Equal Pay Day

Did you know on average a woman makes 77¢ for every $1 a man makes? This is for doing the exact same job. Ask Lilly Ledbetter. 

Tuesday, April 8 was Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day marks
the symbolic point in the year when women’s earnings catch up with their male
peers’. That is to say, a woman would have to work from January 1, 2013 until
April 8, 2014 to make what a man made in 2013 alone.

Watch and Listen to Lilly Ledbetter and President Obama speak about pay equity here.

Contact your senators and tell them to support the Pay Check Fairness Act. Don't know how to contact them? Go here.


Well? GO!

Hyper-sexualization of Youth- HUGE problem

I am going to this conference today. I don't think we realize how deeply integrated sexualization of people- as objects and commodities- is in our daily sensory consumption. It has infiltrated music, television shows, movies, magazine covers, commercials- EVERYTHING. It is a huge problem for many reasons, not the least of which is the psychological and emotional impact it has on the children in our society. It erodes their self esteem and self worth where they see themselves as only able to market their body, not their mind. They are reduced to their looks and sex-appeal rather than the whole, wonderful person that each human being is.

I'll report more on this later.

Airline Ambassador International Sex Trafficking Training

Training for workers in the airline industry to recognize human trafficking and to understand the protocol if  they see risk held at the Double Tree Hotel at 44th St and McDowell

TRUST AZ and Deb Carstens from the Carstens Family Funds hosted a luncheon wherein Nancy Rivard, Sandra Fiorini, Delphia (I don’t remember her last name), and Petra Hensley from Airline Ambassadors International spoke about sex trafficking as it pertains to the airline industry. They were joined by Deborah Sigmund from Innocents at Risk. This training is intended to equip airline professionals, particularly flight attendants, with knowledge to recognize potential trafficking situations and the protocol for intervention. The approximately 150 attendees included representatives from 10 airlines, ICE representatives, and Aviation Directors Tammi Fisher from Sky Harbor Airport and (I forget his name) from Mesa-Gateway Airport. This training has potential to be extremely beneficial to anti-trafficking efforts.

I don't remember the name of the lady on the left. However, next on the left is Sandra, then Nancy, Deborah, Petra, and Delphia.

Airline Ambassadors International provides training all of the country. Angels at 30,000 ft shared this information about another training.

BREAKING NEWS --- DC training with Airline Ambassadors International 
Details to come, and info on how to RSVP will be posted on a future post and in your email if you are on the group list. Please do not RSVP yet, just SAVE THE DATE!

April 28, 2014
Conference outlining the various programs that Airline Ambassadors, Inc. offers.
- Escorting program - background and FA involvement
- Missions trips and sponsorships of orphans
- Human trafficking general training

This will be open to all flight attendants, their guests and the public. No cost.

April 29, 2014
Train the Trainer - for those who have already had general Human Trafficking training with AAI and are an AAI member.
There will be a limited number of seats for this, and a cost to cover all materials. A commitment to train at future HT trainings for crew and in your community are required.

(If you are not yet an AAI member, please go here to sign up in advance of the class: http://airlineamb.org/membership/membership-new-members/)

April 30, 2014
Congressional Summit? Possibly... but date is not set in stone. We'd LOVE for flight attendants to show up in uniform if this happens.

You can come to one day, two days, or all days! 

Take The Lead Challenge with Sheryl Sandberg

Tomorrow, February 19, 2014 is the Take the Lead Challenge Event! It will be streamed live and you can watch it right here! (8 pm EST, 7pm CST, 6 pm MST or 5 pm PST)

Hey, fellow interns: watching this counts as a "Career Services Event"! So, watch it and write about it to fulfill your February 27 requirement. Yeah, I've got your back ;)

TAKE THE LEAD'S 4 KEYS TO PARITY FOR WOMEN

Take The Lead Teaches: Learn leadership skills that prepare you for success while breaking through internal and external barriers to parity.

Take The Lead Presents: Get inspired by facilitated presentations with diverse leaders in nonprofit, government and business sectors.

Take The Lead Connects: Connect with ever-expanding online and in-person networks to give and receive mentoring, support, and sponsorship.


Take The Lead Drives Change: Change the narrative from problems to solutions through thought leadership. And be part of the movement for positive change within your life as well as propelling larger systems change so that women will reach parity by 2025.

This will be live on February 19 (tomorrow!) at 8 pm EST, 7pm CST, 6 pm MST or 5 pm PST; If you are in Arizona- where this is streaming live from- it starts at 6 pm; Arizona is always on MST. Arizona does not do daylight-savings time.

What is Take the Lead?  On their website it says, "Take the Lead prepares, develops, inspires and propels women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. It’s today’s women’s movement — a unique catalyst for women to embrace power and reach leadership parity."

The keynote speaker will by Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of Lean In. Here's a graphic from their website indicating who is involved:

Watch the live stream here on my blog February 19th at 8 pm EST, 7pm CST, 6 pm MST or 5 pm PST

Don't miss it!