Women's History Month Assembly Women's History Month Assembly March 2024 Show Transcript adopt a dog Adele songs I meant that. federal student teacher stuff paint and guess my name is Hernandez and I'm in ninth grade on behalf of the committee which is mainly made up of students I want to welcome you to our 20 assembly we're still happy that you're joining us today I hope is that you listen can be grateful and inspired not only by all the woman you are today but by all the women in your life federal student teacher stuff so please raise your right hand ready allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you my name is Naya. first grade where the leadership and public service Virtual Academy home of the Phoenix leaders this is our mission our school and our students to emerge as the year to develop in Pride and community service. real world problems and engage in 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attendance now we watch a video about how old is History Month came to be pay attention because we will have a question to ask you after the video women have been shaping human history since the dawn of civilization but it's a month of March that was chosen to honor women throughout history here's why the origin story of women's history month is Up For Debate but it was born right here in the US during stop when women were fighting for the right to vote some historians say that its roots can be traced back to a protest on March 8th 1857 and was then that a group of women from New York City textile factories allegedly staged the strike over poor working but Scholars argue that this demonstration was fabricated suggesting that the strike was invented pretzel actively to give you an Yule celebration a more compelling backstory at first women's history with only observed for one day the Socialist Party of America First declared National Women's Day in 1909 and made the women's rights movement but the idea quickly spread around the globe of an international women's day was proposed and approved in 1910 at The Intern women in Copenhagen if we now celebrate every year on March 8th fast forward to the 1970s in Sonoma County California for a group of people were fed up that women's history was being left out of the classroom the fur women's history week was celebrated in March 1978 home and eating with a parade in downtown Santa Rosa California local celebration turned into a movement activists push to make this official and it worked in 1980 President Carter issued the first presidential Proclamation declaring the second week of March as National Women's history week has kept growing in 1987 Congress officially declared March is National Women's History Month presidential Proclamation is issued each year with honor the extraordinary achievements of women in America but more than 30 years later the fight for gender equality continues in 2020 for every dollar a man made women made $0.82 now it's time to participate I hope you paid attention and what year did Congress officially declare March as National Women's History Month 1909 B 1978 sea 1980 to 1987 are you ready for the results the answer is 1987 and 1987 Congress officially declared March as National Women's History Month how did you do did you get that correct that is not the way we still have a few more to go now get ready to learn about some amazing woman in the past we will learn about six women who have passed on left a legacy for all of us about hypatia Shawna self Dr Mabley Miss Katherine Johnson Margaret Thatcher and Tina Turner women were selected by my fellow students be ready to tell us who and why hypatia was born around 358e in Alexandria Egypt this recommendation and philosopher hypatia had more freedom than many girls and women because of her respected father most women did a study math or science and allowed to engage in politics hypatia became one of the first woman to study and teach math astronomy and philosophy famous quote reserve the right to think for even a think wrongly is better than not to think at all hypatia I thought the Allison intelligent woman remastered Math and Science even when it was difficult for girls and all those subjects your determination inspires me to stay overcome obstacles before Rosa Parks there was Charlotte a brown and 1863 San Francisco Charlotte L Brown Road Center Gator and civil rights activist was the one the first to legally change racial segregation in the United States when she's filed a successful lawsuit against the streetcar Company in San Francisco in the 1860s after she was forcibly removed from a segregated streetcar Brown for Lego action and the president it created let's to additional challenges to segregation in San Francisco and less than 30 years California and legislation to make such segregation speakers in Lagos State Line courtroom testimony he replied that colored persons were not allowed to ride I told him I had been in the habit of writing since the cars have been running I answered that I had a great ways to go and I was later and I ought to be Charlotte L Brown I think Charlotte is a very strong woman because she had the courage to stand up for herself and say that she could go in the streetcar and soak up every African-American woman men used to think they own the world but Charlotte L Brown was a very strong woman and said no she does not want that and she could go in the car and so could everyone else I think she was a strong woman and if that was me I would have been scared I think Charles L Brown is a very independent and very strong woman and I feel glad that she stood up for her rights doctor Lego penguin Lee was born on October 7th 1896 in China and died in New York in 1966 when she was 8 years old delete family move to New York in 21 she became the first Chinese woman to graduate with a PhD in economics for Columbia University she was a chinese-american women's rights activist pain for women's suffrage in the United States later in life we became a Baptist minister or I can with the first Chinese Baptist Church in Chinatown King on Lee doctor Mabel King Cooley and Spider-Man because even though she could have bought for herself due to immigration laws she still fought for equal rights. in regard to voting and she called on people to fight for the cause she was also the first Chinese woman and a teenage dating at the moment and the United States even though her activism did not benefit her all the time due to loss of chinese-american she still popper quality and succeeded my problem was to answer questions I did that for the best of my ability at all times don't like what I was doing I like work I like stars from Star Wars Joy was pretty well known that Katherine Johnson was an unusual person with an Incredible Gift and had an impact on my life to things that just come to mine is her persistent and her determination the story of Katherine Johnson in the other mathematicians at work where they're definitely had an impact on my career it's people like her and others that came along with her that paved the way for people like me to become the astronaut said that he would not go in the flight and Liz having Johnson check the med it makes me feel amazing help Katherine Johnson open the door too many women Margaret Thatcher nicknamed The Iron Lady broke barriers as much as the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom any Western democracy in power from 1979 to 1994 champions of conservative policies for an unwavering principles continue to inspire and Spark debate a famous quote by Thatcher is if you want something said ask a man if you want something done ask a woman Margaret Hilda Patcher one of Britain's most powerful woman background like many of us good morning Grocer's daughter and so growing up working in her father's grocery store she learned the importance and the value of personal responsibility financial management and the importance of individuality and dignity of individuality and so she took a message with her when she ran to the House of Commons twice she lost her first to relax and allow that to stop her and she kept running until she finally won a seat in Parliament in 1959 and until she gradually started the ranks of the conservative party until we can make its leader in 1975 that's a different context behind the situation the Britain was facing the late 1970s high-spending high taxes and radically powerful labor unions have brought the two of you country to its knees leading to a storage levels of inflation and unemployment people thought that the only path forward for Britain was a bleak one including slow and managed decline. There was optimistic in our country in Seattle plans if you successfully let her party to Victory on that message in 1979 was made her not just Britain's first female prime minister with the first female head of state of any Western democracy breaking the highest glass ceiling in Britain Yes Prime Minister got to successfully combat inflation by dramatically reducing government spending and by Looking Back Against the labor unions and do it was a popular that's how I knew that it was necessary later on when the time was right. You focus on what time is it in official government services be regulating the British market and cutting taxes which out unemployment and led to an economic boom in which International Banks from across the world came to London making a new Financial Powerhouse during the time of the economic recovery that Argentina than controlled by a military dictatorship invaded British territory in the Atlantic the Falkland Islands from Argentina and some advice. You can stand down the islands are worthless they said thought you knew the importance of peace through strength standing on principle and I'm spending the British citizens on the island and she successfully did still being the argentinians back and restoring British national pride copper was also a close friend of our very own President Ronald Reagan and she recognized Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and someone that could be worked with not an enemy when the USSR place missiles in Eastern Europe and dr. Riggins decision missiles in Western Europe This was peace through strength and eventually the US starting crashing down liberating millions of people from his grasp including mind around family in her final years of prime minister Thatcher continue to fight sometimes unpopular but necessary policies including strong up with including her strong opposition to a centralized European government agency near would harm British sovereignty however this lets opposition from even within her own party and do it was a leadership election was held this time against turn she won a majority of votes in the first ballot with Belgian V2 short of the 55% requirement but instead of pushing forward and further divided her party and her country. I have to resign from the Premiership after over 11 years of service leaving Britain any much better Allstate than it was when she first came to power and leaving behind a legacy of being Britain's longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century what truly inspires me about Margaret Thatcher what makes me so deeply passionate about her is that she fought for what was right no matter how unpopular because he knew that was the right thing to do no matter how harsh the medicine is she knew that the basement in order to survive another thing that makes me so deeply passionate and inspired by Margaret Thatcher is that she recognized just like our President Ronald Reagan more government led to the issues that the country was Portuguese power it's so small government was the answer do you recognize that people aren't just numbers are cogs in the machine with actual individuals with dignity and that we deserve to keep more of our paycheck copy text text text away on Saturday recognize lastly that the government is not meant to be a master to the people but a servant to us all and someone pursuing these polish and these values how to successfully reversed her country out of Decline and brought back prosperity to runs great and powerful Nation Tina Turner was in American singer writer and actress born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939 in Nutbush Tennessee Tina Turner became a challenging upbringing marked by poverty and family instability finding Solace and Comfort Inn music rising to fame as a backup singer for Ike Turner's band in nice 50 in the 70s Tina embarked on a solo career despite years of continuous struggle achieving Monumental success with its like What's Love Got to Do With It and the best which garnered her multiple Grammy awards has resilience and town has solidified as a music icon with over 200 million records sold worldwide induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a Kennedy Center Honor for her contributions to our American culture generations with your unwavering determination we are all born with yes some of us have more than one what I do best singing and dancing but I never thought his I was correcting the life that I would be record a mighty man is what I achieved after all of that ugly life how I achieved it is my mind was clear no drugs no alcohol I'm thrilled for this tonight because it's for my country my people thank you Susan thank you hi my name is covered are again I'm on the back porch of my North Carolina home on an extremely chilly day and I want to speak to the students of leadership and public service Virtual Academy about my extraordinary opportunity to work with an extraordinary woman force of nature Tina Turner I'm at Tina when I was 22 years old and we've developed a deep relationship over the next couple of years we would talk about the difficulty of her situation and her attraction to the Buddhist tradition that she felt would eventually help her sever her 21 mystery I tried with her when I'm 25 for the summer and later that year I think it was 1975 or 76 she went to Germany for a year to figure out what I do with the rest of her life when she came back from being in Germany for a year staying with her friends she called and said I know you've danced with me previously Come and sing with me to do for the next two and a half years I was lucky enough to watch this force of nature very closely and observe the qualities that marked her for the great Destiny was unfolded Tina was a triple fire sign meaning she has enough energy for hundreds of people and one person she was focused she was dedicated she was not going to let anything stop her when she made up her mind that included me saying no to her many times what time when she asked me to come to work with her as a dancer and Bettina I'm not going to do it and she said do the step I said Tina I'm not going to do the stuff I'm not your person do the step I'm not going to do it so I did this happen that became the rest of my life for the next few years touring with Tina thank you God I'm at my husband on the road with Tina we both watched her on hundreds of occasions put on a performance that would have left anyone else Breathless including my we watched her perform when she was there one time she had 103 fever and nobody in the audience would have ever known that she was sick that was her ability to overcome even her body's influences on her there were times when some of us wouldn't be feeling well and she would Intuit it and she would pull from her solar plexus and shove the energy in our Direction and it was amazing how many times I felt better after receiving the benefit of that expression in her ability got a little too cold outside but let's talk about Anna Mabel look Anna Mae Bullock overcame so much in her life she overcame poverty she overcame being abandoned by her parents she overcame to her torturous relationship with Ike only became Tina though as she was putting on her costume and her met look up and she would say all your come Cena but what I really want to say is what an extraordinary opportunity at was in an honor it was for me to spend so many years with this incredible Legends who was also a dear friend thank you well I hope you are at this tired as I am losing so much about this remarkable woman now get ready for question of it to which of the following woman has inspired you was it Katherine Johnson hypatia Tina Turner Margaret Thatcher dr. Maples a type of cancer in the Trap it looks like we have been inspired by all of them great job everybody now we're going to still alive we will learn about Malala yousafzai Alyssa up or is your Mama T's and Oprah Winfrey become a dog to become a teacher which is fine but like guys can also become leaders and girls can also become changemakers and girls can also become activists and and I found like yeah I want to do that I want to change things and I want to speak out ambassador advocate for education and gender equality in finding a new part in my life and for me that was realizing that I can actually have an impact to using my voice all young women and girls around the world who want to do something who want to bring change all I would say is you have to be the first person to be confident in yourself. Be the first person to accept you and you have to be the first person to upload Joseph that's how you start developing confidence that's how you start developing the sense of rightness and truth in your calls often time we thing that you know you have how old is in like be in a position or like have some set of number of degrees or something to be able to bring change and I realize that I know you can still have an impact what are the age you are did you change I got an advocacy because I didn't want people to speak on behalf of me because I have a story that I want to tell people about because I want student happened to my country and around the world my dad that I wanted to not let anything stop you start speaking out now about the issues that you are concerned about thank you so much for watching please subscribe to our channel to share in common because we want to hear your stories to Malala yousafzai Services by inspiration as a great example of woman whose father was she believes and despite the challenges and struggles she's those with along the way did you know she was the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and at the age of 16 she survived an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban she had to do with this at a young age and it's crazy that it was around like my when she suffered this tragedy but she didn't let me stop her and she kept fighting she fought back twice as strong cuz she knew that what she was doing is right and that will make a lasting impact for young girls around the globe she says mindspace and incredible person and inspires me to keep fighting for what I believe in and it's not in any struggle stand in my life because of my gender to use my voice my voice that was a special gift given to me of my music PreSonus on the way and your boy best friend I'm just getting in what is a commentary what are you love about yeah it's a different language even though they speak different languages and they're in different cultural they're still human beings and zarbee's be treated carefully and and with other people singing with other people and not poorly Journey earned her PhD and Med in early childhood special education of the University of early works as a senior Faculty Associates Awards and honours for her humanitarian work including the Pax Christi Metro PC on for Peacemaker of the year no war in 2011 We Are Family Foundation 10th Annual award in 2012 for humanitarian award in 2016 DHA live award in 2019 senatorial and Congressional citation in 2015 2018-2020 1022 Lifetime Achievement Award and White House recognition in 2023 if we choose to make pizza reality and spread it throughout the world and get involved we will have paid never met anybody like Maddie Joseph Thaddeus stepanek we were reeling after 9/11 we were desperate for wisdom and then there this kid kid in a wheelchair with a rare disease a disease that claimed his three older siblings and he is deep and he is dying and he caught fire with a message that we all need it I was at ABC News at the time and we couldn't get enough Maddie what is all this wisdom come from mad at you an 11 year old kid Manning poured his heart songs as he called them the five books of poetry in peace essays selling millions of copies is uplifting Spirit attracted a worldwide following including fellow poet and President Jimmy Carter he joined us on the set at 8 see for a chance to meet the boy poet of all the people I've met in my life he was a most remarkable human being. They lived in my lifetime I broke a very important rule as a journalist I let Maddie I couldn't help it I love that kid and when he was finally gone I could not handle it I need a hoe but no hope I hope that reaches for the Stars hello how are you it's been 15 years and her kids these are devoted to her role as Chief peace officer of the Mattie JT stepanek Foundation nobody has ever affected me the way you sounded when he messages in my heart I never didn't believe him but I didn't understand nor did I understand the impact the ripple effect that was having on people in the world how important is it to you have your message I think it's very important so we can stop fighting and talk our war on terrorism should be one with the words not with bombs on September 11th Maddie watched the events unfold he said I don't know how to pray I don't know what to do and I said just start speaking and he spoke what became the poem for our world the same as differences any Treasures we have we are a mosaic of Jeff's became an international passage for peace it's part prayer part poem part please do it started with a kiss became a book and now it is a platform the platform is the just peace Summit of global p l mentorship program inspired by Maddie and organized by the We Are Family Foundation I said to his mom what if we find young people like Maddie teenagers between 13 and 19 years old who literally are making the world a more peaceful place how many kids have you put out there now 32 Global team leaders in a room like Maddie they had a lot to say message that I really take away most from not eating and what he embodied was the idea that peace comes just as much in the form of a crippled youngboy as it does in a world leader of the reality of what it feels like to be alive and he didn't get his disease limit Maddie said Unity is strength we may have differing opinion but that you need to be able to have that positive discourse so important young lady to the people at home your decision to come here and to be about this what did it mean for them we are 15 other word so that's why I'm crying because these kids this would have never happened without you and without him it empowers me and gives my purpose and fluffy I'm living with this sense of urgency I want to develop sustainability for Maddie's foundation so that if my stopwatch Went Done That Maddie's Foundation survived I think everybody that knows her who wrote about him have been inspired to look at themselves and say I make that decision about what kind of person I'm going to be I shaved my own character and we use Matt is a inspirational example of what each one of us can do to live a better life I've been gone longer than he was here which for me is a mom is very very difficult what a beautiful gift to look out in the world and see if it's what he left for us his legacy is continuing to grow I want this message to be reaching billions of people and if I could offer our world a wish it would be a spirit of peace so that we can be together Maddie everyday was living in pain but that didn't stop him from sharing his message to the world his mom doctor Jenny sepanek has health challenges she's also lost off portrait children but that doesn't stop her from continuing to share Maddie's message that peace is possible and to remember to play after every storm number one lesson I could offer you work is concerned is this becomes so skill so Vigilant so flat-out fantastic at what you do that your talent can not be dismissed finally this this this this will save you stop comparing yourself to other people on this planet to be you not someone else's imitation love you bro Winfrey inspires me by her words of wisdom and encouragement and the most that she has said that encourages me is turn your rooms into wisdom and that feels like a lesson not to turn anything bad it's a something good and a lesson how lucky we are to live at the same time as he's remarkable woman I don't know about you but I am learning how much today now it's time to participate again she was questionable 3 What word was Alyssa parisio nominated for put your answers in the chat if you answered Oscar then you're correct yalitza aparicio in the first indigenous American Woman to be nominated for an Oscar now it's time to put the work and the voices of the future are very young Phoenix leaders please enjoy the unique ways are students have chose the honor and highlight the lives of some incredible women I call you 100 lb on the moon give me a lot underworld your eyes women's month by a Manuel O'Day or month to knowledge woman to show appreciation exclusively is it all to all our success stories has president and use it in the future woman's man we celebrate The Bravery of women their countless Deeds during our struggles years of Agony in Nebraska David during the reality of eminent imminent imminent death to see if he likes it. Society established women's month lemon sole matter because you are you are because men are created equal women have so many compliments like a Sunday one woman's man be a part of me at my chest with a cruel crazy I'm awfully amusing and engaging woman does a woman answers friend stress a message that woman or nobody Sleeps at this time we would like to recognize a very special female leader that has made a significant difference in our Virtual Academy in such a short amount of time they don't thank you for leadership your support and your patient on behalf of the students teachers and staff we just want to say and first don't leave without mentioning our amazing leader the first-ever principal of the leadership and public service Virtual Academy the different skin Indian women in English and body fat women history is all about she has shaped the virtual education that are through hard work and dedication overcoming many obstacles continuing to fight and proving that the great leader a school will continue to succeed and winning our heart we look forward to seeing you but also like to thank all of a few wonderful female faculty members and teacher is here in public service Virtual Academy all of whose names we have up here right here right now on this site thank you very much enjoy your spring break this concludes today's assembly but before we say so long we would like to thank the following students teachers family members and a special guest for the hard work dedication and a big thank you also goes to all the teachers and students who created the very special work that was shared with us today we would also like to recognize and thank you Tina Turner's backup singer what is contributions to this project this assembly was a team effort and everyone's contribution for instrumental and make this assembly a success on behalf of the planning committee thank you for coming to our assembly today's assembly with inspiration and motivation to continue making a difference in our world games Print
