As we celebrate our fourth year at the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, we are proud to unveil our new IEEW campaign on this momentous day of celebrating women around the globe.

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women.”

Today is International Women’s Day, and it is a time to reflect on how women have helped change our world for the better. Just think about the number of lives throughout history that women have singlehandedly impacted and inspired. All it takes is the power within one person to help start a chain reaction of change and empowerment. We celebrate the personal engagement of our sponsors, supporters, mentors and volunteers, and we are so grateful for these individuals who create our powerful support system.

"I Educate & Empower Women," Charlene Lake, AT&T sponsor.

With this strong support behind us, we look to the future. It is time to expand our work, and help women not only in war-torn countries, but also here on the U.S. home front.

As we launch our new IEEW campaign, we are also on the cusp of launching our new domestic program. We’re not quite ready to take off, but our domestic pilot project is on the runway, and in April, it will be wheels up.

At A Glance

Imagine back to the days of childhood. As you grabbed your sack lunch to head to school, your parents likely grabbed their suit jacket to head to a place called “work.” You weren’t quite sure what that meant, but, one day you were given a glimpse into a day in the life of your parents when you shadowed your mom or dad at “Take Your Daughter/Son to Work Day.”

In that same spirit of discovery and insight, we at the Institute believe that as U.S. citizens, we should know what goes on at the Capitol — on a state and federal level. Businesswomen, especially, need to know what their legislators do and how it affects their businesses. So, we are kicking off a pilot project that incorporates “Take Your Constituent To Work Day” to propel and participate in the process of public policy education.

This will be a successful way for our government and community leaders, our local businesswomen and our future leaders to declare aloud:

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”

"I Educate & Empower Women," Kaethryn Duncan, 2009 mentor.

We hope you are as excited as we are about our new domestic program and about the IEEW campaign, which celebrates the power within one person to help women. We sincerely thank our sponsors, mentors, Northwood partners, volunteers, students and so many more for joining us on our journey so far.

We know that the road ahead can only lead us to more exciting places. So, hold on, we’re about to kick things into the next gear!

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”

"I Educate & Empower Women," Freda Deskin, '08 and '09 mentor.

There are many ways you can get involved, and we’ll be outlining the details soon.

For now:

1. Change your Facebook status to the campaign slogan, “IEEW: I educate and empower women!”
2. Join our Facebook group.
3. Follow us on Twitter!
4. Retweet the slogan!

Help make this movement strong and shout from the virtual rooftops:

“IEEW: I Educate and Empower Women!”