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ASK A FILIPINA: #23 DISRUPT Leadership Tip from Janet Mendoza Stickmon (Global FWN100™ '13)
Cultivate the knowledge and skills that will allow you to be an expert in your field. This expertise can be one vital source of confidence. People trust you when you are competent and are more likely to continue seeking your expertise.
- Janet Mendoza Stickmon, Professor of Humanities at Napa Valley College, Global FWN100™ '13
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Meriam Reynosa (Global FWN100™ '13 ) on DISRUPT. Filipina Women: Proud. Loud. Leading Without a Doubt.
"I recently received my very own copy of DISRUPT over the holiday season from my partner. I was overcome with joy, by how much my partner knew the importance of receiving this collection of amazing stories would inspire me..." Read more from Meriam after the jump!
ASK A FILIPINA: #17 DISRUPT Leadership Tip from Dr. Julieta Gabiola (Global FWN100™ '13)
Take the time to reflect every day. It is important to ground ourselves in values and priorities that are aligned with our actions. We must also look at what we have done to make a difference in other people's lives.
- Julieta Gabiola, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Educator for CARE Faculty at Stanford
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ASK A FILIPINA: #16 DISRUPT Leadership Tip from Dr. Annalisa Vicente Enrile, Clinical Associate Professor, USC (Global FWN100™ '13)
Work for something bigger than yourself. We all believe in something. The hard part is standing up for those beliefs and working to create real change. True leadership calls for us to be fighters; to heal and to transform. Life events such as abuse, oppression, exploitation, and other injustices can put us down and make us submissive. And, while, it is important for us to heal ourselves and become stronger, it is not enough. One out of three women are abused during their lifetimes. Every 90 seconds a woman is sexually assaulted. It's not enough to survive, we have to change the world so that women and girls cease to be commodities and targets of violence. Put your own experiences within global contexts. Understand the root causes of what has been done to you. Then take this knowledge to work for change.
- Annalisa Vicente Enrile, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, University of Southern California (USC), School of Social Work
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Success! DISRUPT: Portland Brings Women Together in Sisterhood
The Filipina Women’s Network (FWN), represented by Dolly Pangan-Specht (US FWN100™'09 ) and Maria Beebe (US FWN100™'11 and Global FWN100™ '13, board member, and book co-editor) organized a book reading in collaboration with Portland State University’s Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Anthropology, and Center for Women and Leadership. The Asian Pacific American network of Oregon (APANO) and the Council of Filipino American Associations (CFAA) also participated. Global Networks, Janet Labar, and Cynthia Reidy donated books as gifts to the readers. Tambayan and Columbia Distributing provided food and drinks.
Marily Mondejar, FWN founder and CEO, joined the participants via video conferencing to share the three events that shaped the direction of the Filipina Women’s Network.
Image credit: Jon Oribello