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Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press
Activist Salon – Wednesday, July 17th
GWPF 2nd Quarter Board Meeting
– Saturday, July 20th
Support Group Workshop – Saturday, July 20th
Support Group / Vacances Sans Excision
Camp – Saturday, August 17th
Support Group Workshop – Saturday,
September 14th
GWPF 3rd Quarter Board Meeting
– Saturday, September 28th
Global Woman Awards – Friday, October 18th
Walk To End FGM – Saturday, October 19th
Thanksgiving Feast / Support Group –
Saturday, November 16th
GWPF Year-End Board Meeting – Saturday,
December 7th
We
will update this 2019 calendar as schedules come in
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Special Announcement – The Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) invites you to participate in the 2019 Activist Salon, with short simulating presentations discussions, networking, food and drink. There will also be the presentation of the WIFP’s 2019 Women and Media Award to Artist and Performer, Luci Murphy on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 6:30pm until 8:00pm EST, at 1940 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. They are featuring speakers, Lana Shaheen, Hiba Yazbeck, Margaret Flowers, Thawra Abukhdier, and Angela Peabody.
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words? This is a fun way to see how well
you can unscramble the following words.
We will reveal the unscrambled words in next week’s edition of the newsletter. If you enjoyed this, write and give us your
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Can
you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
EIKCIV
DRAW (2 WORDS)
ATNAF
EDNAS
YTEICOS
OBERG
HSUB (2 WORDS)
DEGNARRA
EGAIRRAM (2 WORDS)
Last
Week’s Scrambled WordsLast Week’s Unscrambled Words
OIHO OHIO
SASNAKRA ARKANSAS
OHADI IDAHO
HATU UTAH
AWOI IOWA
We give you five scrambled words each week. We hope you enjoy playing.
Happy upcoming Fourth!
The one commonality which all immigrants to America share is that either
they or their ancestors all came from another country, in search of a dream; and
that includes the very first settlers to the U.S. According to Wikipedia, the Pilgrims arrived
in the United States in the early 1600s, in search of religious freedom, while
other arrivals sought economic opportunity.
Whether you came to the U.S. through Ellis Island, J.F. Kennedy Airport,
Miami International, Dulles International, L. A. International, or swam or
walked across the border, you or your ancestors came due to a reason and with a
purpose. According to the American
Library, more than 12 million people entered the United States through the
Ellis Island Immigration Center from 1892 to 1954. Did your ancestors enter during that time
frame, or was it earlier or later?
America’s Independence
Day, more commonly referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth is observed
as a Federal holiday in the United States.
Although the day is associated with fireworks, family reunions,
concerts, parades, carnivals, barbeques, etc. the day actually commemorates the
signing of the declaration of independence.
Two Hundred and Forty-Three (243) years ago on July 4th, thirteen
colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York,
North Carolina, and Rhode Island) decided they no longer wanted to be a part of
the British Empire, declared themselves a nation of the United States of
America.
As immigrants arrived in the United States, they
brought with them traditions and cultures. Some of those traditions brought by
the early settlers are what are known today as the American traditions and
culture, such as hot dogs and hamburgers, rodeos, race cars, football and
basketball, blue jeans and plaid shirts or turkey at Thanksgiving. Immigrants tend to bring with them what they
know, and it is what they practice, regardless of where they settle. As time progressed, the faces of immigrants
changed from the look of the early settlers to Africans, Asians and Middle
Easterners. The faces are not the only
thing that changed; those more recent immigrants brought their influence of
music, foods, dances, clothing, etc.
However the traditions were not all music and clothing or dances.
We should be mindful that the early settlers practiced
certain traditions which were later banned and lawfully discontinued. Some of those traditions helped to spawn the
American Civil War between the North and the South, such as slavery. The settlers declared their independence from
the British Empire in 1776. According to
Webster, the meaning of independence is sovereignty, liberty and freedom. It is what Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin and the other signatories of the Declaration of Independence had in
mind; sovereignty and freedom for all immigrants, regardless of their place of
origin. Although some despicable
practices happened during slavery and during the civil rights movement, it is
doubtful that Jefferson and Franklin would have condoned the practice of female
genital mutilation (FGM) in this country.
They wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to
be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness.” Notice the
line, “That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights”. All girls and young women in
these fifty states are entitled to those unalienable rights, and that includes
the immigrant women and girls of immigrant parents.
America is 243 years old this Thursday, and the
population celebrates it in many ways.
The practice of FGM is more than 5,000 years old, and the need to
continue to criminalize it, and make those who practice it accountable is even
more critical. Only two years ago, the
Virginia and Michigan laws, criminalizing FGM went into effect. In January of this year, there were only 28
U.S. states with laws against FGM. Since
then more than 5 U.S. states have had the practice of FGM criminalized. They are Ohio, Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, Iowa
and Pennsylvania.
Culture and traditions are poor excuses for this
outrageous practice. This Thursday while
Americans fire up their grills and load them up with hotdogs, hamburgers and
skewered seafood, they will not think about the thousands of girls that are
subjected to the wrath of the cutter’s vicious blade, daily around the world. They must hope that here in the U.S. cutters
and parents of little girls will pause from their cutting and mutilation to
observe the Declaration of Independence.
They must hope that the parents and excisers will remember the phrase in
the Declaration of Independence, “That they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights.” They must
remember that the little girls are indeed entitled to unalienable rights, to
not have any parts of their bodies altered, cut, or mutilated in any way
whatsoever, unless it is for medical reasons.
FGM is done for no medical reason at all. It is something to ponder and consider while
Americans relax at their barbeque grills and tables this Thursday afternoon.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation wishes you a Happy and Safe Fourth! Remember, the campaign continues against FGM.
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Do you enjoy playing with
words? This is a fun way to see how well
you can unscramble the following words.
We will reveal the unscrambled words in next week’s edition of the
newsletter. If you enjoyed this, write
and give us your feedback to info@globalwomanpeacefoundation.org.
Can
you unscramble the following five words?
This Week’s Scrambled Words
OIHO
SASNAKRA
OHADI
HATU
AWOI
Last
Week’s Scrambled WordsLast Week’s Unscrambled Words
KLAW
OT DNE MGF WALK
TO END FGM
REBOTCO OCTOBER
NOTGNIHSAW,
C.D. WASHINGTON,
D.C.
YROTSIH HISTORY
HTXIS
RAEY SIXTH
YEAR
We give you five scrambled words each week. We hope you enjoy playing.
We are almost at the finish line! Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation welcomes all of our guests from around the world and the country to Washington, D.C. Most of our guests are expected to arrive today. Although rain has been predicted in the forecast for Saturday, it appears that the afternoon will clear up in time for our Walk. We will walk from the Sylvan Theater to the Lincoln Memorial, taking in other memorials along the way, then back to the Sylvan Theater. We look forward to seeing you on Friday evening and/or Saturday. Yesterday we reached 42% of our goal, and we are still hopeful of reaching 50% by or before Saturday. Please continue to help us get there. Register at www.globalwomanpeacefoundation.org, select the pink “Register to Walk” button, and be a part of this memorable event.
When: 2-day event – Friday, October 26th & Saturday, October 27, 2018.
Friday Itinerary: Red Carpet arrival at 6:00pm; Global Woman Awards, Film Trailer, Dispelling FGM Myths, and Silent Auction.
Saturday Itinerary: Assemble at 11:00am; pre-walk program at 12:00noon; 5K Walk starts at 1:30pm.
Friday’s Forecast: High 52 Low 46 degrees, showers predicted 100%.
Friday Evening Emcee: Ashley Johnson of ANJ Public Relations Consulting
Saturday Afternoon Emcee: Arielle Buchmann of WUSA 9
Special Saturday Prizes to: 3 teams that raise the 3 highest amounts
Auction Items Provided By: The Kennedy Center, Ross Browne Studio, the NBA, the WNBA and Norwa Jewelers from Thailand
International & Local Media Coverage: Arranged by our Broadcast & Print Media Committee
Friday Location: Milken Institute for Public Health at George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 (2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro Station). Parking is available at University Parking Garage (in Science & Engineering Hall) at 800 22nd Street, NW, between 22nd & 23rd Streets, Washington, D.C. Evening maximum rate after 5:00 PM until 2:00 AM is a flat rate of $11.00.
Saturday Location:National Sylvan Theater, Washington Memorial Drive, SW (Corner of 15th & Jefferson Streets, SW) Washington, D.C. 20024 (2 blocks from Smithsonian Metro Station)
For Saturday attire, you might want to wear jeans or sweats and a warm shirt, and your walk t-shirt will go over it. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Ways to Participate
Join a team that is already formed
Register as an individual participant
Register as a virtual participant and help raise funds (if you are unable to attend)
Sponsor a team or an individual participant or sponsor the event
Be a Partner Organization with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation in the Walk to End FGM
********We are reminding you to register if you have not done so********
The proceeds raised from the Walk To End FGM are used to support the restorative surgeries of survivors of FGM, including group and one-on-one counseling.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. As such, your donations and registration fees are tax deductible to the maximum extent required by law.
We are almost there! We are excited to welcome our first arrivals to the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Hazel Barrett from the U.K. arrived last Saturday, and Dr. Mawaheb El-Mouelhy and Lola Oje are arriving today from Egypt and Nigeria respectively. We look forward to seeing you on Friday evening and/or Saturday. We thank you for registering and helping us reach 41% of our goal. We had asked you help us reach 40% by the end of yesterday, and you did! For those of you who have not registered, it is not too late to join us. Register at www.globalwomanpeacefoundation.org, select the pink “Register to Walk” button, and be a part of this memorable event.
As the countdown continues, you do not want to miss the opportunity to meet and speak with our international, national and local guests.
When: 2-day event – Friday, October 26th & Saturday, October 27, 2018.
Friday Itinerary: Red Carpet arrival at 6:00pm; Global Woman Awards, Film Trailer, Dispelling FGM Myths, and Silent Auction.
Saturday Itinerary: Assemble at 11:00am; pre-walk program at 12:00noon; 5K Walk starts at 1:30pm.
Friday’s Forecast: High 53 Low 46 degrees, showers predicted.
Saturday’s Forecast: High 52 Low 44 degrees, rain predicted.
Friday Evening Emcee: Ashley Johnson of ANJ Public Relations Consulting
Saturday Afternoon Emcee: Arielle Buchmann of WUSA 9
Special Saturday Prizes to: 3 teams that raise the 3 highest amounts
Auction Items Provided By: The Kennedy Center, Ross Browne Studio, the NBA, the WNBA and Norwa Jewelers from Thailand
International & Local Media Coverage: Arranged by our Broadcast & Print Media Committee
Friday Location: Milken Institute for Public Health at George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 (2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro Station). Parking is available at University Parking Garage (in Science & Engineering Hall) at 800 22nd Street, NW, between 22nd & 23rd Streets, Washington, D.C. Evening maximum rate after 5:00 PM until 2:00 AM is a flat rate of $11.00.
Saturday Location:National Sylvan Theater, Washington Memorial Drive, SW (Corner of 15th & Jefferson Streets, SW) Washington, D.C. 20024 (2 blocks from Smithsonian Metro Station)
For Saturday attire, you might want to wear jeans or sweats and a warm shirt, and your walk t-shirt will go over it. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Ways to Participate
Join a team that is already formed
Register as an individual participant
Register as a virtual participant and help raise funds (if you are unable to attend)
Sponsor a team or an individual participant or sponsor the event
Be a Partner Organization with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation in the Walk to End FGM
********We are reminding you to register if you have not done so********
The proceeds raised from the Walk To End FGM are used to support the restorative surgeries of survivors of FGM, including group and one-on-one counseling.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. As such, your donations and registration fees are tax deductible to the maximum extent required by law.
We are almost at the finish line. After a year of preparations, we are only 5 days away from the 5th #walk2endfgm. We are excited and are looking forward to seeing you. It is not too late to join us. Register at www.globalwomanpeacefoundation.org, select the pink “Register to Walk” button, and be a part of this memorable event.
The last 3 weeks we shared statements from F.A. Cole, Severina Lemachokoti and Mariam Bojang. Now, here is what Aisha Kamara said: “Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. is a Foundation that fights for women’s rights, and is the voice for women who cannot speak for themselves, the young, and the old that have gone through the violence of Female Genital Mutilation. Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation has created an awareness to help fight current cutting, and to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation practice. They specialize in services that help women deal with the reality of what has happened to them as children, and how to cope with daily life as victims of FGM. The Executive Director of Global Woman P. E. A.C. E. Foundation is a phenomenal woman. She always goes above and beyond to take the time, and the patient to help you get through whatever it is that you are going through, including the emotional part of dealing with Female Genital Mutilation, and by helping you gain your confidence back. I am very thankful to work with this amazing organization. Because of Global Woman P.E.A.C.E Foundation, I can now share my story with the world, and help impact other women who are going through the same or similar situation. I feel truly blessed to be a part of an amazing journey in uplifting the inner souls of women, and to make them feel beautiful from within.”
All 4 of these young ladies will be at the Awards night and the Walk. As the countdown continues, would you please join us, and get the opportunity to speak personally with them?
When: 2-day event – Friday, October 26th & Saturday, October 27, 2018.
Friday Itinerary: Red Carpet arrival at 6:00pm; Global Woman Awards, Film Trailer, Dispelling FGM Myths, and Silent Auction.
Saturday Itinerary: Assemble at 11:00am; pre-walk program at 12:00noon; 5K Walk starts at 1:30pm.
Friday’s Forecast: High 51 Low 40 degrees, mostly cloudy.
Saturday’s Forecast: High 47 Low 39 degrees, rain predicted.
Friday Evening Emcee: Ashley Johnson of ANJ Public Relations Consulting
Saturday Afternoon Emcee: Arielle Buchmann of WUSA 9
Special Saturday Prizes to: 3 teams that raise the 3 highest amounts
Auction Items Provided By: The Kennedy Center, Ross Browne Studio, the NBA, the WNBA and Norwa Jewelers from Thailand
International & Local Media Coverage: Arranged by our Broadcast & Print Media Committee
Friday Location: Milken Institute for Public Health at George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20052 (2 blocks from Foggy Bottom Metro Station). Parking is available at University Parking Garage (in Science & Engineering Hall) at 800 22nd Street, NW, between 22nd & 23rd Streets, Washington, D.C. Evening maximum rate after 5:00 PM until 2:00 AM is a flat rate of $11.00.
Saturday Location:National Sylvan Theater, Washington Memorial Drive, SW (Corner of 15th & Jefferson Streets, SW) Washington, D.C. 20024 (2 blocks from Smithsonian Metro Station)
For Saturday attire, you might want to wear jeans or sweats and a warm shirt, and your walk t-shirt will go over it. Wear comfortable walking shoes.
Ways to Participate
Join a team that is already formed
Register as an individual participant
Register as a virtual participant and help raise funds (if you are unable to attend)
Sponsor a team or an individual participant or sponsor the event
Be a Partner Organization with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation in the Walk to End FGM
********We are reminding you to register if you have not done so********
The proceeds raised from the Walk To End FGM are used to support the restorative surgeries of survivors of FGM, including group and one-on-one counseling.
Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. As such, your donations and registration fees are tax deductible to the maximum extent required by law.
With only 59 days before the Walk To End FGM (#walk2endfgm), Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation (GWPF) is making preparations for their 5th event of its kind. On November 8, 2014 GWPF held the first Walk To End FGM (#walk2endfgm) on the Washington National Mall. Since that chilly November morning the organization has requested that the National Park Service (NPS) grants them an October date and an afternoon time for the event. NPS has been accommodating with GWPF’s request, and the Walk To End FGM (#walk2endfgm) has become an October afternoon event.
In the coming weeks leading up to October 27th, the planning committee and volunteers will busy themselves with the final stages of the event. A special meeting with the NPS is held to cover all of the logistics of the Walk To End FGM (#walk2endfgm). NPS must know such details as how the volunteers working the event on Walk Day will be easily identified. GWPF provides the volunteers with pink shirts, while all other participants wear purple shirts. The Park Service requires GWPF to have enough trash bins to accommodate the number of participants when they dispose of their trash. NPS only allows such food kind as bananas, bottled water and health/granola bars on the National Mall. With the help of In-Kind Sponsors, GWPF always ensures that there are sufficient fresh bananas, bottled water and health bars available for their participants. Other logistics are appropriate available restroom facilities, electricity, sound system, security coverage, metro/transportation accessibility, and if GWPF plans to have celebrities and politicians at the event, NPS wants to know. Those details might sound simple and obvious, but they are serious requirements by the Park Service, to which GWPF must adhere. Since 2016 the event has been held at the National Sylvan Theater at Washington Memorial Drive, SW, directly in front of the Monument and diagonally across from the new African American Museum. The site is indeed Metro accessible, only 2 blocks from the Smithsonian Metro Station. There are 2 public restrooms, one in the rear of the Sylvan Theater stage and the other is one block away from the stage. The Sylvan Theater is equipped with electricity, but GWPF has to remind NPS to turn on the electricity the day prior to the event. GWPF provides the sound system for speeches and light music. At a cost, the Park Service provides assigned Park Police coverage on the premises during the duration of the event. NPS requires GWPF to provide an estimated number of participants each year, as part of the logistics.
Other preparations of the Walk To End FGM (#walk2endfgm) include ordering of the t-shirts, obtaining sponsors, (both in-kind and monetary) engaging speakers, volunteers, preparing the day’s program, tracking pre-registrations, responding to daily inquiries, sending out reminders to register, providing weather and attire advisories, etc. As October nears, GWPF begins the countdown to the day. They send out weekly reminders, updates and advisories, which help to answer questions registered participants and prospective participants may have.
The guests at this year’s event are expected from as far as Nigeria, Egypt, Iran, the U.K., France, Germany, Canada, and from cities all over the United States. You do not want to miss this year’s event, which is expected to be the largest. You are invited to visit the website at https://www.globalwomanpeacefoundation.org, click on the pink button that says, “Register To Walk” and click on your choice to register as a walker, a volunteer, a sponsor of a walker or a sponsor of the event. GWPF is encouraging the walk participants to form teams and join in the fundraising efforts to support the restorative surgeries for FGM survivors, and other programs surrounding the healing process that is required in post-FGM years. As in previous years, the three teams that raise the highest amounts will be presented with first, second and third prizes. Participants are encouraged to invite family and friends to support and join their teams. Each year it becomes more competitive. To date, Aula Mohammed’s team is in first place, while Severina Lemachokoti’s team has reached its goal but is in second place.
This year’s speakers on October 27th are a diverse group of women. The Keynote Speaker is none other than Dr. Azizah Y. al-Hibri, an American Philosopher and Fulbright legal scholar who specializes in Islamic law. The Founder and President of KARAMAH, Dr. al-Hibri has written extensively about Islam and Democracy. Additional speakers are Psychotherapist Joanna Vergoth, who has dedicated the last 15 years to advocacy against FGM, and counseling survivors of FGM; Mrs. Lola Oje, a Nigerian award-winning Architect, who spends her spare time counseling women and girls against sexual and gender-based violence in her native Nigeria; Mariam Bojang, a speaker from the 2015 Walk To End FGM and a survivor-activist against FGM.
GWPF has negotiated a special rate and a block of rooms for overnight accommodations at the Marriott Tysons Corner Hotel at 8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182. Tysons Corner is located in the County of Fairfax in Northern Virginia. The deadline to obtain the special negotiated rate is September 27, 2018. To make your reservation visit the reservation page at Book your group rate for Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation.
The Planning Committee is still in search of volunteers. Volunteers are needed for both days, Friday October 26th and Saturday October 27th. To volunteer, contact the planning committee at info@globalwomanpeacefoundation.org or call 703-818-3787. If you send an email put the word “Volunteer” in the subject line. Volunteers may register at no cost, so get involved and be a part of this great event.
Here is How You Get Involved and Participate:
Form a team and invite others to join your team and help raise funds
Join a team that is already formed
Register as an individual participant
Register as a virtual participant and help raise funds (if you are unable to attend)
Sponsor a team or an individual participant or sponsor the event
Be a Partner Organization with Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation in the Walk to End FGM
Register as a volunteer
Effective this Thursday, GWPF will send out weekly updates each Thursday on registrations, team status, weather forecasts, attire and other advisories up to the morning of Walk Day. Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation looks forward to seeing you on Saturday, October 27th!
