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What a serendipitous day for feminism this is turning out to be.<\/p>\nWhat a serendipitous day for feminism this is turning out to be.<\/p>\n
As I was being prepped in the green room at Rockefeller Center for this morning’s Today Show appearance (and stuffing myself with donuts and potato chips), I saw friend\/mentor\/icon Suzanne Braun Levine in the next chair over!\u00c2\u00a0 Suzanne was there to do the segment just before mine, in connection with her hot new book Fifty is the New Fifty<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Then, between Suzanne’s segment and mine, Kathie Lee bade a happy 75th birthday to our mutual friend (again for me, make that friend\/mentor\/icon) Gloria Steinem.\u00c2\u00a0 And now today, in honor of Gloria’s birthday, the Ms. Foundation for Women has launched an online social change campaign called Outrageous Acts for Simple Justice<\/a>, a project designed to share and support outrageous acts in the cause of simple justice for women, families and communities.<\/p>\n How much better could this day get?!<\/p>\n Well check it out: Outrageous Acts is already catching on. Kymberly Blackstock of Alaska used Facebook to organize a rally protesting Governor Palin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rejection of federal economic stimulus money; in a video, Claire Tran of FIERCE, a Ms. Foundation grantee in New York City, suggests that viewers commit an outrageous act by signing onto their white paper advocating for access to public space on the Hudson River Park for LGBTQ youth of color; and Jacki Zehner, a women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s leadership and workplace commentator brought her outrageous act to CNN when she appeared to discuss the impact of the economic crisis on women while wearing a Wonder Woman t-shirt.<\/a> (That’s my Jacki – go Purse Pundit go!)<\/p>\n I feel like so many of us are experiencing the current crisis as, among other things, opportunity.\u00c2\u00a0 Says Ms. Foundation prez Sara Gould, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The times demand this kind of creative action….[P]eople are poised to create change from the grassroots. And on the heels of an historic presidential election, we’re reminded of just how effective outrageous acts — from bake sales and buttons to signatures and songs — can be.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n For Gloria’s take on it all, watch the video, here.<\/a><\/p>\n