Motivating women to lead and demonstrating why it matters
Join us at our monthly Go Lead Idaho Social Hour. We’d love to see you even if you can only drop by for a few minutes after work. Each month we’ve had a great turnout and a lot of wonderful discussions.
Where: The Reef 105 S 6th St Boise, ID 83702
When: Tuesday, August 13th. 5:00 – 6:30
Join us at our monthly Go Lead Idaho Social Hour. We’d love to see you even if you can only drop by for a few minutes after work.
Where: The Reef 105 S 6th St Boise, ID 83702
When: Tuesday, July 9th. 5:00 – 6:30
Here is an excellent opportunity to step up to the leadership plate. Boise School Board has a vacancy. Remember those steps Governor Roberts took? This was one of those steps. Now is your chance!
Story by The Idaho Statesman – The filing period is April 15 to May 15. and the Boise School District is seeking to fill the seat of Janet Orndorff, a trustee who died on March 28.
The board of trustees will appoint Orndorff’s replacement. That person will serve until the next board election in September 2014 when the trustee can run for a full six-year term.
Applicants must be 18 year old and a resident of the Boise School District. They cannot have interest — direct or indirect — in district contracts.
Applications must be returned in person to the clerk of the board by 4:30 p.m. May 15. The clerk’s office is at 8169 W. Victory Road.
Applicants will be given an opportunity to make a statement and stand for questions from the board at the trustees meeting at 6 p.m. June 10. The new member could be picked at that meeting.
Click here for full application. Click here to the original posting of this vacancy announcement by The Idaho Statesman.
Photo & Story by Betsy Russell
More than 100 women gathered at Boise State University over the weekend for the third annual “Go Lead Idaho” conference, aimed at getting more women involved in leadership and civic participation in Idaho. “It’s amazing how easy it is to get elected,” longtime state Rep. Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, told the group to laughter. “I just knew that I was tired of working for someone that said he wasn’t going to work.” Bell advised the women, “Don’t say something you don’t mean. Plan on working.” And, she added, “Honor can always be with you.”
Reps. Kelley Packer, R-McCammon, and Holli High Woodings, D-Boise, joined Bell on that panel; other speakers included female corporate CEOs and law firm partners, a women’s leadership expert, and keynote speaker former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts, who pointed to the conference’s slogan, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” Growing up in a rural Oregon town, she said, she saw no examples of women leaders around her; no women held elective office in her community, none were on the news, none held influential jobs. It was as a Girl Scout working on a merit badge in women’s history that she went to her local library and read about women like Susan B. Anthony and Eleanor Roosevelt. “This knowledge can literally change our self-expectations,” Roberts said.
She shared the story of how she went from low-income, divorced mother of two, including an autistic son, to governor of the state – she started by advocating for education for her son at a time when there were no educational rights for children with disabilities like autism. Roberts bemoaned the fact that 14 states – including Idaho – still have all-male congressional delegations, and noted that while Idaho this year jumped up to 27 percent women in its state House, there are only five women serving in its state Senate and none in statewide office. “Keep doing what you did in the last legislative session in the House – you’re on your way,” she told the crowd.
Go Lead Idaho is a nonpartisan, volunteer organization working to “heighten the role of women in leadership and policy-making roles in public office, boards and commissions, private industry and non-profits;” there’s more info here. According to research by BSU’s College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, women are particularly underrepresented on private boards in Idaho.
To view the original post by Betsy, on the Spokesman Review, click here.
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.
When: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 5:30 PM
Where: Boise State University Student Union, Hatch CD, 1910 University Dr. Boise, Idaho 83725