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KENYA Day 4, Monday, December 1, 2008 Today I went to the slums of Nairobi for the first-time and it was such an uplifting experience. That may seem like an odd statement and my emotions from today are so high that it may even be hard for me to explain. I must start out here by saying that I am tired...

KENYA Day 3, Sunday, November 30, 2008 Other than logistical things with the upcoming training, I had the day off. I went to church with my friend Eva. Going to worship services in different countries is one of the greatest cultural things one can do when visiting another country, in my opinion. Eva...

Saturday, November 29, 2008 The Women Mentor Walk (WMW) mentoring walk was really a great experience. It was held at the Nairobi Safari Walk of Kenya Wildlife Services. There were about 300-400 women walking. Women were randomly paired up and we walked and talked and looked at the animals. I went as...

Friday, November 28, 2008 I arrived in Nairobi last night after 29 hours of travel from Sedona. Vital Voices contracted me to do a training here next week which I will talk about further in a future blog. I am participating in two other Vital Voices events before next week’s training. Vital Voices was...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 6, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the nation's leading bipartisan women's business organization, congratulates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) on his election as President of the United States and Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as Vice-President...

As everybody knows by now, we have had a major-league wake-up call in our economy over the past several weeks. First the price of fuel surged to record levels; then the sub-prime mortage market suddenly imploded; then financial institutions began to fail, along with insurance giants and banking institutions...

The nation's largest bipartisan women's business group, Women Impacting Public Policy, WIPP, just wrapped up an important meeting in Washington D.C. It is also where my boss, an outstanding small business leader, Susan Wilson Solovic picked up an award on behalf of SBTV.com, the AT&T Innovator...

It was a rainy day in St. Paul, MN, on Tuesday, but that did not dampen the spirits of the delegates there for the Republican National Convention. According to weather reports, the rain was ironically residue from Hurricane Gustav which hit the Gulf Coast the prior day, causing the RNC to scale back...

WIPP does not endorse any candidate. We do encourage women to run for political office, from community boards to federal elective office. In fact, a recent nationwide survey commissioned by WIPP , told us that our members place a great deal of importance in electing more women to public office, and feel...

Here we are in Denver - 2:00 a.m. after a full day of meetings and events. I must say, I love conventions - the excitement is incredible and you can't help but get caught up in it. The delegations are all meeting, people are running around in funny hats and tee-shirts; corporations, non-profits ...