Mindset

Posted by Beverly Hill | May 17, 2018 | Health & Wellness | 0 |

This very article is as good an example as any. Mind over situation is making a difference with small ordinary things like just getting this article done. Yes, people let you down. Yes, there are disappointments. Yes, it is quite lonely and difficult at the top. Still I set my mind in the determined direction of helping move the state of women forward one small act at a time. I am determined, that includes encouraging anyone who reads this article. Determined to help the wonderful and life changing organizations led by women who are fierce in this fight for parity, equity and empowerment! Determined that fatigue, frustration and the obligation of “life” will not stop me. Determined. Determined. Determined. Determined.

Mind made up, I understand that there are those of us who are extraordinarily ordinary, yet we make a difference anyhow with the small things. The small things like… voting. The small ordinary things like… speaking up. Small ordinary mundane acts like… just being one in the crowd.

Of hundreds, thousands, even millions. Like the stars we are many, yet we are each crowned with our own special glory and honor.

I will stay in perfect peace; my mind is stayed on thee. I am lifted above “situation” in determined service to all humanity and so glad that angels keep me lifted when the world would stop me cold.

I have decided
Determined, I’m committed
That I’ll run
No matter the cost

And I have decided
Determined, I’m committed
That I’ll run
Even though at times I may get lost

I’m going to finish my race
I’m going to take my proper place
In the winning circle

I’m going to run anyway
I don’t know where or when or how
But I know I’m going to make it

Ohh, I’ll run this race
Nestled safely in amazing grace
I’ve made up my mind and I don’t have much time
But I’ll run, till I finish

(Antonio Dixon/Smokie Norful)

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About The Author

Beverly Hill

Before founding the Gendercide Awareness Project, Beverly Hill worked first as a college lecturer, teaching History and History of Science, and then as a studio artist, creating figurative bronzes and ceramic wall hangings. Because of this background, she brings both academic skills and artistic vision to the organization.Beverly graduated from Duke University summa cum laude with a BA in Economics and returned to Duke for graduate work in History. She won a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her doctoral project in Paris, France for several years. Upon returning to the US, Beverly taught at the University of Massachusetts and the University of Iowa.Starting in the year 2000, she spent three years retraining as a sculptor, realizing a long-deferred desire to work in the visual arts. She moved to Dallas, Texas, where she specialized in figurative bronzes and clay murals. Her work appears in private collections throughout the country.While still teaching at the University of Iowa, Beverly developed a strong interest in global women’s rights. During her years as a sculptor, she further educated herself on the subject and was astonished to learn that in many parts of the world, women and girls are so oppressed that they simply do not survive. Their premature deaths create a measurable dent in the global female population -- with 3.2% of it missing! This staggering loss of life is a marker for the welfare of women throughout the world. It should be widely cited and known. Instead, few people know anything about it. Beverly became increasingly disturbed by the situation, finally reaching the point where she could no longer do nothing. In 2011 she founded the Gendercide Awareness Project -- called Gendap for short.Since then, the Gendap team has used every means possible to raise awareness, even bringing a Nobel Laureate to Dallas to speak about gendercide. In 2017, the team reached a major milestone, opening a moving and visually powerful art exhibit that demonstrates the scale of gendercide. It uses thousands of pairs of baby booties to represent the 117 million women who are missing in the world today. The exhibit premiered in the Dallas Arts District and will move on to other cities.Since its creation, the Gendap team has matched awareness activities with practical measures to improve the status of women. For the first six years, this meant paying 500 at-risk women in 30 developing countries a fair wage to make baby booties from traditional materials. In 2016, the team launched a Girls' Education program. This arose from the team's conviction that educating at-risk girls is the best long-term strategy to end gendercide. Gendap now raises funds to educate poor girls in five developing countries -- girls who otherwise could not go to school. Website: https://www.gendap.org/index.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GendapOrg/ Twitter: @gendaporg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gendap/

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