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Ramona Russell
is a natural promoter. Whether she's raving about a new website or
a cause close to her heart, Ramona is always promoting the things
she is passionate about. With a Bachelor's Degree in
Communications and years of experience in marketing, public
relations, fundraising and sales, Ramona used her talents to start
a company in her sister Liz's memory that promotes products from
companies whose proceeds directly give back to charitable
organizations.
Uptown Liz, created in
memory of Elizabeth “Liz” Overturf who died from breast cancer at
28 years old, was founded to promote products from companies whose
proceeds directly give back to charitable organizations. Through
their online database, you can search by cause or product, with
the knowledge that every time you link to a company and make a
purchase, you are making a difference. Their mission is to build a
bridge between compassionate consumers and concerned companies in
order to improve the world around them. They like to call it
"retail philanthropy" - the opportunity to purchase quality
products that benefit worthwhile causes.
A driven
professional, Ramona funnels her passion into her work as well as
marathon training and supporting charities that fight cancer after
losing her 28 year old sister, Liz, to breast cancer in 2006. In
June 2007, she was a first-time team captain with her mother for
the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Motivated by her
determination and desire to honor her sister's memory, Ramona and
her phenomenal team raised a record-breaking $22,000 - receiving
four awards including number one fundraising team - and obtained
front page coverage in the newspaper for Liz's story and the
event.
Ramona’s
answers to the Real Beauty Questions
I am a Real Beauty because…
"I
care deeply about others and what is going on in their lives"
I am most
beautiful when…
"laughing"
If I were not
afraid I would…
"do more that involved heights"
Today I
celebrated my beauty by…
"running"
http://www.uptownliz.com
Marianne Merritt Talbot, Esq.
Lawyer, Lifestyle and Career Coach
Marianne founded Modern Venus Ltd. after retiring from an
illustrious 14-year career as a lawyer in which she specialized in
civil rights, women's rights and animal protection law. Marianne
and Modern Venus Ltd. are dedicated to empowering women to live a
bigger life in large ways (time for a career change or to start
your own business?) as well as small (Marianne specializes in
assisting women in relieving stress while infusing creativity into
their daily lives). Marianne is a fierce advocate for women in the
workplace, and Modern Venus Ltd. is creating a new feminine
corporate model based upon the principles of community, creativity
and philanthropy.
Marianne's career path has been wide-ranging and creative. While
studying law in Washington, DC, Marianne worked at a number of
leading civil rights organizations, including the Lawyers'
Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund and also interned at the United States Department
of Justice, where she worked on criminal civil rights prosecutions
(including the Rodney King trial).
Marianne is a proud member of the National Association of Women
Business Owners, National Association of Women Lawyers, Ladies Who
Launch, Downtown Women's Club, the Femme Network, the Step Up
Women's Network, Business Network International, and the Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce, among others.
Marianne has founded and/or has served as a director of various
charitable organizations, including most recently The Ten Dollar
Club, a nonprofit that funds international relief efforts around
the world, and The Kinhaven Music School, an academy for young
musicians located in Weston, Vermont.
Marianne’s answers to the Real Beauty Questions
Marianne's Answers to the Real Beauty Questions
I am a Real Beauty because…
I am smart and compassionate, I love helping people, I appreciate
the beauty all around
me, and I love celebrating my life and those I love!
I am most beautiful when…
I feel I make a difference to those around me. I also feel
most beautiful when I am in
Paris walking hand-in-hand with my husband Daniel!
If I were not afraid I would…
Go skydiving.
Today I celebrated my beauty by…
Choosing not to buy any cosmetics full of toxins, but
instead chose to purchase a
beautiful organic and chemical-free skin lotion and lipstick (from
Dr. Hauschka!)
My advice to a young woman struggling with her body image and self
esteem is…
Replace those negative voices in your head with positive ones. Say
to yourself daily (and
write this out on your mirrors in dry-erase marker!): “I am
beautiful and gorgeous!” “I am
irresistible!” “I am sexy and smart!” - whatever resonates
for you. When you begin
saying something negative to yourself, immediately stop and say
one of these
affirmations instead! Also, take beautiful care of yourself by indulging
in the best organic
skin products you can, buy eating organically, and by intentionally
choosing not to fill
your body with lots of unnecessary and toxic icky chemicals! Know that my
doing this,
you are taking exquisite care of your beauty.
http://modernvenus.net
Dina Zeckhausen, PhD
In 1996, Dina
founded EDIN--the Eating Disorders Information Network.
EDIN’s School and Community Outreach initiatives have been honored
by the National Eating Disorders Association and serve as a model
for local, grassroots organizations around the country.
“EDIN gives
people tools to not only fight the “voice” of an eating disorder
inside their own heads, but to speak out and address these issues
in new creative ways. We are also recognizing the complex
interplay of psychological, genetic, family and peer influences
that contribute to the development of eating disorders, and that
eating disorders are not just about “vanity” or wanting to fit
into Size 0 jeans. But we still have a long way to go. It is our
hope that communities, schools and parents will adopt our program
model to effect systemic change.”
In 1996, Dr.
Zeckhausen wrote a play about a girl who struggles with an eating
disorder entitled “What’s Eating Katie?” which has been
performed locally and nationally by high school and college
students. She also wrote the first children’s book devoted to
preventing eating disorders called “Full
Mouse, Empty Mouse” (Magination Press, 2007).
Dina has been
featured in numerous National Press Outlets including; The
Today Show, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, The Food Network
show “Cooking Thin”, Connecting with Kids, CNN and Headline News
and Shape Magazine.
Dina is
honored as a Real Beauty for her passion and tireless effort
working to reduce the stigma attached to eating disorders. Through
her programs, Dina has provided the tools to make a difference in
so many lives.
Dina’s
Answers to the Real Beauty Questions
I am a Real Beauty because…
"I am passionate
about trying to help others discover their beauty"
I am most
beautiful when…
"I am holding my children"
If I were not
afraid I would…
"Jump out of an airplane (with a parachute, of course!)"
Today I
celebrated my beauty by…
"Going for a run with friends before my family was awake."
http://myedin.org
Laurie David
is devoted to stopping global warming. She founded the Stop
Global Warming Virtual March at
www.stopglobalwarming.org with Senator John McCain and Robert
F. Kennedy, Jr. that is engaging religious leaders, sports
figures, elected officials from all sides of the aisle, business
leaders, and every day Americans to urge the United States to
address the ticking time bomb that is global warming.
She is also the Producer of the Academy Award winning film, An
Inconvenient Truth and a best selling author of The Down To Earth
Guide to Global Warming and The Solution is You: An Activists
Guide.
In addition, Laurie has produced several other projects that bring
the issue of global warming into mainstream popular culture.
In the spring of 2007 Laurie launched the Stop Global Warming
College Tour with Sheryl Crow, where they visited college campuses
throughout the South East on a biodiesel tour bus and raising
awareness and inspiring students to become part of the movement to
stop global warming.
Declared the Bono of climate change by Vanity Fair, Laurie has
been featured in countless national media outlets and is a regular
blogger on the Huffington Post.
Through her tireless efforts to stop global warming, her social
activism, her entrepreneurial spirit and her commitment to the
environmental education of others, she is a shining example of
true beauty.
Read her entire bio at
http://www.lauriedavid.com |
