Herland Sister Resources

For National Women’s Health Week, the Office on Women’s Health sponsors an 8-week national physical activity challenge called the WOMAN (Women and girls Out Moving Across the Nation) Challenge.  The WOMAN challenge begins on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13, and ends July 7th.  During the challenge, women and girls (and boys and men) can choose a virtual route to chart their progress toward weekly fitness goals.  You will be given a tracking log to record your activity and the first 10,000 people to register receive a free pedometer.  To find out more, visit www.womenshealth.gov/woman/.

Congratulations to Angie Johnson of Oklahoma City who was selected to receive the FAA Administrator’s National Award for Excellence in Equal Employment Opportunity for her work in FAA GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian, Or Bisexual Employees).  She will receive the award in Washington, DC, from Marion Blakey the Administrator of the FAA. 
Herland got to know Angie and the OKC GLOBE group when they collected donations and asked Herland to help them locate a local and needy elderly lesbian to present with a very nice gift card for the holidays.
Angie is also being awarded the Oklahoma Federal Executive Board Federal Employee Award for Outstanding Diversity Contribution.  She will be given this award on May 7 at a banquet at the Clarion Meridian. 
This award recognizes demonstrated exemplary accomplishments in providing equal employment opportunities for non-supervisory employees (Employees, Teams, Groups or Associations of Employees).  Some examples are efforts to eradicate discrimination, harassment, and other barriers to fair and equitable treatment in the workplace. 
Congratulations, Angie!  Job well done.

On May 15, 2007, thousands of people across the country will do something to support workplace fairness. By coordinating organizations and individuals to take action on the same day, we will:
    * Educate the public about the harassment and discrimination LGBT people and those living with HIV face at work
    * Increase support for efforts to win legal protections for LGBT employees
    * Activate people to fight for the rights of LGBT and HIV-affected workers
Join Lambda Legal, our partners and thousands of people across the country by pledging to do something on May 15, 2007 — at work, in your community, with a group or individually.  Visit http://www.lambdalegal.org/

Estrogenerations, a committee of wimyn in New Mexico, is producing a grand feminist weekend, June 22-24, 2007 in Santa Fe, NM.  Their program will include: Margie Adam, Paula Gunn Allen, Mary Daly, Alix Dobkin, Sonia Johnson, and many more.  For more info, visit them at http://www.feministhullaballoo.com/. 

Satisfy your constant cravings with two general admission concert tickets for  k.d. lang with Lyle Lovett on Saturday July 7 at OKC Zoo Amphitheatre. (This OKC concert is the evening before her concert at Tulsa’s Brady Theater.)  Raffle tickets cost $2 each or 3 for $5.  Please mail or bring to Herland, 2312 NW 39th, OKC, OK 73112.  Drawing to be held on June 24.  Need not be present to win.

Click on the ticket for larger image.