In honor of International Women’s Day, YouTube’s inviting you (and everyone you know) to share your fears, inspirations and hard-won wisdom in a video letter to your younger self. It all starts with two words: #DearMe.

Nico & Vinz

03/08/2015 Nativegrl77

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Council on Women and Girls

03/08/2015 Nativegrl77

White House Council on Women and Girls Update:

The White House

Dear friends,

Happy Women’s History Month! We hope this message finds you well. It has been an exciting and busy time here at the White House Council on Women and Girls.

Earlier this week, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama announced a new whole-of-government initiative called Let Girls Learn, which expands the Administration’s efforts to help adolescent girls around the world attend and complete school. And just over a week ago, the First Lady hosted an event to honor the women of the Civil Rights Movement. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please be sure to visit the new White House Women in STEM website, highlighting some wonderful #WomenInSTEM.

All month long, the Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, Valerie Jarrett, will be tweeting about inspiring women in history. Share the women who inspire you by tweeting about them using the hashtag #WomensHistoryMonth, and we’ll feature some of our favorite submissions throughout the month.

Thank you for all that you do!

Best regards,

The White House Council on Women and Girls

Latest News and Administration Highlights

Let Girls Learn
On Tuesday, the President and First Lady announced that the White House is ramping up its efforts to Let Girls Learn, with a new initiative focused on supporting girls’ education around the world.

Watch the President and First Lady’s remarks here:

Women of the Civil Rights Movement
On February 20, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered remarks at “Celebrating Women of the Movement” — an event honoring some of the women of the Civil Rights Movement.

In her remarks, Mrs. Obama explained that “education is the single-most important civil rights issue that we face today.”

Watch her full remarks here:

Women in STEM
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently launched a page dedicated to highlighting some incredible #WomenInSTEM. Check out their stories, and get Women in STEM fact sheets, latest news updates, speeches, and other useful resources here.

Stay Connected

Did a friend forward this to you? Sign up for Council on Women and Girls updates here.

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Two months of damage — ✓

03/08/2015 Nativegrl77

The first two months of Boehner’s Republican Congress reads like a how-to manual on how NOT to govern.

Democrats were proud to keep the Department of Homeland Security running. But mark my words — our compromise didn’t make the far right very happy. They’re going to launch attack after attack in order to get their way.

We’ll keep fighting them, but we need your help. Can you give $5 or more to fight their radical agenda?

If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

Express Donate: $5

Express Donate: $10

Express Donate: $25

Or, donate another amount.

In two months, Republicans have attacked middle class issues again and again. But we will do everything we can to fight back. I need your help to be prepared for whatever they’ll do next — donate $5, $10 or whatever makes sense to you.

Thank you for standing with me.

Nancy