My Organization(NOW) and Me!

When I was looking through the lists of organizations, I knew in the back of my head that I wanted an organization that was there to help women from all over with anything that they may need. When I came across National Organization for Women(NOW) it really hit me. After researching the organization and calling the local branch I realized that I wanted to get involved in this. This organization impacts me because in this organization it isn't just narrowed down to one specific area, but it is focused on ALL of the rights of women and the daily issues. I really like how they help all with any issue that they may face in life. The people there are very caring and have the compassion about each individual and what they may be facing.

If I had more time I would love to be able to volunteer in this organization because all my life I have always wanted to help people. I may be able to this upcoming summer or longer. I can't wait to learn more as I volunteer.

Because my facebook isn't working right now...

I came across this article about women and the economy from Christian Science Monitor.
This article was written July 2nd 2008.

You can read it here.

Also listen to the author of the article speak more on the topic. There is a little media player off to the right of the article.

She quotes a lady about how things are actually looking up for women and it was also something I said in class. More women are in college than there are men now. This, I think, will give women a slight upper hand when it comes to finding jobs in the professional world. The jobs hit hard are more of the factory jobs IMO and since men worked more of those sorts of jobs, jobs that do not require degrees, they learned that "skill" and have no other real skills outside of the that sort of work (this is generally speaking and not speaking for all men who work in factories) so them finding a new job would be dependent on them learning a new skill.