WFA is conducting a perception survey and we want to know what you think!  Your responses are anonymous and will aid WFA in evaluating our communication plan.  At the end of the survey, you will have the opportunity to register to win 2 reservations to the WFA event of your choice!  Winner will be announced in WFA's July e-Newsletter.

Click here to complete the survey.  Already completed it?  Click here to share it with your friends.

We appreciate our 2011 local Girls of Promise committee chairs: 

• Natalie Johnson-Leslie (GoP-ASU), 
• Jill Brown (GoP-Tech), 
• Catherine Vest (GoP-Harding), 
• Janna Perry-Holloway & Sarah Campbell (GoP-NWACC) and
• Tonya Hooks (GoP-UALR).

Local Girls of Promise committees are completing wrap-up meetings this month and we look forward to sharing highlights from the 2011 conferences with you in the July e-Newsletter.   Visit our website for information on WFA's Girls of Promise conferences.

We are proud to announce our philanthropy honoree and keynote speaker for WFA's annual Power of the Purse luncheon on Friday, October 21st in the Statehouse Convention Center: 

WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN PHILANTHROPY

Judy Tenenbaum will receive WFA's annual award celebrating the powerful role Arkansas women play in improving the lives of others.  Click here to learn about Judy's accomplishments and why she was chosen as this year's honoree.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Abigail E. Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist, and scholar. Her longtime passion for women's issues and peacebuilding culminated in her first film, the acclaimed Pray the Devil Back to Hell, about the Liberian women who peacefully ended their country's civil war.  Click here for a full bio on Abby. 

 DOCUMENTARY SCREENING

To complete the Power of the Purse day of celebrating women, WFA will host a screening of Disney's film Pray the Devil Back to Hell at Heifer Village at 6:30 p.m.  A Question & Answer session with Ms. Disney will follow the screening.  Click here for film synopsis. More information to come!

Elizabeth Bintliff, Power of the Purse Chair

POWER OF THE PURSE COMMITTEE

Elizabeth Bintliff, West Africa Regional Director of Heifer Project International, is chairing WFA's 2011 Power of the Purse Committee.  Also serving on the committee are: Patti Stanley (co-chair), Karen Fetzer, Kathy Findley, Nancy Leonhardt, Joy Matlock, JoBeth McElhanon, Amy Pierce, Lynette Rancifer & Elizabeth Small. 

POWER OF THE PURSE RESERVATIONS

Reservations are $100 each or $1000 for a table and are available online.  Corporate sponsorships are also available.  

SPONSORS

Conger Wealth Management | Southwest Power Pool | Tyson Foods, Inc.

Congratulations to WFA Founder Olivia Farrel and Board Members Kathy Deck & Heather Larkin for being profiled in the Arkansas Business 2011 "Power List"!  This year's installment included 192 leaders in 20 industry categories running the largest businesses, professional and nonprofit enterprises in our state.

WFA grantee, Ozark Natural Science Center will host a very special summer experience for girls ages 13-17.  Their first ever Girls Pursuing Science experience will be held June 27 through July 2.  The program will feature ONSC's amazing female Teacher Naturalists and guest scientists in the fields of ecology, geology, astronomy and astrophysics, nature-inspired art, and more for a truly unique experience "by girls for girls."

MORE INFORMATION 

Ozark Natural Science Center | WFA Grant Making

Nike - RAN

Women account for 85% of all consumer purchases - from autos to vacations to computers to health care.  Nike gets it, and has for quite a while.  Can you imagine the powerful "girl power" messages that could be spread through TV, radio, billboards and the Internet if companies chose to portray strong, positive role models for women in their advertising?

Information from Marinagraphy & SheConomy blogs.

IYC 2011 website

Here's a great resource for teachers working on lesson plans for the Fall:  The International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011) is a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind.

Under the unifying theme "Chemistry-our life, our future," IYC 2011 will offer a range of interactive, entertaining, and educational activities for all ages. The Year of Chemistry is intended to reach across the globe, with opportunities for public participation at the local, regional, and national level. 

Elena Aprile, Joy Hirsch, Mary-Claire King and Tal Rabin are members of a rare breed - women scientists at the top of their fields.

Dr. Aprile, a professor of physics at Columbia University, is searching for dark matter.  Dr. Hirsch, a professor of neuroscience at Columbia University, maps brain processes.  Dr. King, a professor of medical genetics at the University of Washington, studies the genetic basis of common complex medical conditions like breast cancer and mental illness.  And Dr. Rabin is a cryptography researcher at I.B.M.  All four were in New York for the World Science Festival, and were invited to a 30-minute round-table discussion at The New York Times.  They talked about their lives as scientists, the joys and struggles of research, and the specific challenges women in science face... Read the full article on The New York Times website.