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April/May 2003 |
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_____________________________________________________________________ 2003 Women's History Month a Huge Success By Carolyn Pokres _____________________________________________________________________ |
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The
Federal Women’s Program (FWP) was established to assist in the
elimination of barriers and the meaningful employment of women in the FAA
workforce. Meaningful
employment includes representation in each FAA occupation, at all grade
levels. This was established
by 1969 Executive Order 11478. In
March of 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued a Presidential Message to the
American people, encouraging the recognition and celebration of women’s
historic accomplishments during March.
And so, National Women’s History Month was born. The
William J. Hughes Technical Center’s Federal Women’s Program uses this
month, in particular, to bring several training session to our employees. Through training and awareness, we all grow. This March the FWP held nine training and/or awareness sessions,
and trained over 150 people. This number doesn’t include the “Let’s Get Physical”
exercise series held every Tuesday and Thursday during the month from
11:30am to 12:00pm, and included another 50 to 100 employees. Special thanks go to Maudie Powell (ACF-001) and Phylis
Schlegel (ACX-052), without whom there would have been no exercise
program. Under their
direction, a different exercise was offered each time, such as yoga, stair
climbing, aerobic dancing, and power walking – something for everyone! Norris Hite, Jr. (ACH-1),
Rosanne Weiss (AAR-490), and Cathy Jaggard (ACB-710) deserve special
mention and thanks from the FWP. Mr.
Hite
held three sessions during the month: Effective Management Skills, Effective Verbal Communications, and
Effective Oral Communications. He
brings his sense of humor and real-life skills to all his classes, and all
participants enjoyed and learned from him. Ms.
Weiss is always willing to help anyone she can, and jumps at the
chance to help any diverse organization. She brings to us her expertise in Microsoft Access, and the FWP
takes full advantage of her skills. This
past month she held two classes in Access – one beginner and
advanced. Because of our
overwhelming response in sign-ups, Ms. Weiss conducted another class in
April for those who had to be put on a waiting list in March. Ms.
Jaggard held a “12 Steps to Success” training class toward the
end of March, which was well attended and received rave reviews.
She has also agreed to give the workshop again for those employees
unable to make the first. Latasha Reddick (ACB-830), Women’s History Month chairperson, brought to the
Center “Poetry and Prose.” This
session showcased employees’ talents in the arts, and was a very
emotional hour for me. I
encourage everyone to look out for the next session and make a concerted
effort to attend. It was a chance for the poets to express themselves to
others, and for the audience (maybe a little too shy to express out loud)
a chance to be involved in an introspective and enlightening session. Ms.
Reddick recently graduated from Florida A&M University and is new to the FAA, and we
applaud her for her initiative! Lastly, the FWP sponsored
a “Stress Relief Management” hour and a half, given by Sheila Rosen
(nurse, case manager at Bacharach Hospital). Ms.
Rosen came to the Tech Center last year and gave the same seminar.
It was so
popular then, that this year we had an overload of attendees.
She is a fun and funny lady, who had us all ready to work another 8
hours at 3:00 pm because we were so de-stressed. As usual, Ken Beisel (ACX-054) volunteered to
distribute flyers and help in any way he could. No wonder he won the “Unsung Hero” award last year. Thanks to
Butch Dansby, Carl Genna, and Annette Harrell (ACX-60)
for helping with the display in the Atrium; and to Stacie Gustray
(ACX-044), Gayle Martin-Taylor (ACT-001), Nancy Matthews (ACX-051), Magda
Colon (ACB-540), Linda Olivo (ACB-610), Cathy Bigelow (AAR-470), and
Stacie Graves (AAR-470) – delegates who acted as point of contact for
various training sessions. We’ll see you again
soon! Look for upcoming
events, such as our annual luncheon scheduled in May, and our annual
Wonder Woman contest.
FEDERAL
WOMEN'S PROGRAM ANNUAL LUNCHEON Wednesday,
May 21, 2003, 11:45 a.m. Smithville
Inn - On a beautiful Spring Day in a room on the lake COST:
$20.00 Includes:
Fruit and Cheese Appetizer, Salad, Choice
of Salmon, Prime Rib, or Chicken Marsala; Dessert, Coffee/Tea FEATURED
SPEAKER: Joan
Bauerlein Deputy
Service Director FAA Office of Aviation Research Washington,
DC Please contact Carolyn Pokres, x5-8944, or your FWP Delegate for tickets _____________________________________________________________________
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