Monthly Archives: June 2007
Women and National Security Conference: Amplifying Women's Leadership in the National Security Debate
Thank you for attending the Women and National Security Conference on June 22nd in Washington D.C. Both The White House Project and Americans for Informed Democracy are excited about your insights and innovations. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to share your brilliant ideas with our online communities. 1. What was […]
Risking Failure to Succeed
At one of my final speaking engagements in Australia, I asked the 10th-year girls of St. Aidan’s in Brisbane what was holding them back from taking leadership on issues they cared about. A girl raised her hand but didn’t directly answer the question. She spoke instead of wanting to raise and donate money to important […]
Alliance of Girls’ Schools National Conference, Melbourne
I gave the keynote address at the annual Alliance of Girls’ Schools conference in Melbourne, where the principals met to talk primarily about leadership. As a part of their process, they invited a dozen girls from six different schools across the city to participate in their sessions. They had the girls read “Closing the Leadership […]
Australian Update: You Can’t be What you Can’t See.
I am again finding meaning in Marian Wright Edelman’s famous quote, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” In a survey of junior and senior high school girls, prepared by Seymour College (a high school) in Adelaide in advance of my arrival, almost no one could name role models among Australian women leaders. As a […]
Dan Rather Bashes Katie Couric
The New York Post revealed today that Dan Rather characterized Katie Couric on CBS Evening news, his old show, as “dumbing it down, tarting it up.” In an appearance on MSNBC yesterday morning, he said, “…I think it has become even clearer that the mistake was to try to bring the ‘Today’ ethos to the […]
Good morning from Australia
Good morning from Australia. It has been a whirlwind of speaking engagements since I arrived here as a guest of the Alliance of Girls’ Schools. They were motivated to bring me here after Beth Blackwood, a leader in the Alliance and head of the Presbyterian Ladies College (PLC), realized that many of the young women at her […]
Passport to Australia
Next week our President, Marie Wilson, heads to Australia for a national speaking tour of girls schools around the country. Marie will speak to young women, their parents and local leaders about changing the perceptions of women as leaders within culture, particularly in politics. TAG ALONG! Follow The White House Project on this international tour […]
