Reading Materials:

A book full of feminine energy! "Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the heart" The book is a collection of essays edited by Nina Simons with Anneke Campbell (via Feminist Review).

How we can bridge the gap between two different worlds: Western students and Eastern teachers? Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan approaches to a Healthy Relationship, a new book by Alexander Berzin, tries to give us the answer (via Feminist Review).

The singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash is the writer of "Composed," the book that explains to us how she grew up with and without her father Johnny Cash and about how she finally became a gifted artist in her own right without the shadow of her father (via NY Times).

Events:

Is there something unique and powerful about the managerial style of women?  On Wednesday, August 18, @ 6:30pm the Younger Women’s Task Force in Washington D.C. organizes "The Effect of Women in Management: A Discussion with Dr. Cristian Deszo" (more info).

Are you participating in the Susan B. Anthony 5k in California this weekend? (via Feminist. org)

Also in DC, tomorrow from 9.30am-6.00pm go out to help the District Alliance for Safe Housing (DASH) decorate their new housing resource for domestic abuse survivors, the Cornerstone Residence. Take a morning or afternoon shift to help with hanging curtains, making beds, stocking kitchens and bathrooms, and other tasks to get apartments ready for residents! Come with friends!  To sign up for a shift or get more information, contact Miranda at 202-726-3274 or mvargas@dashdc.org (via YWTF).

Nationwide: get geared up for Women’s Equality Day on August 26! (via Feminist.org)

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