A More Perfect Union...@vnona

History has taught us that consistent action on timeless principles brings lasting change. I believe the Constitution commands us to create and secure a more perfect Union for ourselves, our children and generations to come.

Are you apart of the solution or the problem? You are either one or the other. There is no neutrality in this issue.

--Nona O., Founder, WOMEN AT LIBERTY and Women Making History

Your Voice Has Power...How Will You Use It?

"We take so many things for granted until we experience loss. We believe that we will be treated fairly until we are treated unfairly. We believe that surely people will be held accountable for their misdeeds until they are not prosecuted.

We believe that our one voice will not make a difference until our voice is the first thing we can use to make a difference."

--Nona O., Founder, womenatliberty.com

#LeadershipTuesdays: When Its Okay To Be Inpatient...Ursula Burns

“We all need to be more impatient with the status quo. I believe we all need to shift the emphasis of our thinking -- from why we can't create more jobs to how we can create more jobs… from why we can't compete to how we can compete… from why hunger, poverty and injustice exists in the world to how they can be eliminated...In other words, we all need to be a little more impatient.”*

--Ursula Burns, Chairwoman and CEO, Xerox

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY presents Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. There is no new feature today. However, please see our blog archives of recent features on Mellody  Hobson, Jessica Alba, the importance of trust to an organization, business ethics, how to manage conflict and more, check the right side of this page. For more Leadership Tuesdays features, go to our website here: womenatliberty.com. You may also visit our Facebook page, Women Making History, for additional postings on leadership and other topics of interests to women.


*Source: http://www.xerox.com/assets/images/corporate/pages/about-xerox/leadership/CEO_landtop_en-us.jpg

Justice...Elie Wiesel

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”

- Elie Wiesel, Writer, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner, 1992 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Geld Medal 

Protesting: A Means To An End...Cheryl J. Sanders

“Protest of injustice is a good and necessary thing, but you need to have an alternative in mind. You can’t just tear stuff down. You need to have an inkling of what is possible.”*

--Rev. Dr. Cheryl J. Sanders,  Professor of Christian Ethics, Howard University School of Divinity. Senior Pastor Third Street Church of God, Washington, D.C. 

*To read the article from which this quote was taken, "Dr. Cheryl Sanders’ Seven Leadership Lessons to Take from MLK’s Legacy", by Sharon Hong (1/23/14), go to:

http://fuller.edu/about/news-and-events/articles/2014/dr--cheryl-sanders--seven-leadership-lessons-to-take-from-mlk-s-legacy/

“Protest of injustice is a good and necessary thing, but you need to have an alternative in mind,” she said. “You can’t just tear stuff down. You need to have an inkling of what is possible.” - See more at: http://fuller.edu/about/news-and-events/articles/2014/dr--cheryl-sanders--seven-leadership-lessons-to-take-from-mlk-s-legacy/#sthash.2Y78VmCm.dpuf

“Protest of injustice is a good and necessary thing, but you need to have an alternative in mind,” she said. “You can’t just tear stuff down. You need to have an inkling of what is possible.” - See more at: http://fuller.edu/about/news-and-events/articles/2014/dr--cheryl-sanders--seven-leadership-lessons-to-take-from-mlk-s-legacy/#sthash.2Y78VmCm.dpuf

“Protest of injustice is a good and necessary thing, but you need to have an alternative in mind,” she said. “You can’t just tear stuff down. You need to have an inkling of what is possible.” - See more at: http://fuller.edu/about/news-and-events/articles/2014/dr--cheryl-sanders--seven-leadership-lessons-to-take-from-mlk-s-legacy/#sthash.2Y78VmCm.dpuf

The Truth About Injustice...James H. Cone

The truth about injustice always sounds outrageous. 

--James H. Cone, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.

Professor James H. Cone, known as the founder of black liberation theology, is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York. For more information on Dr. Cone, go to: http://www.utsnyc.edu/jamescone.

Professor James H. Cone, known as the founder of black liberation theology, is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. - See more at: http://www.utsnyc.edu/jamescone#sthash.g0KXvqk0.dpuf

Professor James H. Cone, known as the founder of black liberation theology, is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. - See more at: http://www.utsnyc.edu/jamescone#sthash.g0KXvqk0.dpuf

Professor James H. Cone, known as the founder of black liberation theology, is the Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary. - See more at: http://www.utsnyc.edu/jamescone#sthash.g0KXvqk0.dpuf

Never Be Afraid To Take A Stand For Truth...William Faulkner

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” 

--William Faulkner

Against Injustice...Marian Wright Edelman

"You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation."

Marian Wright Edelman

The Darkest Moment of Injustice...Gary Haugen

"When we are in, sometimes, the darkest moment of injustice, what's really happening is that that injustice is beginning  to crumble and that tipping point is being reached in which the light is going to break-in and sweep the injustice away." 

--Gary Haugen, President and CEO, International  Justice Mission

Source:  International Justice Mission's Documentary DVD, 2010
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