Showing posts with label Atlanta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlanta. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

YWTF-ATL Board of Directors Highlight: Natasha L. Foreman, MBA

The Board of Directors for the Younger Women's Task Force Atlanta Metro Chapter (ywtfatlanta) came together and collectively decided to highlight each board member in both the blog and monthly newsletter as a way of sharing with members of the organization and the community the ladies that serve and stand firmly behind this great chapter. Today we will highlight one of our board members.

Some of you may already know Natasha L. Foreman. She serves on the Board of Directors as the Director of Communications and Marketing. What you may not know is why and how she began to serve in this capacity and what Natasha does when she is not handling the communications and marketing efforts of the chapter. Today you get the chance to find out.

Let us introduce to you Natasha L. Foreman...





Natasha L. Foreman, MBA is a Business and Entertainment Consultant, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Blogger, Mentor, and self-proclaimed "Change Agent". She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach and her MBA with a specialization in Marketing at Kaplan University. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Organization and Management with a specialization in Management Education, and a certificate in College Teaching.

Natasha has been involved in various philanthropic and grassroots movements for over 20 years. She is actively involved in her community, visiting and speaking with students at local K-12 schools throughout Orange County, California for over 18 years and independently throughout Metro Atlanta, Georgia for more than three years; and for more than one year now as a HOPE Corp Volunteer through Operation HOPE. Natasha has also been mentoring young people from tweens to adults who are in their twenties for numerous years. These are some of the reasons why Natasha came to ywtfatlanta.

"I was on Twitter and I tweeted something about women I believe and it was retweeted by one of my followers, and ywtfatlanta also retweeted it so as I was thanking both for the retweets I noticed ywtfatlanta and began to research the YWTF organization. I was looking for an organization that was multicultural and well-blended with women from all socio-economic, educational, religious, and cultural backgrounds," Natasha explained.

"I saw that the demographics were younger women 20-39 and I thought that maybe this was right up my alley. I could be around other positive, making-things-happen women in their 30s that were experiencing similar issues that I am experiencing in both my professional and personal life while also working with and helping to mentor even younger women in their 20s," she continued.

"So I reached out to ywtfatlanta to seek membership information and to see in what ways I could help serve the organization and Lauren Zink the Director of Communications and Marketing at that time connected me with Chapter Director, Terica Scott, discussed the opportunities for me to become a blogger and from there things just took off. I became a member and blog contributor in 2010, joined the board in January 2011, and was officially working in my current capacity the following month as we worked to finalize the details for the A.S.C.E.N.D. Leadership Conference for March. Now I'm on a mission looking for more bloggers and monthly newsletter contributors to join the ywtfatlanta family," Natasha said smiling.

In addition to reading Natasha's posts on the ywtfatlanta blogs at ywtfatlanta.blogspot.com, ywtfatlanta.wordpress.com, and ywtfatlanta.tumblr.com you can also follow her through her Natasha Foreman blog at natashaforeman.com, or her Paradigm Life blogs at paradigmlife.blogspot.com, and theparadigmlife.wordpress.com. You can also follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/natashaforeman

To contact Natasha about ywtfatlanta-related matters feel free to email her at: natasha.ywtf@gmail.com



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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Restoring Georgia's Plant Life April 9th

Join the ladies of the Younger Women's Task Force Atlanta Metro Chapter as we assist EcoAddendum this Saturday, April 9th from 9:30am to 12:00pm at Freedom Park for a perennial planting of the eroded slope.
EcoAddendum's mission is to put Georgia's plants back into Georgia's landscape through native plant sales and environmental education. 
Photo Source: EcoAddendum Website

Freedom Park is the largest public park in Atlanta, linking the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, the Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Poncey-Highland, Central Atlanta Neighborhoods, the Carter Center and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Candler Park, Druid Hills, Virginia Highland, and Little Five Points.

With all of that history, how could you miss taking a part in adding to the park's beauty? Well you can also help the efforts of EcoAddendum by purchasing plants from the Oakhurst Community Garden plant sale Saturday from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
Photo Source: EcoAddendum Website


 We hope to see you at the planting Saturday morning!

Freedom Park
North Ave and Oakdale Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30301
(404) 875-7284

Oakhurst Community Garden
435 Oakview Road
Decatur, Georgia 30030

For more details about the planting or community garden plant sales visit EcoAddendum's website.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Wake Up and Lead


The ever-inspiring Georgia State Representative Alisha Thomas Morgan took time out from running for re-election and promoting her new book No Apologies: Powerful Lessons in Life, Love & Politics to remind younger women to empower themselves, shake off the fear and get moving.

You’ve been serving in the Georgia government since you were 23. What does leadership mean to you?

Leadership is moving first, asking for permission later. It's seeing an issue and doing something about it. It's being a voice for those who lack one. It is filling a void. It is the willingness to speak truth to power. It is what many of us are called to do but refuse to do, out of fear or the unwillingness to take ourselves out of our comfort zones.

Taking yourself out of your comfort zone can be very intimidating. What makes you feel brave?

What makes me brave is my upbringing. It's really in me; it's who I am. I also grew in the NAACP, which developed me early on as a young leader. Having the audacity and the fearlessness to say the things that have to be said and do what needs to be done make me brave, as well as the heaviness that I feel when I don't do or say what's necessary.

Not standing up for yourself and what you believe in, that's something that we have all battled with. What advice do you have for younger women struggling to find their voice?


Follow your passion! Do the thing that wakes you up in the morning. Know that there's a place for you, and if you haven't found it, create it. Know and understand that your voice is needed, which comes with great responsibility. Don't wait for a certain time to use your voice and talents. There are those things that we believe we need in order to do the work we've been called to do - the degrees on the wall, the life partner and the 2.5 kids, and etc. - but when you've been called to do something, do it now!

The Younger Women's Task Force looks forward to hearing more from Alisha on November 13 at the A.S.C.E.N.D. Leadership Conference for Younger Women.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Women's Suffrage and Our Rights Now

My favorite blogger SouthernDaisy over at Skirt wrote a fabulous post about women's empowerment and leadership. Thanks, Skirt!

What does empowerment mean to you? Comment below.