Cindy Nofziger, a physical therapist for Seattle Public Schools, is a state winner of the Jefferson Award, the “Nobel Prize” of public service.
It started with a plea from an old friend on the other side of the world, begging for help rebuilding a school that had been destroyed in a brutal civil war.
Seven years later, Schools for Salone has raised money to build 12 schools with a 13th in progress, two libraries and numerous water wells in war-torn villages across Sierra Leone.
Actress Geena Davis was in Seattle on Monday for a forum on women and girls organized by Global Washington, a membership group for the state’s global health and development sector.
It was an unusual pairing; the Academy Award-winning actress founded a nonprofit focused on improving the portrayal of women in U.S. media, while Seattle-based Global Washington has an international development focus.
Davis spoke at Seattle’s Town Hall, where an estimated 800 people enthusiastically welcomed the star, who shared the stage with Andrea Taylor, Microsoft’s director of corporate giving for North America, and Chris Grumm, the former CEO Read More “Geena Davis speaks in Seattle on women in the media”
Actor and women’s advocate Geena Davis — Thelma in the 1991 hit ‘neo-feminist’ movie Thelma & Louise — was in Seattle Monday evening calling for a renewed women’s movement worldwide.
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“We’re due for a resurgence of the women’s movement,” Davis said to a packed room at Seattle Town Hall. Though the Seattle crowd was by far mostly women and girls, she spoke earlier in the day on the Microsoft campus in Redmond to a packed room of mostly men. The event was sponsored by Global Washington.
