Service & Philanthropy

As we enter a new year, it is time to take the opportunity to reflect on our lives and on the concept of gratitude. Gratitude, as defined in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, …

Sports and competition go hand in hand. The chance to compete against one another is a fundamental part of being human. Competition and its different layers, both informal and formal, …

Why does it matter that the first magazine on the moon is a publication focused on women inspiring women? The purpose of this endeavor is to create a lunar legacy: …

Representative RUTH BRIGGS KING has represented the 37th District in the Delaware House of Representatives since 2009. She has worked extensively in the fields of medicine, education, banking, and finance, …

Born and raised in Kalihi, Hawai’i, Senator DONNA MERCADO KIM is the daughter of a Korean father and Spanish-Filipino-Portuguese mother. She completed her freshman and sophomore years at the University …

GAYLE HARRELL represents Florida Senate District 25, soon to be District 31, which includes Martin and St. Lucie Counties and part of Palm Beach County. She was elected to the …

The Honorable KAREN D. CAMPER is the first African-American woman to lead a caucus in the history of Tennessee’s General Assembly. She was elected by her colleagues as House Democratic …

The dictionary defines “philanthropy” as “good will to fellow members of the human race,” something that is “especially an active effort to promote human welfare.” I would add to this …

The National Foundation for Women Legislators, or NFWL, believes that the greatest rising force in US politics today is not a political party, nor is it a lobbying community. It …

As the month of May celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, many of us wonder when and how the month of May was dedicated, and why more than …

There is no direct antecedent to our modern secular celebration of mothers, but it has existed, one way or another, for thousands of years. Here’s a timeline: – Antiquarians and …

The impulse to create a memory and make it tangible is so very human — to hold it, and repeatedly commemorate it is also a very Jewish value … When …