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Seminar to embrace women's equality
Posted 8/22/2012 Updated 8/22/2012
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by 1st Lt Kathleen Eisenbrey
15th Medical Group
8/22/2012 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii- -- The Federal Women's Program at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii celebrated Women's Equality Day on August 14 with a brown bag luncheon highlighting the history of voting rights and the voter registration process.
Col. Eva Jenkins, Commander of the 692d Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group, was the keynote speaker for the event. Capt. Eric Ziessler of the 735th Airlift Squadron, the JBPHH installation assistant voting action officer, provided integral advice related to voting at the upcoming national elections.
"We are fortunate to live in the greatest nation in the world," said Col. Jenkins at the brown bag event. "It is our responsibility as daughters, mothers, sisters, mentors, and leaders to ensure that the United States of America remains strong, democratic and free...and that it upholds the ideals of equality for all. Exercising our right to vote is one way in which we can make our voices heard."
Women's Equality Day was selected to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which granted women the right to vote in 1920 and is federally celebrated on August 26.
According to Jenny Crippen, the special events coordinator for FWP, "Every president has published a proclamation for Women's Equality Day ... since legislation was first introduced in Congress by Bella Abzug [in 1971]."
In an effort to honor and embrace women's equality as it relates to the Federal workplace, Col. Jenkins will sponsor a Professional Development Seminar for Women entitled "How to Reach Your Highest Potential ... And Help Others Reach Theirs."
The seminar will focus on topics to promote empowerment in the workplace, including ten activities to maximize one's potential for success, synergistic success effects employed by successful leaders, tips for implementing a goal setting action plan and exploring the female factor with questions such as "Do Women Lead Differently?"
The Professional Development Seminar for Women will occur on Tuesday, August 28 from 8 to 11am in the Aloha Conference Center on Hickam. The seminar is open to all regardless of gender, rank or military/civilian status. Seating is limited to 86 persons.
To register for the seminar, please call 808-448-1400 or email eva.jenkins@us.af.mil.
"We have a responsibility to mentor and inspire each other to achieve more than we had ever imagined," said Col. Jenkins.
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