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The History of Women's Suffrage

“In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens

whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and care of the

children. Women were considered sub-sets of their husbands, and after mar-

riage they did not have the right to own property, maintain their wages, or sign

a contract, much less vote. It was expected that women be obedient wives,

never to hold a thought or opinion independent of their husbands. It was con-

sidered improper for women to travel alone or to speak in public.

With the belief that intense physical or intellectual activity would be injurious to

the delicate female biology and reproductive system, women were taught to re-

frain from pursuing any serious education. Silently perched in their birdcages,

women were considered merely objects of beauty, and were looked upon as intel-

lectually and physically inferior to men. This belief in women's inferiority to men

was further reinforced by organized religion which preached strict and well-

defined sex roles.”http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=932&display_order=1&mini_id=1286 Boy,

we’ve come a long way baby! Just look at “us” now...

Getting a clue of ... who we were & who we are!

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The History of Women's Suffrage

“In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class

citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and

care of the children. Women were considered sub-sets of their hus-

bands, and after marriage they did not have the right to own property,

maintain their wages, or sign a contract, much less vote. Women were

expected to be obedient wives and to never hold a thought or opinion

independent of their husbands. It was considered improper for women

to travel alone or to speak in public.

With the belief that intense physical or intellectual activity would be injuri-

ous to the delicate female biology and reproductive system, women were

taught to refrain from pursuing any serious education. Silently perched in

their birdcages, women were considered mere objects of beauty, and were

looked upon as intellectually and physically inferior to men. This belief in

women's inferiority to men was further reinforced by organized religion

which preached strict and well-defined sex roles” (www.history.com).

Boy, we’ve come a long way baby! Just look at “us” now...

Getting a Clue as to... Who We Were & Who We Are!

Abigail Adams Mary McLeod Bethune Eleanor Roosevelt

Special Points of Interest

Entertainment

Women Athletes Going to Beijing

Global Sustainability

Leadership & Develop-ment

Health & Wellness

About the Editor/The Arts 2

Politics and Society 3

Style and Fashion 4

Travel 5

Special Interest 6

Mind, Body and Soul 7

Lifestyle 8

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She enjoys doing work that explores the underbelly of issues such as loss, war, and suicide as demonstrated

by the above painting, "A New Year's Party in Purgatory for Suicides."

Lore, California Quarterly, Westview - A Journal of West-ern Oklahoma, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Concho River Review, North Atlantic Review, Syn-apse, Blue Mountain Arts/SPS, Living Buddhism, addic-tionsolutions.com, and buddhajones.com, among oth-ers. She is currently working on a spiritual memoir, a collec-tion of poetry, a novel, and a collection of essays.

You can read samples of her work or peruse her blog by visiting her website at http://www.shavawnmberry.com

Shavawn M. Berry received her Master of Professional Writing (MPW) degree specializing in Crea-tive Nonfiction and Memoir at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1998. She currently teaches writing fulltime at Arizona State University including composi-tion, business writing, and creative writing courses and workshops. She specializes in spiritual and healing writing as well as writing aimed at changing/creating discourse. Ms. Berry’s prose, essays, articles, and poetry have been published in Poet

About the Editor Shavawn M. Berry

The Arts: Literature, Writing, Visual & Performing Shavawn M. Berry

Arizona Artist

Tina Mion

By Shavawn M. Berry

In 1997 painter Tina Mion’s husband, Alan Affeldt, called his wife to tell her he’d bought La Posada, a land-mark hotel in Winslow, Ari-zona. Over the past eleven years the couple has lovingly restored the hotel room by room, the whole while allow-ing Tina to use the large

open spaces in the hotel as an art studio and gallery for her unique

paintings, including a breathtaking series depicting all the first ladies of the United States. The “Ladies First” series features an eclectic mixture of realism and portraiture, providing a fascinating look at some of our na-tion’s most powerful women. Mion’s paintings delve into the psychological and emotional undercurrents in these women’s lives in a manner that gives the viewer a sense that she is looking into the very soul of the sub-ject. A portrait of Nancy Reagan features a doe-eyed first lady who “only has eyes” for her husband. The irises of Mrs. Reagan’s eyes feature portraits of Ronald Reagan’s face. Mion’s portrait of Jackie Kennedy shows Mrs. Kennedy dressed in the pink pillbox hat and suit she wore the day Jack Kennedy was assassinated. In her gloved hand, a playing card featuring the King of Hearts is pierced and shattered by a bullet.

Many of Mion’s paintings contain artful and sometimes startling social commentary. She enjoys doing work that explores the underbelly of issues such as loss, war, and suicide. Still, there is a gentle humor to much of her work. “Famous American Women Spoons” comes to mind, featuring such luminaries as Lizzy Borden, Typhoid Mary, and the artist herself! The artist notes [in delineating her own spoon story] that, “people are always getting blamed for things they didn’t do, or failing to get credit for what they have accomplished – es-pecially women” (tinamion.com).

A New Year’s Party in Purgatory for Suicides — Painting by Tina Mion

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dedicated to prejudice reduction education for youth, Jocie sup-ported the organization in many capacities, including program co-ordination, web design, curricu-lum development, proposal writ-ing, and large group facilitation. She plans to pursue a graduate degree in Public Policy and spend her career researching, writing and learning.

Jocelyn Fong is an Arizona na-tive and recent graduate of Goshen College with a Bachelor’s degree in Peace, Justice and Con-flict Studies. While in school, Jo-cie worked as a student re-searcher, assisted an international relations course, and studied and volunteered abroad in both Costa Rica and Guatemala. After graduation, she served a 10-month Americorps term as a Pub-lic Ally in Phoenix. Placed at Any-town Arizona, a local nonprofit

Politics & Society

Jocie Fong

Cindy Lou Hensley McCain (born Cindy Lou Hensley on May 20, 1954[1]) is an American businessper-son and philanthropist, who is the wife of United States Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona. She is chair of Hensley & Co., one of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the nation. She founded and ran a non-profit organization from 1988 to 1995 that organized trips by medical personnel to disaster-struck or war-torn third-world ar-eas. She continues to be an active philanthropist and serves on the boards of several charitable or-ganizations (both profiles from-wikipedia.com).

WISDOM FROM A FIRST LADY...

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. — Laura Bush

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an Ameri-can lawyer and the wife of Illi-nois senator Barack Obama, the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate for President. She was born and grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and she was educated at Princeton Uni-

versity and Harvard Law School. After complet-ing her formal education, she returned to Chicago and went to work for the law firm Sidley Austin, on the staff of the Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago and the University of Chicago Hospitals. She is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Ore-gon State University. She met Barack when he came to work for Sidley Austin. The Obama's live on Chicago's South Side, choosing to remain there rather than moving to Washington, D.C.

And the First Lady Will Be…

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

A little black dress is an evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often with a short skirt, originally made popular in the 1920s by the fashion designer Coco Chanel. Intended by Chanel to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral color, its continued ubiquity is such that many refer to it by its abbreviation, LBD. The "little black dress" is considered essential to a complete ward-robe by many women and fashion observers, who believe it a "rule of fashion" that every woman should own a simple, elegant black dress that can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion: for example, worn with a jacket and pumps for daytime business wear or with more ornate jewelry and accessories for evening. Because it is meant to be a staple of the wardrobe for a number of years, the style of the little black dress ide-ally should be as simple as possible: a short black dress that is too clearly part of a trend would not qualify because it would soon appear dated. Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s epitomized the Chanel ideal for wearing little black dresses, accessorized with pearls, as was frequently seen throughout the early 1960s. Betty Boop, a cartoon character based in part on the 1920s' "It Girl" Clara Bow, was drawn wearing a little black dress in her early films, though with Technicolor Betty's dress became red. Wallis War-field Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was known to own several little black dresses and said much in praise of the garments. One quote of the Duchess: “When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” Edith Piaf, the French folk icon, performed in a black sheath dress throughout her career: for this habit she was nicknamed “little black sparrow.” It was thought that the dress helped audiences focus more on Piaf's singing and less on her appearance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_black_dress).

The New Little Black Dress

A Z TH IN KI NG WOME N

What to look for in a flattering black dress... Look for dresses that nip in at the waist and slightly flare

out over hips and thighs. You can pull off a full-skirted ball gown because it will

hide heavy hips and thighs. Try sleeveless and strapless dresses to play up pretty

shoulders and arms. An empire, or raised waist dress brings the eye up away

from problem areas. Careful, though. Sometimes this gets mistaken for a maternity look with fuller figures.

Top-heavy The apple-shaped body is usually softer around the mid-

dle and has heavier breasts, with narrower hips and slim-mer legs. Make the most of your womanly figure by showing off your legs and great cleavage.

One-piece dressing is tricky for you. Best bets: A sleeve-less black sheath, a soft princess seamed dress, a stra-pless dress with corseted top.

Resist the urge to cover up head-to-toe: showing a little skin, whether it's bare arms or shoulders, is much more flattering.

Wear colors that look great on you. Not sure what those are? Grab a trusted friend and head to the mall.

Don't worry about being trendy when you look at what suits your figure: concentrate on what flatters, and add up-to-date shoes, handbags and accessories later.

Style & Fashion 101

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Marcela Marenco graduated from Arizona State University with a BS in Psychology in 2005. She has traveled extensively, and has lived in South America, Asia, the United States, and Europe. This multi-cultural exposure gives her an understanding of people from different ethnicities and backgrounds. She thrives on assisting others, and working to bring about meaningful and lasting changes. Marcela is married and has three children. She is also fluent in Spanish and English, with intermediate knowledge of Japanese, Dutch, and French.

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

Travel

Marcela Marenco

Built in 1890, the Olney House is listed on the Na-tional Register of Historic Buildings as one of the fin-est examples of Western Colonial Revival architecture in the Southwest. Serving as the only Southeastern Arizona Bed & Breakfast offering accommodations on a 100-mile stretch of the Old West Highway, this ele-gant and imposing home straight from the time of cattle rustling, prospecting, Indian raids, and massive Western expansion helps guests experience the Old West in gentle fashion.

Whether you come to Safford to experience every rec-reational amenity the area can offer, hike the scenic trails, find magnificent birding and wildlife viewing, or just want to relax and get away from the “hubbub” of modern life, the Historic Olney House can help your quest.

Visiting family in Safford, owners Chris and Deborah Gibbs, noted the distinct architecture and natural dominance of this beautiful home and purchased it in 2003.

Olney House

Bed and Breakfast 1104 South Central, Safford, Arizona 85546

(800) 814-5118 or (928) 428-5118

Change — to become or make differ-ent, transitive and intransitive verb to become different, or make something or somebody different or to pass or make something pass from one state or stage to another.

What is a Life Coach?

Life Purpose Coaching is about

you finding these clues that guide

you to the treasure of your Life Pur-

pose. And it's about helping you to

find the ways to live your Life Pur-

pose now. When you live your Life

Purpose, you feel an inner sense of

satisfaction about your work - and

your life - that is deep within heart,

mind, body and soul.

Cindy Wilson has been mar-

ried to the same man for 35

years and has 4 children and 1

adorable granddaughter. She

and her husband John are cre-

dentialed licensed ministers

with Foursquare Church Inter-

national and are currently plan-

ning a church in the east Mesa

area. Cindy is also a certified

Pathway to Purpose Life Pur-

pose Coach, Facilitator and In-

structor for women, couples and

young adults. As a coach she

helps her clients determine their

individual purpose and personal

goals. As a business woman she

has owned and operated a num-

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Agape Graduations and Alpha-

graphics Print shop franchises.

For the last 6 years Cindy has

been a Franchise Consultant

with Franchoice where she had

the opportunity to profile indi-

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cessfully selecting franchise

businesses. Cindy’s passion for

seeing women realize their God-

given design has been the driv-

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development.

Special Interest

L I F E C O A C H I N G

Finance & Business

Cindy Wilson


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Elaine Yoshikawa received her B.A. in Philosophy from Uni-versity of California, Berkeley and later received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Arizona State Uni-versity. Her area of specializa-tion is Ethics, specifically Virtue Ethics and moral psychology. While a graduate student she was the Editorial Assistant for the journal Philosophical Stud-ies as well as the Undergraduate Academic Advisor for the Phi-losophy Department in Tempe. She is currently a Lecturer in Philosophy at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus. She has been teaching

philosophy for 12 years and over the past five years has given presentations and talks in the community on various topics such as: Virtue Ethics, Happi-ness, and Business Ethics. She is presently writing a book enti-tled: Virtue, Happiness, and Self-Transformation and is de-veloping a new university course on happiness. In addition she has been a computer program-mer, a piano performance major at the Eastman School of Music, and a doctoral student in spiri-tual psychology. She also has a keen interest in Christian Ethics,

Buddhist Ethics and Eastern Phi-losophy.

Women in Technology...

Mind & Soul…

Elaine Yoshikawa

“Despite considerable progress made by women and girls in science and technology, studies today show that too many women still feel they learn and work in unfriendly or hostile environments and other technological workplaces.” There are efforts underway to address these concerns at the national level and even through the United Nations. ASU Physics is proud to support the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Women’s Association (PAGWA). The group’s origin began informally a couple of years ago when female graduate students began sharing common

concerns with Marcia Levitus, Professor of Chemistry and affiliate faculty in ASU Phys-ics and the Center for Biological Physics. Informal discussions eventually led to the creation of PAGWA which today has about 30 members who meet every other week The group provides a safe and open forum to discuss experiences and struggles female graduate students encounter regularly. Members have found the opportunity to dis-cuss communication techniques, interview

strategies, and work/life balance issues helpful and timely. Frequent guest speakers — both male and female — address a variety topics and meetings are open to all regardless of gender. Accordingly to Levitus, the group’s discussions have “actually triggered many interesting conversations with some of the male professors in the department, including the Chair of Physics — Robert Nemanich — who is extremely supportive (of PAGWA)”.

Sue Grace has spent the last 18 years working and advocating for Arizona’s behavioral health system. From 1991 to 1996 she served in the Arizona House of Representatives and served as a State Senator from 1997 to 2000. She focused much of her attention on improving the level of behavioral health care for Ari-zona’s citizens and spearheaded funding for construction of the new Civil Unit at the Arizona State Hospital, and, in her last year, successfully sponsored funding for Assertive Commu-nity Treatment (ACT) teams across Arizona. Sue served for several years as a board member and President of MIKID

(Mentally Ill Kids in Distress) and also was an Ex-Officio Member of the AZ State Hospital Advisory Board.

Sue worked from 2005 to 2007 as Family Involvement Specialist for ValueOptions, where she provided technical support to family mentors, served as pri-mary trainer for Family Essen-tials Trainings, researched and developed recommendations for family support programs, ana-lyzed demographic trends and developed reports that helped identify service recipient and family member needs in our ser-vice system.

Currently, Sue works as the Peer

Specialist Training and Evalua-tion Coordinator for Magellan Health Services, where she part-ners with community members and providers and other depart-ment members to develop peer specialist programs aimed at promoting recovery and resil-iency.

Sue earned a BA in Journalism from Marquette University and a Masters in Public Administra-tion from ASU. She has lived in Arizona since 1983, and has been married to Vic for 28 years. She has 2 daughters, Elizabeth and Irene. Sue’s first grand-child, Valencia Grace Bergeron, was born in May.

Entertainment

Kim Eagles

Health & Wellness

Sue Grace


Kim Eagles completed her undergrad studies at UC Irvine in Southern California where she studied Social Ecology. After raising her two children along with her college sweetheart she later received her Master of Art in Global Leadership and Entrepre-neurship from Regent University. Kim maintains great enthusiasms to come alongside the diverse needs of women in Arizona. With an educational background specializing in organizational leadership she hosted a local talk radio show-interviewing familiar national leaders ranging for Senator Barbara Leff, Tipper Gore, Gladys Knight and Anne Graham-Lotz. Her talk show has given her confidence to research and deliver vital information for the community.

She is very hopeful in providing new opportunities for women. Understanding their needs she seeks opportunities for others to grow as individuals in developing new leadership skills, change strategies, small businesses opportunities, and training here in Arizona. Presently operating a consulting coaching firm using the "ODAT Systems for Women." She's eager to share 'team building skills and need assessments' for effec-tive leading in the following areas of: Organizational Values Development, Transitional Leadership, Teams Building and Planning. Kim is currently in the final stages as an applicant for a European PhD on Social Representations, Communication and Media in Rome. Her research project course work is entitled: “Global Social-Research Labs without Walls.” Utilizing University Community Partnership and Social Network as a universal conduit of synergy and education within the Global Research Community, she aims to link online communities of researchers, instructors, students, community leaders and professionals. Having a sincere passion of writing she has recently com-pleted her first book on “The Wisdom of Effective Change.”

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Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Amanda Siegfried and Christine Baranski the movie draws wonderment and query like what makes this once Broadway smash hit turn motion picture another summer hit? I’ve heard mixed feelings of women having a problem with the sudden burst singing explosion from well known dramatic actors (that can’t sing) that perhaps should stick to ‘mere acting’ and other comments such as “throughout the film I had thoughts of getting up and walk-ing out, but I decided to have fun and enjoy the musical ride.” Granville continues to share his

rating tip of enjoyment: “2 (if you are a man), 9 (if you are a woman)” http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1899301 .

Oh! Mamma Mia... According to the recent arti-cle by Alan Granville, “[Mamma Mia!] should come with an anti-Y chromosome warning as if you are a hetero-sexual male or anyone under the age of 20; you are going to be left in the cold by this movie. Much like the Sex And The City film released earlier this year, the campy sunny remake of the Mamma Mia! Musical is going to divide critics and audiences massively. I knew I was in trou-ble when the preview audience I went to was 80% female - Rambo this was not!” says Gran-ville. However with a cast in-cluding Meryl Streep, Pierce

Julianne White received her Ph.D. in English literature from the University of New Mexico in 2002. She wrote her dissertation on the poetry of the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats, and her three areas of specialty were Rhetoric-Composition and Vic-torian and Modern British Lit-eratures. She is now a Writing Programs Instructor at Arizona State University in the English Department, where she teaches composition, business writing, and sophomore level English survey classes. She also teaches part-time for ASU-Polytechnic during the summer, where she enjoys teaching film, literature, grammar, and writing classes at all levels. She teaches at least one class online every semester.

Originally from Houston, Texas, Dr. White taught high school there for 12 years before making the leap to the Ph.D. program in New Mexico. She graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, with a B.A. in English in 1981, and from the University of St. Thomas in Houston with a Master of Edu-cation, Secondary English, in 1993. Her family all live in the Houston area, and her parents have retired and now live in a beach house in Galveston, where she makes a pilgrimage every summer. Two weeks of warm Gulf waters, fresh crab, shrimp and Gulf redfish, and the smell of Coppertone are enough to re-fresh her soul and allow her to return to the desert Southwest, a

climate which is more kind to her arthritic joints.

Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthri-tis in 1993 at the tender age of 37, she has been forced to make adjust-ments in her life and acknowledge her physical limitations. Thank goodness, rheumatoid arthritis does not cripple the brain—although her husband would swear that it does effect her memory, which is nearly gone. Luckily, she can still type at the keyboard, oper-ate the TV remote, and turn the pages of a book. That’s all she needs. She and her husband Shawn, a professional chef, live in Coolidge, AZ (which is about 25 miles south of Chandler) with their 7 cats: Bean, Sheba, L’il Sam, Gigi, Maximus, Tink, and Indy.

Film & TV...

Julianne White

Here are the 2008 Olympians that are representing the United States at the games in Beijing, and have sig-nificant ties to Arizona. They were either born here, were raised here, went to college in Arizona, or live in Ari-zona now. We wish them all a good effort and an incredible experience.

Women in Sports... 2008 Beijing Summer Games

Arizona Olympic Athlete: Diana Taurasi Arizona Connection: Plays for the Phoenix Mercury Will compete in: Women's Basketball Representing: U.S.A.


Amanda Beard, a three-time Olympian, trains in the Sunset Recreation Center pool. Beard won a gold medal in the medley re-lay at 14 years old and swam for University of Arizona until about two years ago, when she moved to Los Angeles and began training with USC. Now training with UCLA, Beard hopes to make it to the Olympics a fourth time.

Photo by Nathan Tyree

Countdown to Beijing '08 - Archery outlook

19-year-old Lindsay Pian of Scottsdale, Arizona

Arizona Olympic Athlete: Jennie Finch-Daigle Arizona Connection: Played soft-ball at University of Arizona, Tucson Will compete in: Softball Representing: U.S.A.

Arizona Olympic Athlete: Tairia Flowers Arizona Connection: Lives in Tuc-son, AZ Will compete in: Softball Representing: U.S.A.

Arizona Olympic Athlete: Lovieanne Jung Arizona Connection: Played soft-ball at University of Arizona, Tuc-son. Will compete in: Softball Representing: U.S.A.

Arizona Olympic Athlete: Caitlin Lowe Arizona Connection: Played soft-ball at University of Arizona, Tuc-son. Will compete in: Softball Representing: U.S.A.

Good luck to all Arizona Athletes! Bring Home the Gold!

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his gift and gives him the notion that this is the best thing that could have happened to him. She quotes "If Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, and you can speak Venusian, the world can be yours." In real life we often think ‘If men only knew.’

The answer to that question would indeed solve many misconcep-tions between the species, no doubt. Communication becomes misinterpreted from ‘mouth to

ear’ in many cases as it seems that men seek to fix things and women seek to feel things. Over the years my husband and I have struggled to have better com-munication. We both have been guilty of not understanding the others’ thinking process. We as-sume we understand one another in short spurts and later digress and deviate back our old ways of protecting our beliefs—of ‘I am right and you are wrong’. Post your comments at: http://eagles-thinkingwomen.blogspot.com/ .com/

Do men really know what women want?

Remember the movie “What Women Want” the 2000 film di-rected by Nancy Meyers with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt? The character “Nick” uses his new 'talent' to get into women's minds. The classic scene had Mel Gibson (Nick Marshal) going to a previous therapist Betty Midler (who also dislikes him for his per-sonality) for help. She realizes

Paige Eagles—a junior at Arizona State University will cover issues of importance regarding Global Sustainability within our environment, population, conflict, poverty, consumption, health, and climate change.

Here’s an excerpt from an article by Shaun McKinnon of The Arizona Republic, dated June 18, 2008:

“[Going green is] changing the way people live. And it's happening now, all across Arizona. Sustainability is a way of using earth's re-sources today in a way that protects them for the next generation. The movement is a movement of people, not governments, not authorities, though officials are starting to catch on, too. The people are doing things that use resources — building homes and businesses — while thinking about preserving those resources for the future.”

During the week of June 18 The Arizona Republic told stories of sus-tainability. They showed how Arizonans are keeping the electricity on, and keeping the environment healthy for tomorrow. The articles allow readers to tour the state and see everything from a power plant in Snowflake to a tour company in Sedona. You gain insight by visiting a rooftop garden in Scottsdale and a ranch in Apache Junction. The se-ries offers readers the story of a movement and shows how people eve-rywhere are sustaining Arizona.

“What are you willing to do to ‘go green’?”

Check out the entire article. “Sustaining Arizona is a six-day series of articles and multimedia pieces on how the people in our state are find-ing ways to live in a manner that preserves our resources” (http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/)

...From “his” viewpoint

Global Sustainability Paige Eagles

Arizona Thinking Women Kim Eagles, M.A.—Global Leadership

Founder/Director Tempe, AZ 85281

[email protected] www/igloo.org/arizonacommunity

www.igloo.org/kim_eagles http://eagles-thinkingwomen.blogspot.com/

A Division of:

ODATS

Organizational Leadership and Development Training System

prescription for certain image of life. The good news is that there is hope for those unwilling to ‘buy’ whole life living.

Here’s an exclusive, from a personal in-terview conducted with a friend that we all love and admire that quotes: “Lifestyle for a complete and whole life living ex-perience begins with; love tender affec-tion for somebody such as a close relative or friend, or for something such as a place, an ideal, or even a pet or animal. Secondly, seed joy; feelings of great hap-piness or pleasure, especially of an ele-vated or spiritual kind, to delight in something you enjoy. Thirdly, hunt for peace; tranquility a calm and quiet state, free from disturbances or noise, mental calm, a state of mental calm and serenity, with no anxiety, it bring harmony to life. Fourthly, patience; the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to perse-vere calmly when faced with difficulties, its sure to relieve tension and stress. Fifth, kindness: the ability to behave kindly, the practice of being or the ten-dency to be sympathetic and compas-sionate. Remember to throw in a couple

Lifestyle encompasses a way of life and the characteristics include a wide variety of behavioral choices—a man-ner of living combining life and style within our society. If we are fortu-nate, the yield produced offers cer-tain gifts of love, delight, tranquility, fortitude, and charity. Often times ‘choice’ is key in defining the type of life and style of life we live. Daily talk shows, media, peers and culture tend to suggest trends. Concepts and ideas as to ‘how to live just like the rich and famous’ entice our human senses toward the ‘glamorous life’. However, the goal is seeking to attain a healthy, fit, and well balanced life, enjoying and par-ticipating in the fruits of the spirit. Everyone desires to stay young, and chases anecdotal remedies that are “proven” to work effectively for a quick nip and tuck here and there, or to allow us to lose weight, take a little pill to have more energy, or purchase a cream to get rid of those unwanted wrinkles. In fact, many do pay what-ever the costs to attain the fool proof

of compassionate acts of showing consideration and caring—the re-wards of fabulous. Sixth, is goodness; a quality of good, virtuousness, the nutrition or other benefit to be de-rived from something, this is more difficulty but produces strength when needed. Seventh is faithfulness; un-wavering in belief, believing firmly in something or somebody, especially God or a sound theological doctrine—and consistently loyal, trustworthy and loyal, especially to a person, promise, or duty. Here’s an addi-tional tip, fellowship with trustworthy friends to build you up as well. Eight is gentleness; kindness, being moder-ate in force or degree so that the ef-fects are not severe but mild, using little force. Take is easy on yourself remember to forgive you and others, that’s really was essential in my case. Ninth is self-control: restraint with the ability to control your own behav-ior, especially in terms of reactions and impulses.”

Inspiration: Lifestyle — Whole Life Living

“Arizona’s Women Have Something to Say”

We’re on the Web! http://www.igloo.org/arizonacommunity

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