Our founder and 2017 UN Empower Women Champion for Change, Roxana Damas, along with the WEE Global Live team members, and our network of Women Empowerment organizations kicked off 2018 International Women's HerStory month with extraordinary results! It was a marathon of events. We had the honor to share our platform, knowledge, contacts, and also help promote an incredible number of women-focused events globally. It was a pleasure to work with key partners around the world to make this exciting month happen and launch our 2018/19 WEE Global Live Tour and Global Impact Agenda. Check out what happened here through this showcase gallery and summary.
Growing up, I witnessed so many good examples of women thriving, but I also saw many atrocities committed towards women and human rights abuse that was unacceptable. It never settled right with me to see the imbalance and particularly towards women. At eight years old, I became determined to help women and underserved communities thrive! I am humbled and honored to continue this journey. Thank you for joining me. ~ Roxana Damas
IWD 2018 Events
- Inspiring Women, Guayaquil + SF International Women Entrepreneurs Forum (March 6th 2018)
- #PetalsforProgress partnership with FTD Flowers and POPSUGAR New York, Toledo Ohio, Atlanta Georgia, 3 cities in California (March 7th, 8th and 9th 2018)
- Women for Women Ecuador- Primer encuentro mujeres de Silicon Valley y Quito (March 10th, 2018)
- 2018 Hispanic Business Leader Award- Diversity RD Global- Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (March 10th, 2018)
- I Do Not Deserve to be Hurt Campaign Sacramento by From Storm to Rainbow Ministries. (March 24th, 2018)
- Human Rights for Women and Girls: Promise Fulfilled or Just Dreams? by United Nations Association East Bay, Berkeley (March 28th, 2018)
We reached over 11,000 women and allies in our in-person events. Over a 1000 women attended our conferences + 10,000 bouquets distributed in NYC and 500 roses given to WEE Partner events in the U.S. Our social media efforts were active with over 600K people reached in 3 days, and 200K+ viewers and listeners of traditional media in 1-month! We can't wait for what is coming up. Check this out and join us in our commitment to put action behind our words, ideas, forums, event, etc. We all get enough rhetoric- Let's get things done!
INSPIRING WOMEN 2018- foro de liderazgo
GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR
#PETALSFORPROGRESS IWD 2018
FTD FLOWERS, POPSUGAR, & UN Empower Women Champion for Change Roxana Damas Partner for the #PetalsForProgress campaign to kick off a 1-month of International Women's History Month and 1-year tour of WEE Global Live.
FTD Flowers Global Campaign with Headquarters in New York City
FTD Flowers Lead Designer- Andrea Ancel- Joined us for a live stream on @WEEGlobalLive International Women's Day Facebook Live Session stationed in New York City to share about her journey as an entrepreneur transitioning to Corporate America. Her story inspired many women from our UN Empower Women & WEE Global Live partnerships. Thank you for the support and sharing your experience. Our followers continue to reach out about this session. More details about her live-stream to follow the summer of 2018. (See Facebook @WEEGlobalLive)
Facebook Live Session
IWD Partner Events Recipients of #PetalsforProgress
WOMEN FOR WOMEN- ENCUENTRO DE MUJERES DE SILICON VALLEY & QUITO, Ecuador
Women for Women Ecuador hosted a full day conference on March 10th bringing leaders from the U.S., Quito, and Latin American region to discuss the business, tech, and opportunities to transform women's leadership.
This month was filled with beautiful roses everywhere we went. These roses were donated to Women for Women Ecuador by a local florist and female business owner who believes in moving women's economic influence in Ecuador.
Women for Women Ecuador provided a full day conference that opened up the dialogue of the state of women and women's influence in Ecuador. It also offered a well-balanced set of presentations shared between local Ecuadorian leaders and International leaders. The sessions included an intense discussion about technology, business, banking, professional growth, entrepreneurship, and opportunities to reduce barriers and increase success. Presenters ranged from UN Women Ecuador local leaders, localized agenda with a global vision, and gender issues discussion. The session also provided networking opportunities from IMAQTO- Quito local tech industry and so much more.
women in music- closing ceremony
Women for Women Ecuador- opened up the opportunity for our founder to share her passion for what led her to the women's empowerment path which was music.
Roxana Damas joined by Guitarist Eduardo Saenz, and the Director of Diversity and Inclusion of Pfizer in Ecuador through a show focused on sharing the voices, leadership, and empowerment of women in music. Check out this 1st part of the show. (More videos of the show will be uploaded soon with bonus leadership coaching notes)
Women in music and entertainment are critical to our growth and visibility in every industry and space. This impact on public discourse is why it is crucial for me to always share music as a transformation platform. ~ www.roxanadamas.com
solano hispanic chamber of commerce awards on IWD 2018
Special thanks to the Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for recognizing our founder and business as the 2018 Hispanic Business Leader! It was such a treat and honor to receive this award during one of our most active seasons leading global activities for women's empowerment on International Women's Day.
I DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HURT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT CONFERENCE
I DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HURT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT CONFERENCE
Saturday, March 24th- Sacramento, CA opened up a one of a kind space for discussion about some of the most taboo topics within religious institutions regardless of denomination. It was an extraordinary experience to deliver information, knowledge, and resources for communities that are still working on new initiatives to prevent violence prevention to women.
A valuable lesson to learn is that abuse happens in any community, and to see a change we must share our stories and support. Thank you worship leaders for speaking your truth.
UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION East Bay- IWD 2018
Human Rights for Women and Girls: Promised fullfilled or Just Dreams?
Press for Progress, the 2018 United Nations theme for International Women’s Day, was a call to action to achieve gender parity. Our panel of experts explored the theme through the lens of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
- Panelists: Dr. Patricia Valdespino Castillo - Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Topic: Women in science
- Nathalie Delrue McGuire - Honorary Consul of Belgium Topic: Women in diplomacy
- Antonia Lavine - Coordinator, San Francisco Collaborative Against Human Trafficking Topic: Human Trafficking
- Beverly Upton - Executive Director, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium Topic: Domestic Violence
- Moderator: Roxana Damas - UNA-USA East Bay Chapter Board Member
- Performances: Lee Kane’s Theater Dance Program - Dancers Samantha Kane, Lea Schickler, Olivia Braun, & Roan Pearl Melanie O'Reilly - Celtic Jazz professional singer/composer, Musician-in-Residence at the University of California Berkeley
we are ready for the 2nd half of 2018 with women leading the way for transformation!
Thank you to all of our sponsors, partners, fellow leaders, and all the attendees. We are looking forward to continue working with you in one of the best years we have experienced supporting women globally.
It is our time for change and make sure to stay connected through our social media, website, events, and newsletters. There is more coming soon! We are ready for the WEE Global Live kick off tour through 2019... Join us!
One of our primary goals this year is to bring less talk and more action to all of our work and partnerships. Our first WEE Global Live event was a success for only having 27 days to create and execute a global event as part of our UN Champions for Change project.
We had many learnings but above all so much engagement and questions than we were prepared to respond to on such short notice. We heard you, and because of it many new opportunities are coming up, and we have created a scholarship fund to help more of our participants thrive. You now have the exclusive chance to become part of our founding donation members. To donate to our Alquimia Global & WEE Global Live scholarship collaborative project click below:
For more information of how you can become involved as a volunteer, intern, partner agency or sponsor please email: rdamas@diversityrd.com
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