Celebrate Service
Posted on Saturday, June 26th, 2010
I grew up in southern California, and have often been asked what I’m doing in Iowa. But I’m proud to live in a state with such a strong history of civil rights, fairness and equality. [...]
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Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law–The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. It extends the rights of women and other minority groups, to sue for equal pay for [...]
continue readingExcel at Math and Science
Posted on Saturday, January 9th, 2010
People used to believe that girls weren’t good at science and math; my high school physics teacher thought it was just luck when I got the high score on our weekly quiz. Until I aced [...]
continue readingTake Charge!
Posted on Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The subject of feminism continues to trouble people a lot smarter than me. I did, however, live at a critical time of “Women’s Lib” as my mom called it. She sent me off to a [...]
continue readingTie a Knot
Posted on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Yesterday I visited the Junior Bridges Chrysalis After-School Group at Southeast Polk Junior High School. It was really fun to see the girls surfing my Web site and then using some of the ideas they [...]
continue readingShuffle Power
Posted on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Sexual harassment has touched many women and men; I have dealt with it personally only a year ago. We can only hope that instances of such insensitive, bullying behavior will decrease as our society evolves [...]
continue readingBreak the Ice
Posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009
Eric Martin and Beth Mensing are masters at this icebreaker. At Chrysalis After-School Facilitator Training, Beth pulled HANDSHAKES (download it here) out of her fertile mind at a moment’s notice and taught it to the [...]
continue readingPlay Elbow Tag
Posted on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
This is another great game for mixing up your group and busting cliques. The action gets so frantic that people don’t pay attention to who they’re grabbing onto. You do have to lay some ground [...]
continue readingPlay People to People
Posted on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
This is a great game for any group of more than about a dozen people. I’ve played it outdoors, in classrooms and auditoriums. If you have an even number of people, just add yourself into [...]
continue readingLearn about Relationships
Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Several years ago we were brainstorming about different approaches to adolescent pregnancy prevention, and came up with the idea of an adventure education program framed around healthy relationships. Part of the rationale is that it [...]
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