March 2011
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Join the Digital Sisterhood Legacy Campaign
Digital Sister Shero Aliza Sherman @BlogHer 2010 in NYC - Photo Credit: Ananda Leeke Aliza Sherman, a web pioneer, mobile strategist, social media innovator, and founder of Cybergrrl, Inc. , the first full service internet site owned by a woman and Webgrrls International, an online and offline networking organization for women in technology, challenged women in her...
Feminism Online Project Events for March 7-30
Photo Credit: http://nbrebelles.googlepages.com/Feminism.JPG/Feminism-full;init:.JPG Check out the Feminism Online Project events for March 7-30 below. We are still planning more radio shows, Tweetchats, and a few offline events ind DC for April, and May. So stay tuned! March 7 @8:00-8:30 pm ET - Digital Sisterhood Radio: The topic is “Being a Feminist in the DC Social Justice...
Recap of Digital Sisterhood Radio’s Feminism...
Photo Credit: Kerrie Martin Last night Digital Sisterhood Radio launched its Feminism Online Series with a discussion about feminism, food, and learning to deeply nourish ourselves. It featuredKerrie Martin, Holistic Health Counselor, Speaker, Educator, and Founder of,Live In Rhythm. During the show, Kerrie explored natural eating strategies that honor our appetite, desires, rhythm,...
Feminism Online Project Launches Today with...
Happy March! Happy National Women’s History Month! Today marks the beginning of the Digital Sisterhood Network’s Feminism Online Project, a three month initiative that celebrates the rainbow chorus of feminist voices in the digital world. From now until the end of May, the Feminism Online Project will use the Digital Sisterhood Network blog, Talkshoe.com radio show, Twitter page, and weekly...
Feminism Online Project Goes to Haiti for A...
During my Heart of Haiti trip last weekend, I had an opportunity to introduce the Feminism Online Project to several digital sisters. I also interviewed: Nathalie Tancrede, co-founder of Fondation d’Ayiti Soleil, a Haitian organization that helps educate Haitian girls and women, and the Haiti Country Director for Fairwinds Trading; and Danica Kombol, Managing and Founding Partner...
Heart of Haiti Tripsters Discuss Digital...
One of the best things about traveling to Haiti with the Heart of Haiti campaign was the group of digital sisters I bonded with. I knew it would be amazing. It turned out to be “belle bagay” (a Kreyol word for fabulous)! While we were hanging out at Camping des Orangers, a beach resort in Jacmel, Haiti, I interviewed Willa Shalit, CEO of Fairwinds Trading and Heather Whaling, PR/Social Media...
Happy March! Watch Ananda’s Video from Her Heart...
Ananda at Jacmel Carnival in Haiti, February 27, 2011 Happy March All! I hope your first day of March is filled with many blessings. Mine has been filled with the blessing of memories from my recent trip to Haiti as a blogger ambassador for the Heart of Haiti campaign. The Heart of Haiti campaign is a partnership betweenFairwinds Trading, Macy’s, and theClinton Bush Haiti Fund. As...
Watch Video of #HeartofHaiti Blogger Ambassador...
The Heart of Haiti campaign is a partnership between Fairwinds Trading, Macy’s, and the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. It was created to provide sustainable income to Haitian artisans impacted by the January 2010 earthquake. Through the partnership, the artisans create artwork that is sold as the Heart of Haiti collection in Macy’s stores. The sales from these hand-made products including...
#HeartofHaiti Blogger Ambassador Ananda Leeke’s...
Ananda standing with Voodoo flag artist Jean Paul Baptiste One of the highlights of my Heart of Haiti trip was a visit to Voodoo flag artist Jean Paul Baptiste’s shop in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti on February 26, 2011. The video above features many Voodoo flags. I was in heaven when I saw the flags with the Haitian goddess of love Erzulie and La Sirene, a Haitian goddess of the seas who...
Take #HeartofHaiti Blogger Ambassador Ananda...
Voodoo Flag featuring Haitian goddes of love Erzulie’s veve at Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti When I checked into the Hotel Oloffson with my fellow Heart of Haiti “tripsters” in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 25, 2011, I was mesmerized by the beautiful artwork in the main hotel and my hotel room. Check out the videos below. Click here to see Flickr photos of the...
Ananda’s First Carnival Experience in Jacmel,...
Ananda wearing a butterfly mask at the Jacmel Carnival in Haiti My first carnival experience happened during my Heart of Haiti trip on February 27 in Jacmel, Haiti. It was “belle bagay” (a Kreyol word that means fabulous, fantastic, it was cool etc.). The papermache artwork and masks, music, food, and lively crowds of people filled with “joie de vivre” (joy of living) made it a special...
Ananda’s Heart of Haiti Visit to Metal Artisans in...
Serge Jolimeau’s Metal Artwork Today, I am remembering my Heart of Haiti visit to Haitian metal artisan Serge Jolimeau’s atelier on February 26, 2011, in Croix des Bouquets, a town located outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. See the video above. At first glance, I fell in love with Jolimeau’s artwork featuring La Sirene, a beautiful African-inspired mermaid and Haitian loa who...
Join #HeartofHaiti Blogger Ambassador Ananda Leeke...
Photo was taken at metal artisan Robert Jacques’ atelier in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. Tomorrow evening I am experimenting with a new social media tool (at least for me) called Vokle during my live chat about my Heart of Haiti trip at 8:00 pm ET.Drop by and participate in the the video chat. You can use the hashtag #HeartofHaiti to follow the conversation. I will be sharing...
kimfoster.org - Digital Media for Women of Color:... →
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Stacey aka Justice Fergie is a renaissance woman of the digital age. She’s an attorney, a mother, and an internet entrepreneur. She, along with two partners, run MamaLaw Media Group which puts on Blogalicious Weekend every year to connect women of color in social media. The highlights of…
Join Ananda Leeke on 3/5@8pm ET for A Heart of... →
Join host Ananda Leeke (@anandaleeke on Twitter) for a live chat about her Heart of Haiti trip to Haiti on February 25-28. Please use hashtag #heartofhaiti during the chat to follow the conversation on Twitter. For more information about the Heart of Haiti Campaign, visit www.macys.com/haiti.
Heart of Haiti: Lunch with the Sisters- by Danica... →
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You have to laugh because Ananda Leeke, the Ambassador for the Heart of Haiti program keeps talking about the “Digital Sisterhood.” While in Haiti we lunched with the sisters, but this time, it was actual Sisters at the College Marie Reine Emmaculee. We’re in Lilavoix with a group called the…
WatchWatch Heart of Haiti blogger ambassador Ananda Leeke, a lawyer-turned author, artist, coach, yoga teacher, and innerpreneur, give a short update outside of the Presidential Palace on February 26, 2011, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The video highlights the morning scenes in front of Champ de Mars plaza, the location of the largest tent city built after the January 2010 earthquake in...
“Number 1 thing we’ve heard when asked how we can help Haiti? Let people know...”
– Heather Whaling- Haiti tripster (via heartofhaiti)
Heart of Haiti: Jacmel Carnival by Haiti Tripster... →
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You travel to Haiti, this country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. A country without a stable government and has just experienced a natural disaster of unspeakable proportions. The last thing you expect to find is a place thriving with art, culture and joyful exuberance. Such is the…
Heart of Haiti: Heart of Haiti: Trade. Not Aid. →
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By: Sloane Berrent
Kiva Fellow. Humanitarian. Sloane blogs at The Causemopolitan about her life, nonprofits, social entrepreneurship and “cause-filled living.”
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I still think about Haiti often. Of course there are new world problems every day and it’s easy to forget what is past. One of the…
Heart of Haiti: Ezulie & Ananda- Trip to Haiti... →
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Ezulie & Ananda
Dateline: Miami
I haven’t been to Miami since Blogalicious, my all-time favorite blogging conference celebrating the diversity of women bloggers. For Blogalicious, I shacked up at the glam Ritz Carlton on South Beach. This time I’m in Miami headed to Haiti. Back in October, I…
