International Visitors Discuss Empowering Women
Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life
The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life promotes inclusion and diversity by encouraging fuller community participation of women through volunteer service, board service, and seeking public office. The Sue Shear Institute has offices at the UMKC Institute for Human Development and at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
International Women Visit
Five international lawyers and judges visited the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Kansas City in March to discuss empowering women. They left with more than they intended. Several of the guests stated that they felt like they had gotten so many ideas already that they needed to sit down and make goals and plans for when they return to their home countries. Ms. Naomi Garba, from Nigeria, said that throughout the day, she had been encouraged by what she heard and she would go back to Nigeria and perhaps try to run for public office again (she had run some years back, but lost when a group of male politicians formed opposition against her). The visitors were from India, Israel, Nigeria, St. Lucia, and Burkina Faso.
Talent Bank
Are you looking for something new? Interested in giving back to your community? Public boards and commissions are always looking for candidates with specific qualifications. The Sue Shear Talent Bank is a database of qualified women from the state of Missouri, detailing their unique expertise. We actively promote the database to local and statewide appointing authorities as an excellent source of qualified women candidates.
Instead of hearing “I would have appointed a woman if I knew one who was qualified or interested,” the Institute is determined to make the following a reality: “There were so many impressive women candidates to choose from. The board now more accurately represents our community.” The Institute has developed a reputation for consistently providing outstanding women candidates and we’d like to expand our database. Join our Talent Bank database now at www.umsl.edu/~iwpl/talent-bank/psppform.html
Conversations Series
Conversations is an occasional series featuring Kansas City area women leaders. Past participants include the Honorable Kay Barnes and Dr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts, moderated by Linda Ward and the Honorable Carol Marinovich and the Honorable Barbara Potts. Look for future conversations.
Sue Shear Institute Classes
The Sue Shear Institute offered a series of "What’s Next?” Classes at UMKC and Park University. We had two wonderful groups of women who explored “What’s Next?” in their personal lives. Some of the participants created a plan of action to become more involved in their community, others were interested in contributing more to the organizations in which they already serve. It was a wonderful journey as the groups were joined by talented, creative, professional women helping to guide the class.
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