Disclosure: I partnered with TracFone and Dress for Success to promote their Success is Calling program and was compensated to write several posts about it, but as always, all opinions are my own. This is truly a program that I am proud to be associated with and one that I hope empowers you as much as it did to me upon reading this post.

When I was recently asked to attend an event hosted by TracFone and Dress for Success, I was thrilled. The theme of the day would be empowerment, something I think about daily. The two companies recently partnered up on a program called Success is Calling to help women navigate the critical first step to employment — the phone interview – by providing weekly classes to teach skills and confidence. It started in 2015 and as a result of the program’s success, the majority of the women landed a job, so this year they are offering it to twice as many women across the country, providing them with the knowledge and resources to land job interviews by providing them with the skills to ace an interview.

Success is Calling

There are so many reasons I can appreciate what Success is Calling is doing. I don’t even know where to start. For one thing, I am an entrepreneur who at one point was at a critical juncture in my own career. I desperately could have used this kind of help as I was looking for clients and a way to return to the workforce after staying home with my children for a year. In addition, I have worked with Dress for Success on several successful fundraisers, and I fully support their work, having come face to face with its invaluable results in providing resources to women looking to enter the workforce. And lastly, the program is all about empowerment, a mission I set out to achieve in my own life daily, as I look to inspire and encourage my own daughter to be the best person she can be.

3 women who have benefitted directly from Success is Calling.

TracFone has statistics to back up the need for this kind of program. According to a recent survey they conducted, they found that an interview candidate’s phone etiquette is increasingly critical to advancement in the interview process:

1. First impressions stick: 85% of hiring managers and working professionals say that first impressions made via phone interviews follow the applicant through the entire interview process.
2. Confidence counts: 82% of hiring managers and working professionals use phone interviews to gauge a candidate’s confidence in their professional capabilities.
3. Phone skills are essential: 82% of hiring managers and working professionals say phone skills are key to landing and maintaining a job.**

During the event at Annisa in the West Village where we were served beautiful cuisine, I heard tales from three fierce women who completed the Success is Calling program in 2015. Their real life stories about how the program helped them, and the phone interview tips they received, were so compelling and relatable. Simone Roberts from Atlanta told us how the program gave her a voice back. She had been out of work for a long time and the program helped her regain confidence and faith in the job search progress. She reinvented herself and is now gainfully employed in her field. ShaVaughn Holloway, a single mom from Kansas City, said that TracFone gave her a chance: “It was the best training I have ever gotten in my whole life, providing mind over matter skills you need to get a job. Before the program, I was just somebody’s mom. I have all these people around me, willing to help me. It has changed my life for the better. Now my daughter will see a role model.” Her goal now? To go to law school.

When Fredericka Clarke from Phoenix started the program, she had very low self-esteem but didn’t let it stop her. She told us that the “experience has been a blessing to me” and has been incredibly rewarding and inspiring. The program’s weekly classes not only taught her how to get a job, but to keep a job. She ended up getting a job exactly in the field she aspired to: an administrative position in industry building airplane parts. The program gets results and empowers its participants.

It reminded me so much my own progress I have made over the years as an entrepreneur and the many women in my own life who have taught me the skills I’ve needed to start and run my own business. The two women who invited me to the event, Audrey McClelland and Vera Sweeney, are two of those women. They are leaders in this space and it was an honor to be invited to witness the success of this wonderful program.

During the month of April, TracFone will donate 20% of its handset sales at Walmart, up to $525K, to Dress for Success to help empower women to build successful careers. Not only will the applicant get a phone, they will get one year of service to support them as they prepare to enter the workplace. For more information on Success is Calling, interview tips and graduate testimonials, visit www.TFSuccessisCalling.com.

**This survey was commissioned by TracFone and conducted by Survata, an independent research firm in San Francisco. Survata interviewed 1001 online respondents between March 07, 2016 and March 14, 2016. For further information, visit www.survata.com.

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Happy International Women’s Day! Today we are celebrating all women and girls around the world who have either helped create where we are today, or will be a part in our future efforts to get us where we want and need to be. As the mother of a young tween girl, I see all my hopes and aspirations and the many opportunities, and pitfalls, she has in her future. It’s exciting but it’s also frightening. We are so much further than we were 10-20 years ago but we still have so much progress to make. As a feminist, I see the battle continuing in violence against women, the right to control our bodies, poverty, racism, gender equality, sexism, inequality in the workplace, climate control and the continuous battle of body weight and self image.

For me, International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate our achievements but also our setbacks. May my daughter wear her pride on her sleeve every day of her life and never be told she is incapable of doing anything.  May she become a leader in whatever industry she chooses to work on and use her work to inspire younger women to create change and make a difference. May she be able to do anything she wants without being undermined or under-represented. May she continue to glow and feel as though as the world is at her fingertips.

As someone who works in the social good/non-profit space, I see injustices occurring around the world daily. I hope that this day inspires you as much as it inspires you, as well as others, to make the world a better place.

All the best to all of you, women and men, on this important global day. Head to Twitter and shout your loudest using hash tag #IDW2016.

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Last year I wrote about Malala Yousafzai, an amazing young woman. Her story is so inspirational. Named for an Afghan folk heroine, the activist Pakistani teenager was shot in the face and left for dead by the Taliban in 2012 — but recovered and went on to speak out about the gross injustices in girls’ education in her country and around the world, winning the Nobel Peace Prize along the way. The Malala Fund, which she co-founded with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, is building schools in Jordan, Pakistan and Lebanon. I was so inspired by the film made about her, He Named Me Malala and the 25-minute conversation I was fortunate to be a part of with Malala herself, along with my tween-aged daughter by my side.

The documentary offers a look into Malala’s life both before and after the attack. She was 15 at the time of the incident, when she was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education. The shooting sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. Malala miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.

#HeNamedMeMalala to Premiere on National Geographic Channel

For all these reasons and more, I’m excited that National Geographic Channel, in continuation of its partnership with Fox Searchlight Pictures, will be airing the documentary commercial free on Monday, February 29, on National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo MUNDO in the U.S., with a global rollout planned within a week in 171 countries and 45 languages.

The robust education program for the film includes free education resources, discussion and curriculum guides, a service learning Toolkit, Books for Change, a Map Maker Interactive, and can be found here. Additionally, efforts to expose students to Malala’s inspiring story resulted in over 180,500 students globally seeing the film in theaters, and in the U.S. reaching students in all 50 states.

Disclosure: I was not compensated to write this review but am working alongside Women Online & The Mission List to help promote the film.

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This is another person’s sad saga of a Bat Mitzvah card gone wrong.

My tween aged daughter and I have been busy planning all the details for her Bat Mitzvah for the past six months. I’ve sunk my heart and soul into the planning phase of this life-altering event. We’ve been choosing a venue, picking out a DJ, photographer and photo booth vendor, making lists of invitees, picking out dresses and of course, she’s been hard at work learning her Torah portion and how to lead the congregation in a service.

From the get go, I made it clear to her that this Bat Mitzvah is hers, not ours, as much as my husband would beg to differ. She has been pivotal in picking out every vendor, every item, every detail. She’s planning on advising the DJ on the music and writing poems for everyone lighting candles at the party.  Even the colors are her choice and I feel confident that the day will define her to a tee.

So you get the gist. It’s a very special day – one that costs a considerable amount of money, as well, so everything we have chosen was done with precision. After we checked our main concerns off our list, we zeroed in on our invitations. She quickly found a web site she liked, we got samples in the mail and we were off. I let her control much of the process, but when it came to the proofs, I promptly provided corrections to the design team. At that point, her interest waned.

This is probably where I should add that not only am I sometimes writer but I’m a full-time marketer. Much of my career has been spent drafting copy and proofing this type of collateral. I have never printed anything with an error in my life, and I wasn’t about to start now. My tween became my client and I took extra time with that invite.

Well……not so fast. After a few days of not receiving any RSVPs, I began to wonder what was happening. After all, we are having a bit of a big celebration – we do need people to come! And most of our friends and family live out of the country, so they needed to get their hands no this invite fast to even consider it. Well, it finally hit us last night. We had a typo in the RSVP email so no one was able to RSVP. Of course, no one has mentioned the typo or the bounced back email yet but it was a matter of time.

Yet I felt pure devastation. How could I ruin something so important? How could I miss something so glaringly obvious? Unfortunately, the vendor was not at fault. They made it very clear along the way that changes were my responsibility and that would not be liable for any errors after a certain point. It is only now that I wish I had ordered them at a local printer. Tres sigh.

What would everyone think of me? A typo in my own daughter’s Bat Mitzvah invitation! And it was impossible to miss. I was mortified.

Well, my daughter didn’t even blink. Didn’t even tell me off. She got right to work creating a new email account to capture the RSVPs. She told me not worry about it, that half of her friends can’t spell her names and leave out an “i”. She even went so far to show me a photo of a card her good mate sent her, leaving out the same “i” we left out on our invitation. She also told me we’ll be laughing this off one day. I wasn’t so sure about that…..

My husband, also a forever optimist (how did I turn out like this?), was at first mortified but immediately he came down to earth and told me it’s the actual event that counts. Our daughter is going to become a Bat Mitzvah and lead our friends and family in a Jewish ceremony of prayers. That’s what is important.

My son told me that people will think the correct email was taken, hence we had to leave out a letter in the email we ended up with. I kind of doubted that.

After a night of little to no sleep, I emailed the vendor just to see what they’d say. It was too late to rectify the situation. The invitations have traveled all over the world now with the missing “i” and the RSVPs are hopefully beginning to arrive. They were kind and apologetic but at first only offered words of support. When I asked how much a single copy of the invitation would cost me for safe keeping in my memory book, they offered it at no charge. I just can’t look at it the way it is.

What did I learn? Maybe not to do too many things at once. To review materials more carefully. To somehow not miss the good print.

But most of all..that I have an amazing family who are optimists and see past the nuttiness of the situation. They don’t blame others and they look past small, unintentional mistakes. A Bat Mitzvah is one of the most special days of a young girl’s life, and I can assure you this won’t change that.

Next time I will probably order my invitations at a brick & mortar store up the road, because I’d like to think a local would have sat down with me and reviewed the invitation in depth. But who knows?

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Last month I attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit, which was one of the most exciting events I’ve ever attended. The United Nations want to help rid the world of extreme poverty, provide an equal education for girls and boys, and protect our environment for generations to come, and it was there that they announced a new platform to attain these goals – a total of 17 global goals for global sustainable development. These goals will set the world’s agenda for the next 15 years and the event elaborated on the goals our dire need in the world for this type of change.

Each and every goal is compelling and will save lives, but I am going to focus on one: Goal 16: Peace and Justice. The goal is multi-layered:

• To significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.
• End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against and torture of children.
• Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all.
• By 2030, significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and return of stolen assets and combat all forms of organised crime.
• Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.
• Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.
• Ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making at all levels.
• Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance.
• By 2030, provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.
• Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.
• Strengthen relevant national institutions, including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels, in particular in developing countries, to prevent violence and combat terrorism and crime.
• Promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development.

As the mother of two young children, ages 10 and 12, this goal is very meaningful to me as it reflects a better world, one in which I want my kids to grow up in and the current situation in Israel is a good example of a need for the world to come together to create a more peaceful existence for the people living there.

Golda Meir, one of my heroines, is one person who tried very hard to bring peace to the state of Israel. She helped to shape the destiny of Israel, the post-World War II creation, especially after she rose to become prime minister in 1969. She was the first woman to become Prime Minister of Israel and was in power for four years. This period was marked by her efforts to gain U.S. aid in the form of military and economic assistance.

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Social media is changing the delivery of humanitarian aid. The  2015 Social Good Summit spearheaded a session about this subject, led skillfully by reporter Lara Logan. The panel consisted of Naomi Gleit from Facebook, Dr. Pranav Shetty, Health Coordinator, International Medical Corps and Matt Petronzio, Social Good Editor at Mashable. They stressed that when social media is used to reach people, it makes people aware and sheds light on situations they might not otherwise understand or take as serious.

With the surge of social media over the past few years, it’s now easier to get information to people in mass quantities. The conversation focused on how important it is to use these streams for social good, particularly in times of crisis. From the earthquake in Nepal to the current refuge crisis, it is possible to galvanize masses to really do something. It has never been so easy to help people.

Part of the reason of the uptick in social good is that the generation of millennial really cares. They have the tools. Social media is a huge factor in terms of what is happening all over the world, with the rise of usage in platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook has 1.5 billion users all over the world in its community and Gleitt says that the company feels a responsibility to help people, so they started a team dedicated to social good. The company has worked to push out Amber Alerts to find missing children. They’ve built a feature called Safety Check to notify friends and family that you’re safe during a disaster and a Donate Now button to raise money for charities like ALS during the viral Ice Bucket Challenge and after the Nepal earthquake. The latter recently raised $10 million from 700,000 users for Nepal relief. About Facebook’s efforts, Gleitt said, “We feel like are doing a lot of good.” And they are.

Shetty, who works with the Medical Corps, said that his organization’s partnership with Facebook has allowed them to help more people exponentially. “After the Nepal earthquake, we were able to get there faster,” he said. Having that speed translates to a huge impact, which has the greater effect.

The refugee crisis is a good example of a situation that is going viral through the use of social media. Petronzio said that the devastating photo of the Syrian boy’s body on the body galvanized everyone. Mashable covered it, and so did everyone else. But even more than that, readers stepped up and asked what they could do. So Mashable built a “How to Help” series. This single post got more than 65,000 shares, an indication that people were truly interested in the topic.

The panelists agreed that there needs to be more of a framework, an infrastructure to make more of this happen and that ensuring broadband internet in Africa and other developing countries will change the world. It will allow for easier, quicker delivery of service. It will impact families and communities.

Disclosure: I was working at the Social Good Summit and was also there as media. As always, any opinions are my own.

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Did you know that there is one basic key to keeping my family healthy? It’s the power of clean water. Clean water leads to improved health, education, and economic opportunity. Having clean water to drink means children are not ill from the diseases and viruses caused by dirty water, so they can grow strong and healthy. It also means that when children are no longer sick, they can regularly attend school, which gives them a better education. When my husband and I no longer are sick ourselves, or have to take care of sick children, we can both work and earn a regular income to provide stability for their families.

Statistics show that clean water has an important link to health. While it might not be the same illnesses we suffer from in the U.S., there are many bacteria, viruses and parasites that are found in dirty drinking water. Sadly, nearly a billion people are challenged to find clean drinking water every day. Whether it’s here in the U.S., or around the world, having the essentials be clean is important to all of us, especially clean drinking water. Every day, millions of families don’t have clean water to drink. Contaminated water kills more children than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined.

Here is a glimpse of the current state of the global water crisis:

• 750 million people lack access to clean water.
• 82% of those who lack access to water live in rural areas.
• Diarrhea caused by inadequate hygiene/drinking water kills an estimated 842,000 people ever year.
• 2,300 people are dying every day from diarrhea.
• Major water conservation issues are also taking place in the U.S.; California announced a mandatory 25% cutback in water consumption in all cities in response to their current drought.

As a result of these alarming numbers, companies around the world are stepping up and making commitments to water and sustainability issues. Procter & Gamble is one such company who has taken a stance on water and is committed to providing water to those living in developing nations.

I’ve teamed up with P&G on this post to talk about the power of clean water. P&G believes in sharing our cleaning innovation with the people who need it most, and I’m impressed with their mission. For more than 175 years, P&G has been devoted to developing cleaning innovation through our brands such as, Tide, Bounty, Pantene and Crest. P&G scientists used the research behind laundry detergent to invent the P&G Purifier of Water, which packs the power of a water treatment plant into a packet the size of a tea bag.

Since 2004, P&G has been helping to save lives by providing clean drinking water to families through the Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program. In 2004, P&G created the CSDW Program, which has provided clean water to families in over 75 countries through a network of more than 150 partners. CSDW has provided more than 9 billion liters of clean drinking water, and they are committed to delivering 15 billion liters of clean water by 2020.

P&G scientists used the research behind laundry detergent to invent P&G Purifier of Water packets more than 15 years ago in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Company, which has a strong history of cleaning performance with brands such as Tide, Dawn and Swiffer, used its innovative capability to pack the power of a water treatment plant into a packet the size of a tea bag. The technology is simple to use: with only a bucket, a spoon, a cloth and a small P&G packet, people can purify 10 liters of dirty water in 30 minutes, enough drinking water for a family of five for one day. Since 2004, P&G has worked with more than 150 partners to distribute the packets during emergencies and to those who lack clean water every day.

P&G sent me a trial kit to try out. Within 30 minutes, I transformed a bucket of dirty water into fresh, useable clean waterP&G Purifier of Water packets. I poured brown water into a bucket by adding packets of white powder called “P&G Purifier of Water” (formerly PUR). After slow stirring, the water began to turn clear and the dirt and goop dropped to the bottom. Then I filtered the water through cloths, waited 20 minutes and voila…clean water.

Since the program started more than a decade ago, P&G and its network of global partners have delivered nine billion liters of clean water to those in need. P&G will launch more than 25 new projects over the next five years to bring clean drinking water to more of the world’s most vulnerable groups including malnourished children, people living with HIV/AIDS, families living in rural areas that do not have safe drinking water and victims of natural disasters. Despite progress in the number of people with access to safe drinking water, the United Nations recognizes there is more work to be done and has made universal coverage for safe drinking water one of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be adopted later this month at the UN General Assembly.

Learn more about the program by watching this video:

The Power of Clean Giveaway

Watch the”Power of Clean Water” video and comment afterwards. One randomly selected reader will receive a P&G product basket (value of at least $50) and a $30 donation in their honor to provide clean water for a family in need for one year.

Winner will be selected randomly. This giveaway will end on Wednesday, September 30th at 9am EST. Winner will be posted here, on the Culture Mom Facebook page and via email and will have 24 hours to accept their prize.

If you want to help, you can donate to the program at csdw.org. A small amount makes a big difference. It costs about 10 cents to share a P&G packet with a family in a developing country, and each one provides enough drinking water for a family of five for an entire day.

• $7.50 provides enough water for a year for a child
• $30 provides enough water for an entire family for a year

Disclosure: I’m participating in this campaign on behalf of P&G and The Motherhood. 

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As the mother of a special needs child, I have a strong awareness about how children are treated and perceived by society. When someone knocks him down, they knock me down, and I question why people don’t see him for who he is – which is basically a rock star. I’ve been hurt by other mothers who have excluded him from their children’s lives because he is different – not just once, countless times. Now that he’s older, some of this rejection is beginning to come from other children, and now it hurts both of us, not just me. I look forward to the day where he is accepted and included for who he is.

That’s why the Special Olympics is so important to me and so many other parents of special needs children. Since 1968, the event has celebrated athletes of all kinds and strives to create a better world by fostering the acceptance and inclusion of all people. The 2015 Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremonies kick off this Saturday, July 25 in Los Angeles! 7,000 athletes from over 177 countries will compete in this inspiring event, and my son and I will be watching.

In honor of this year’s Special Olympics World Games, a beautiful series of murals have been painted by artists as part of Toyota’s “Share the Journey” campaign.  These murals feature Special Olympics athletes and celebrate their joy and courage. Building on L.A.’s storied history of outdoor art, Toyota partnered with the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles to produce three murals inspired by the spirit of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games. The murals have been completed in advance with the intent that they will remain in place as a cultural legacy commemorating the Games in the city of Los Angeles.

“The Greatest” features a large scale portrait of Muhammad Ali, who happens to be one of my childhood heroes. Combining lettering and calligraphy from multiple cultural traditions, Cryptik showcases his signature style to create the mural background. At a distance, the calligraphy forms a glittering background to the overall image. Along the lower half of Muhammad Ali’s portrait, are a series of plaques featuring Special Olympics athletes. Each plaque includes an  image as well as an inspirational quote from the athlete. Two additional plaques including inspirational quotes from Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The World Stage Legacy mural was created by artist David Flores as a celebration of the history of the Coliseum, the spirit of the Special Olympics, and the city & state of Los Angeles, California. The theme of inclusiveness embraces the idea of diversity, and thus the individuals depicted in the mural personify this theme and symbolize key aspects of the Coliseum’s history: Sport (the Olympic Games and football), politics, entertainment, technology, and social progress.

You can tune in to ESPN coverage of the Special Olympics World Games from July 25 through August 2.  You can also cheer on your hometown heros by clicking here and sharing on your social channels to support the Special Olympics World Games athletes.

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Toyota.

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As a proud supporter of everything ONE supports and pushes, it made me smile to see actor & Water.org founder Matt Damon is this month’s curator of @ONEGirlsWomen! He’s my hero of the day.

This is why he stands for women & girls:

My daughters do not know what it is to spend hours collecting water.  My girls may suffer the occasional stomach upset, maybe even miss a day of school because of it, but they will never lay dehydrated and dying with only the water available, the very same water that made them sick in the first place. Before I went to Haiti, India and Ethiopia and saw these situations firsthand, I would have found them unfathomable.

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I was lucky to attend the sixth annual Women in the World Summit in New York City last week. Words can’t quite capture the experience of being at an entire event wrapped around the narrative on issues affecting women from Washington to Uganda, discussing the setbacks and successes of the women’s movement. With the potential for a female to run as the next President of the United States, the event was even more empowering than previous years.

This year, Women in the World partnered with The New York Times, as well as Georgetown University, for research on girls and war. During three days of programming, audience members, both at the event and those watchig online, were exposed to both brutal and positive realities from around the world. From the missing girls in Nigeria to ISIS to India’s female empowerment movement to an Israeli mother teaming up with a Palestinian mother, to the daily battle over cyber-bullying, to a session on climate change, the conference concentrated on women’s rights around the world and educated thousands in the audience (mostly women but some men!) about these issues through the use of multi-media story-telling, live speakers, interactive sponsors and social media.

There were simply too many highlights to mention (you can find more great quotes at hash tag #WITW on Twitter), so here’s a wrap-up of 10 of my favorite quotes from the event. These defined great moments of both reality and encouragement on the state of women’s affairs around the world:

“The most important thing to teach our daughters is financial independence. It gives you freedom.” – Helen Mirren

“There has never been a better time in history to be born female.”- Hillary Clinton 

“Technology has democratized the idea of who can be an advocate.” – Jon Stewart

“Society must take responsibility.” – Leslee Udwin defending her role in interviewing rapists in her film, India’s Daughter 

“Education will set you free” – Empowering words by Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe of Uganda

“As hardened as your children seem, never ever give up on them.” – Edit Schlaffer on the Girls as Weapons of War panel

“Being a girl doesn’t limit me in any way and I don’t want it to limit anyone either.” – Tavi Gevinson on feminism

“You can’t just say ‘The world is hard, I need a nap.’ Your job is to save who you can, support who you can.” – Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador from the United Nations

“For the first time in my life, I own me, I own myself:” North Korea defector and activist, Yeonmi Park

“When we know that educating a girl can change the world, why wait?” – Freida Pinto

Tina Brown is very passionate about Women in the World and she wants participants and people who are passionate about social good. Volunteers can take on the causes spoken about at the conference directly at https://witw.catchafire.org .

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