March is National Women’s History Month

By: I.D.E.A Culture & Climate Subcommittee 

As an organization that serves a diverse population we welcome the opportunity to continue to grow our diverse knowledge and celebrate our differences. March is National Women’s History Month. The purpose for this month-long celebration is to learn about the often-overlooked contributions of women in history, society, and culture.

A Few Interesting Facts:

Did you know that ….

• Women's History Month has a different theme each year?
• The 2022 theme is “Women Providing Healing and Promoting Hope
• It has been annually observed in the United States and other countries (including the United Kingdom and Australia), every March since 1987.
• March is selected as the month for observing Women’s History Month to correspond with International Women’s Day on March 8th.
• More than 30% of all businesses today are owned and run by women.
• The first college to accept women was Salem College, founded in 1772.
• The Army Nurse Corps was created in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps was created in 1908.

To learn more about Women’s History Month here.

Celebrate Women’s History Month by expanding your knowledge in this area!

• Dates and times of “Women's History Month” programming
• Twenty women inventors you should know, that have improved our way of life.

Events:

Meditation for Moms
Free: March 1, 2022 21:00 EST + 2 more events
Sahaja Yoga Meditation DFW
There's no question that mothers have been struggling hard through this pandemic, so this dedicated space encourages all the hardworking moms out there to take a pause and do a little self-care — without the kiddos.

Women Divine! An Uplifting IWD Extravaganza!
FREE: March 8, 2022 14:00 EST
This International Women’s Day Reggae Fraternity promises an empowering evening of music, poetry, and speakers. Performers at the event include Sandra Cross, Teshay Makeda, and Women in Poetry.

Black Feminist Futures Series: Planting for the Future
Free: March 9,2022 12:00 EST
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Join a conversation on Black women's participation in art, film, music, and Afrofuturism. Hosted by the Schomburg Center.

Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Screening with Sasha?Wortzel
Free: March 9, 2022 17:30 EST
Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery
The artist and filmmaker will discuss representation and environmental stewardship, and screens her 2010 film Paint It Again, in this event by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery.

Black Women in the Struggle
Join us Sunday, March 13, at 7pm 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Celebrating Black Women in the Struggle: An Online History Presentation
Cost: Choose what it is worth to you. We are using the honor system for this online screening, so you are able to pay what you would like - $5, $10 or $100 it is totally up to you.

Inspirational Quotes:

"Great minds discuss IDEAS; average minds discuss EVENTS; small minds discuss PEOPLE."                                                                                                                            - Eleanor Roosevelt   

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
– Frida Kahlo, 20th-century Mexican painter

“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you’re very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.”
– Serena Williams, professional tennis player who has won more singles titles than any man or woman

“Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.”
– Marie Curie, chemist who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

“We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. […] And if solutions within the system are so impossible to find, then maybe we should change the system itself?”
– Greta Thunberg, climate change activist

"Don't mistake politeness for lack of strength."                                                                                                                                                                                            -Sonya Sotomayor

"Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.                                                                                                                                                      -Michelle Obama 

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make"                                                                                                               -Jane Goodall

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.”
-Audrey Hepburn

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world"                                                                                                                   - Anne Frank

“Once I learned to like myself more than others did, then I didn't have to worry about being the funniest or the most popular or the prettiest. I was the best me and I only ever tried to be that."
- Issa Rae

"The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.”
- Beyonce Knowles

"Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation."                                                                               -Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty  soon you can find humor in our everday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -Betty White