Empowerment

A Tribute To Our Sister, Comrade And Friend Helen Harrison… Firefighter, Changemaker, Champion Of Equality

Guest ContributorJune 11, 2020

Firefighter and union leader Helen Harrison passed away on April 18, 2020 at the age of 55 from cancer. A champion of equality, Helen worked tirelessly to ensu...

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COVID Agents Of Change: All Women-Staffed Education Provider Leads In Delivering Learning Innovation And Community Relief Across Pakistan

Guest ContributorMay 28, 2020

By Nathan Martin - COVID-19 may have closed the world's classrooms, but educators continue to find ways to teach and to support their local communities. In Pak...

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The First Time I Welded… Penelope Amaya, Age 13, Pens Inspiring Essay On Being Fearless

Guest ContributorMay 27, 2020

By Penelope Amaya - It was a rainy Saturday morning in 2019, I was about to go somewhere exciting. I woke up super early because I was excited for this day to ...

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Of Loss And Hope: High School Senior Eliza Stoehrer Writes-Performs Moving Song For Class Of 2020 Students Everywhere

wyskMay 7, 2020

Eliza Stoehrer is a student at Saint Anthony's High School in South Huntington, NY. In March she was readying to enjoy the best part of her senior year, the la...

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Women In Science Puppet Theater Series, Episode 2: The Tale Of Cosmetic Chemist, Hazel Bishop

wyskMay 5, 2020

In this week's episode of our Women In Science Puppet Theater video series (click image above to watch), kids get to know cosmetic chemist, Hazel Bishop (1906-...

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Pandemic Perspective: Tatenda Mafodya On Challenges Of Distance Teaching When Internet Access Is A Luxury

Guest ContributorApril 30, 2020

By Nathan Martin - Tatenda Mafodya was struggling to remember when lockdown began in South Africa. "It’s been 21, no wait, 27 days."An understandable slip....

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Beneficial Mutation: Popular Women In Science Column Transforms Into ‘Puppet Special’ Video Series For Kids Learning At Home

wyskApril 24, 2020

The new pandemic world order, which is keeping us all at home, and kids learning at a distance, has inspired a beneficial mutation of one of our most popular W...

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Essential Risk: NYC Plumber Judaline Cassidy On Working In Building Trades During COVID-19 Crisis

wyskApril 16, 2020

Judaline Cassidy has been a plumber in NYC for more than two decades. She is a master of her craft, and a champion of equality in the still male-dominated cons...

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Killer of Cancer, Slayer of Viruses: The Many Medicines Of Nobel Prize Laureate Gertrude Elion

Dale DeBakcsyApril 15, 2020

Generally, our experience of a particular medicine is as a great faceless thing the name of which we don't know until we desperately need it, and the creation ...

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