate for and support young women affected by breast cancer.  After her second round of treatment, Tigerlily Foundation was born.

The hero featured today is Ms. Maimah Karmo. I had the privilege of meeting her in Houston, Texas this past summer where she was honored by the Intercultural Cancer Council. Her story has inspired me and as I spoke to her all I could say was thank you my African sister for being a VOICE for the rest of the sisters out there!

While breast cancer was an unwelcome experience, Maimah would not give back the experience.  “I’ve lived more in the past four years than I did the years before, and when I die, I want to know that I made the best use of my “after life” and impacted the lives of as many people as possible.” Maimah is dedicated to changing the breast cancer landscape and creating a legacy of a world free of breast cancer.

She is the mother of a young daughter who she lives for. Her message is that of EMPOWERMENT and HOPE. She is reaching out to young women who are at risk for breast cancer and those who are dealing with the diagnosis at the moment.

To learn more about Tigerlily Foundation, please visit: http://www.tigerlilyfoundation.org/index.html

Join this movement in empowering women when it comes to their health, self-esteem, value and self-worth.

Maimah Karmo

Breast cancer SURVIVOR!!

A voice for many...

Not all HOPE is lost

What have you SURVIVED?

In the medical drama Greys Anatomy Season 6 Episode 7, Isaac a hospital lab technician at Seattle Grace Hospital came to the neurosurgeon with scans of his inoperable tumor that was so intricately wrapped around his spinal cord. He was advised by other doctors not for the first, second or third time that he will not survive such an operation. He came to Dr. Derek Shepherd aka McDreamy to do the impossible.

His response to being told he could become paralyzed or not survive the operation was nothing short of amazing...he said:

I SURVIVED a war where they put bodies into mass graves where there was once a playground.

I SURVIVED the death of my family, my parents, my brothers and sisters  THEN

I SURVIVED the death of my wife and child when they starved to death in a refugee camp.

I SURVIVED the loss of my country, of hearing my mother tongue spoken, of knowing what it feels like to have a place to call home.

I SURVIVED...and

I will SURVIVE the loss of my legs if I have to.

I will SURVIVE

Again posing the same question...What have your survived? October marks breast cancer awareness month around the globe. October celebrates the survivors and thrivers. In the breast cancer journey, there are so many loved ones who lost their battle to cancer but their fight continues to live on in their loved ones.

Each day in October we will put faces to names of loved ones we have lost and those who are fighting and continue to fight. We too shall SURVIVE cancer!!

        MY Beloved auntie Hope

        R.I.P

        Gone too soon in September 2005

        You lost your battle to breast cancer

         You are truly missed and loved. 

         My mother's sister, my cousin's mom, my uncle's wife.

What threat in life are you facing?
For some of us, our worst fear is becoming lactose intolerant due to our love of dairy products. Many of us have always been safe, always had an opportunity for an education, always had love and always had someone to believe in us.

Sad to say there are millions of girls and women around the world whose daily reality is of fear, pain, shame and violence. Half the Sky Movement is one that is close and dear to my heart. Women and girls like you and me in all continents are facing threats such as trafficking, prostitution, violence, and discrimination. These threats do not come and go...this is their daily reality.

The time is now for us to stand strong as women fighting for our SISTERS around the globe...If you missed watching this special and empowering documentary today, tune in tomorrow October 2nd to be EDUCATED about what your sisters are going through. We are moving passed being informed into ACTION!!

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into

Opportunity for Women Worldwide

A special presentation of Independent Lens on October 1 and 2, 2012 at 9 PM

A landmark transmedia project featuring a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event (check local listings), a Facebook-hosted social action game, mobile games, two websites, educational video modules with companion text, a social media campaign supporting over 30 partner NGOs, and an impact assessment plan all inspired by Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, the widely acclaimed book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

Watch part one online starting October 2 and part two starting October 3, each for a seven-day period, at PBS Video.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/

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