Rockin' the Red Pump: National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day...and I am Rockin' the Red Pump for the cause! I wrote about a fabulous organization,  The Red Pump Project,  on the Huffington Post a few weeks back and all the things that they are doing around the nation to create an awareness.

Click HERE to read the article.

Happy International Womens Day!

Today is International Womens Day and little did I know that Womens Day has been observed since the 1900’s! Every year thousands of events are held around the world to inspire women and celebrate achievments. Hundreds of events occur not only on this day but through out the month of March –Womens History Month to celebrate the achievments of women around the world.

Focus For the Week: Even More

"The world will challenge you. Choose to challenge yourself even more, in ways that are meaningfully fulfilling. There is much that you are expected to do. Choose to do even more, and to greatly exceed those expectations. Life can often serve up some unpleasant surprises. Choose to always make yourself, and what you do, a pleasant surprise. Focus not on how little you can get away with. Concentrate on how much you can get done. Know that there is always an even better way, and find it. Let the triumphs as well as the disappointments of the past inspire you to create a more enriching and fulfilling future. The quality of the world you live in depends on the quality of value that you're willing to create. Be more than willing, and make your world an even more beautiful place." -- Ralph Marston

Motivator of the Year..Who Me?

So, I just found out that I have been nominated for a Chozen Award in the category of Motivator of the Year :). How exciting is that?! It's always wonderful to receive recognition for doing something you genuinely love to do and that you are passionate about. For the past 4 years I have been speaking to young women across the country about the importance of self esteem, leadership, and healthy choices...and it has been an absolute privilege. When you get a moment stop by the Chozen Awards website and submit your vote for for me.

http://www.chozenawards.com/vote.php

Choices...

I have reached a point in my life where I need to make some important decisions. This poem by Nikki Giovanni, "Choices" captures exactly what I am feeling...

What do you want to do before you die?

Have you ever thought about all the things that you would like to do before you...."transition over"? I have...but then again, honestly, I haven't thought about what I want to do before "I am called to glory". Well MTV's newest television series is actually about this very subject, but with an interesting twist. The Buried Life is about four young men whom relying on goodwill, guts and gumption, travel the globe in a purple transit bus to complete a list of '100 things to do before you die' and to help and encourage others to go after thier own list. For every item they complete on their list, they help a stranger achieve one of their dreams. Everywhere they go they ask the question: What do you want to do before you die?

Have you seen The Buried Life? What are your thoughts about the show?

Black HERstory: Dominique Deveraux Lloyd

It takes a remarkable actor to play the role of a character to the point where whenever you see that actor you still think of the character that was played. {Sort of like how I feel about Danny Glover every time I see him -I see "Mista" from The Color Purple ---eh}. Diane Carroll played the role of Dominique Deveraux Lloyd on the hit night time soap opera Dynasty in the 80's. The character Dominique Deveraux Llyod was the jet setting wealthy chanteuse.
Diane Carroll, a regal beauty, was the first African American woman to star in her own television series, Julia. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Julia in 1969 and won the Golden Globe Award in 1968.To say that Diane Carroll broke racial barriers in Hollywood, is an understatement.

Fab-Do-Gooder Giveaway

CONTEST CLOSED

Hey Y'all!
I am running my first giveaway for my readers *yay!* Basically all you will need to do is the following:

1. Follow My Blog
2. Subscribe to my Feed "Let Me Feed You"
3. Follow me on Twitter @fabdogooder
4. Leave a comment saying you've done the above and with a personal quote that you live by daily...(along with an email to contact you if you win)

Simple as that!
The person that is selected in the drawing will get a $25 Visa Gift Card.
I will be using http://www.random.org/ to pick the to pick the winner.
The winners name will be drawn February 15, 2010
Good Luck!