Women at Work is looking for a Marketing and Volunteer Manager

Thanks to Margalo Ashley-Farrand, Attorney for letting us know about this opening:

The position of Marketing & Volunteer Manager reports to the Executive Director. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the community's public image, including serving as Women At Work's liaison, representing the agency at functions that involve community leaders, employers, potential funders and other stakeholders, preparing an array of materials for the public to communicate the work and mission of the organization, and recruiting volunteers to assist with Women At Work programs and functions. Aprox 20 hours a week $16-$22 per hour.

Founded in 1979, Women At Work (WAW) is a community-based career center that serves a broad spectrum of women in the greater Los Angeles area. Services include a resource room with thousands of current job openings at every level, internet job search assistance, a career library, professional career counselors, resume assistance, computer classes, career workshops and other special programs.

50 North Hill Avenue, Suite 300 , Pasadena , California 91106
Phone (626) 796-6870 · Fax (626) 793-7396 www.womenatwork1.org

On December 1st , Ms Magazine celebrated 35 years, and the Feminist Majority Foundation celebrated 20 years of operations with a gala, sold-out event at the Wilshire Ebell Theater. Camryn Manheim, Margaret Cho, Tyne Daly, Ambassador Carol Mosley Braun, Gloria Steinem, Peg Yorkin and many more entertained and recounted the victories of the past 35 years. Over 400 college students attended as well as men and women feminists of all ages. Newscasters suggested that the magazine would not last more than 6 months! It's still going strong. Did you read about the celebration in the newspaper? See it on the news on TV? As is so often the case, this landmark anniversary was ignored in mainstream media. To read a column about the anniversary by Ellen Snortland, click here: http://pasadenaweekly.com/article.php?id=5359&IssueNum=99

New research from RAND released in November as part of their California Preschool Study bolsters the case for investing in effective pre-kindergarten. The studies are the most comprehensive look to date at readiness gaps when children enter school and achievement gaps in the early elementary years in California .

The research confirms what pre-k advocates already know - the achievement gaps evident during the K-12 years exist when kids first enter kindergarten. Many children start school without the basic academic and social skills they need to succeed in the classroom and those who start school behind tend to stay behind throughout their school careers. Effective pre-k helps narrow the achievement gap by addressing that readiness gap.

Here's what State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, one of the study's requesters, had to say: "Preschool prepares young people for school and helps them develop a love of learning. This is an important step in closing the achievement gap. Solid research tells us that investing in preschool is not only the right thing to do for our children, it is an investment that will pay tremendous economic and social dividends in the long run."

Visit Preschool California's website  or RAND's website to view the full studies and executive summaries.

Women's ENews reports that Falak Jamaani is the first woman to gain a parliamentary seat in an outright victory over male challengers, a sign that Jordan 's political scene is gradually opening its doors to women one seat at a time.

"The quota is a gift from the king of Jordan to the women of Jordan ," Jamaani, who beat out 15 men for her seat in the country's 110-member lower house of parliament, told Women's eNews. "Jordanians now are getting used to women in the parliament.

Jamaani's victory ticks up the number of female parliamentarians to seven from six.

In the Nov. 20 election 885 candidates ran for office, of which 199--nearly a quarter--were women. During the last election in 2003, only 54 women declared their candidacy after King Abdullah II announced a quota system saving six seats for women in the parliament's 110-seat lower house. Women gained the right to vote and stand for office in 1974.

Congratulations to our own Carolyn Howard Johnson: USA Book News named The Frugal Editor its best book in Business: Writing and Publishing category. Another book in the series, The Frugal Book Promoter was a winner in 2004. Click here to Buy From Amazon

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS

Of the 141,900 commercial airline pilots flying the skies today, 5,008 are women. United Airlines was the first to promote a woman to the rank of Captain.

Thanks to Neal Peterson, Insurance Specialist for the following:

When Women Are Treated Badly, Everyone Suffers

A new study in the Journal of Applied Psychology "Witnessing the harassment or uncivil treatment of women at work is bad not only for female employees, but for the productivity of the whole organization.

Male and female employees who said they had witnessed either the sexual harassment of female staff, or uncivil, rude or condescending behavior towards them, tended to report lower psychological well-being and job satisfaction. In turn, lower psychological well-being was associated with greater burn out and increased thoughts about quitting."

Complete study: Miner- Rubino , K. & Cortina , L.M. (2007). Beyond targets: Consequences of vicarious exposure to misogyny at work . Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 1254-1269.

(l to r) Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania; Drew Faust, President of Harvard University;
Ruth Simmons, President of Brown University; Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University

"Female leadership at the highest level of academia inspires pride and ambition in their female students." Elizabeth Banks, actress, U. Penn grad

In the history of old boys' clubs, one is older and boyier than the rest: the Ivy League. But in July Drew Gilpin Faust, Ph.D., became the first female president of Harvard University , and with her appointment came this milestone: Half of the Ivy schools are now helmed by women.

"I'm not the woman president of Harvard; I'm the president of Harvard," Faust has said.

But that doesn't mean she and her peers are doing it like the boys did. Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., the University of Pennsylvania 's second female leader, aims "to signal that you don't have to act like a man to be successful." Princeton University 's Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D. a biochemist and single mother adds, "To be preeminent in science and engineering, we can't exclude half the human race!" By promoting female scholars and urging women into male-dominated fields, these presidents are incubating the next generation of leaders. "There is a new order," says Brown University 's Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D., a sharecropper's daughter and the first African American Ivy head. The presidents' impact is felt far beyond their campuses. Among the many congratulatory e-mails Faust received was one from a girl in China who wrote that she no longer aspired to be a "woman scientist" but a scientist.

Says Faust: "We need to make sure that young women can imagine all possibilities."

SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Thanks to Leigh Adams, Artist in Residence at the Los Angeles Arboretum for letting us know about this.

Dr. Anita Borg (1949-2003) devoted her adult life to revolutionizing the way we think about technology and dismantling barriers that keep women and minorities from entering computing and technology fields. Her combination of technical expertise and fearless vision continues to inspire and motivate countless women to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.

In honor of Dr. Borg's passion, for the past four years, Google has sponsored a scholarship program with the Anita Borg Institute for Women in the U.S. , and more recently, in Europe and Australia . http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.google.com/anitaborg/

This year, we're excited to announce the expansion of the program to include Canada , where we're very pleased to offer an opportunity to both undergraduate students and postgraduates, who may apply for CAD$5,000 scholarships. We're looking for women who will carry on the legacy of Dr. Borg, with strong academic backgrounds and demonstrated leadership qualities.

All scholarship recipients and finalists will be invited to visit the Google engineering office in New York City next April for a networking retreat featuring workshops with a series of speakers, panelists, breakout sessions and social activities.

Deadlines:
Tell your friends, or apply yourself, at www.google.ca/anitaborg . The deadline for the Canada program is Monday, February 4, 2008.

The deadline for the US program is Friday, February 1, 2008.

WISH LIST
As we continue to grow, sometimes our needs are bigger than our budget, and I know that you want to know how you can help. So each month I will let you know our current needs. Here's our Wish List for this month:

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