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August 26, 2022
Honoring Women's Equality Day
August 26, 2022
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT FOUNDATION
Honoring Women’s Equality Day
The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, securing American women’s constitutional right to vote and marking what is widely recognized as one of the most significant dates in the history of American democracy.
Decades later, Congress designated August 26, 1973 as the first Women’s Equality Day. And every year since 1973, Congress and the President have continued the tradition.
Today, we join President Biden and Americans across our Nation as we commemorate Women’s Equality Day and remember the brave and bold women who waged and won the battle for the ballot.
Tomorrow, our work continues to build a monument in Washington, D.C. that honors the early American movement for women’s equality.
August 14, 2022
Meet the teenager who helped push Florida toward cleaner energy
For most of his 15 years, Levi Draheim led a beachy life on a barrier island on Florida’s east coast, swimming, surfing and sailing in the nearshore waves. He dreamed of someday becoming a marine biologist. But Levi’s world is changing.
After spending half of his life involved in climate litigation aimed at holding federal and state leaders accountable on fossil fuels, Levi says he wouldn’t have it any other way. READ MORE…
June 19, 2022
Poet Amanda Gorman celebrates the gift of Blackness for Juneteenth
To mark Juneteenth, Gorman read on NPR “Fury and Faith,” a poem from her poetry collection Call Us What We Carry. The title of that book, she said, came from her understanding that “we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time.” READ MORE…
An amazing and inspiring young woman!
November 24, 2021
She's only 10 years old, but she's already the CEO of her very own cosmetics company
At just 10 years old, Paris Muhammad is the CEO of her own makeup company called Paris Place LLC.
Her makeup is already being sold in beauty supply stores in three states — Arkansas, Georgia and Virginia — and can be shipped across the country. Muhammad said her products are for everyone.
The fifth-grader from Georgia made history becoming the youngest ever member of the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce in Georgia last month.
“I started my business when I was seven years old,” said Muhammad. “Me and my nana, we started selling air fresheners and body oils. And a year ago, we added lip gloss to my collection.”
November 3, 2021
A 15-year-old girl invented a solar ironing cart that's winning global respect
Vinisha Umashankar and her solar ironing cart. She came up with the idea when she was 12 — then worked with engineers to create a prototype. Now she’s in Glasgow, Scotland, to speak at the COP26 climate change conference.
Last year, Umashankar won the Children’s Climate Prize, a Swedish award for young innovators. “If implemented on a large scale, this is an invention that can have a significant positive impact on India’s air quality and people’s health,” the jury of the Swedish prize said. The prize included a financial reward of more than $11,000 to further develop her innovation.
Umashankar was 8 when she first learned about climate change and says it has had a huge impact on how she thinks about innovation. She’s exasperated by how the world shrugs off environmental issues as if they are someone else’s problems.
“All of us should understand that environmental issues are real and can’t be fixed at a later date,” says Umashankar. “There is no stop button. There is no magic fix.”
Inspiring article - READ MORE…
October 7, 2021
August 8, 2021
Boy on a mission to share his love of reading with thousands of others
Orion Jean is a young man on a mission, sharing the gift of reading with hundreds of thousands of kids. He may be only 10 years old, but the number on his mind is 500,000.
In 2020, Jean won a student kindness contest where he displayed his own campaign of compassion. “Kindness is a virtue we can all possess. If we are willing to,” he said. “So why not start today. Because right now, it’s what we need more than ever.”
With his $500 prize, Jean donated toys to a Dallas Children’s hospital. Next, through food drives and partnering with a relief group, he helped collect 100,000 meals for Texas families.
Now, his focus is books for children who may not have them at home. READ MORE…
© Provided by CBS News Orion Jean, 10, is on a mission to share his love of reading with others. / Credit: Family Handout
July 28, 2021
A device that harnesses the power of vibrations is bringing light to communities in energy poverty.
When he was 17 and studying at the African Leadership University in Rwanda, Jeremiah Thoronka founded Optim Energy, an innovative start-up that uses kinetic energy – the energy objects have when in motion – to generate clean electricity. He developed a piezoelectric device that harnesses energy from heat, movement and pressure – all which occur naturally in the environment.
When he was 10 years old, he was awarded a scholarship to attend one of the best schools in the region. “Every day I was moving between two worlds,” he says. “There was electricity in abundance at school." Back home he witnessed the devastating effects of energy poverty.
July 19, 2021
Gloria Richardson, An Influential Yet Largely Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer
Gloria Richardson, An Influential Yet Largely Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer, Has Died.
Richardson was the first woman to lead a prolonged grassroots civil rights movement outside the Deep South. In 1962, she helped organized and led the Cambridge Movement on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with sit-ins to desegregate restaurants, bowling alleys and movie theaters in protests that marked an early part of the Black Power movement. READ MORE…
