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Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Marlene Dietrich: “I am at heart a gentleman.”
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich, a staunch anti-Nazi who despised antisemitism, became an American citizen in 1939.
In December 1941, the U.S. entered World War II, and Dietrich became one of the first celebrities to raise war bonds. She toured the US from January 1942 to September 1943 (appearing before 250 000 troops on the Pacific Coast leg of her tour alone) and it is said that she sold more war bonds than any other star. During two extended tours for the USO in 1944 and 1945, she performed for Allied troops on the front lines in Algeria, Italy, England and France and went into Germany with Generals James M. Gavin and George S. Patton. When asked why she had done this, in spite of the obvious danger of being within a few kilometres of German lines, she replied, "aus Anstand" — "it was the decent thing to do." Dietrich was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the US in 1945.
Mia Farrow: “With knowledge comes responsibility”
Mia Farrow has been a high profile advocate for children's rights, working to raise funds and awareness for children in conflict affected regions, predominantly in Africa. She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has worked extensively to draw attention to the fight to eradicate polio, which she survived as a child.
Since 2007, Farrow has been involved with the Dream for Darfur campaign, which has made a major effort to focus public attention on China's support for the government of Sudan, with a special focus on the 2008 Summer Olympics. To raise awareness about situation in Sudan, Farrow began a water-only fast on April 27, 2009. On May 8, after 12 days of fasting, she called a halt to the fast due to a downturn in her health.
Farrow received the France Legion of Arts and Lettres award, the Refugees International McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award for "extraordinary service to refugees and displaced people", the Tiannamen Square Award, and the Leon Sullivan International Service award.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden (right) greets speaker Montana Golden Yolk Farm and Creamery owner Laura Ginsburg to the informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb.19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Aung San Suu Kyi: “We are convinced that the non-violent approach is the best for our country. We believe that it the long run it actually pays off. “
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician and was General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory, gaining 59% of the vote and 394 of 492 seats. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections, and she has remained under house arrest in Myanmar for almost 14 out of the past 20 years. She continues to be imprisoned. Influenced by both Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence and by more specifically Buddhist concepts, Aung San Suu Kyi entered politics to work for democratization. She was offered freedom if she left the country, but she refused. Many nations and figures have continued to call for her release and that of 2,100 other political prisoners in the country.
Aung San Suu Kyi was the recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India.
Attendees listen to Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Diana, Princess of Wales : “Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can”.
Diana has received worldwide recognition for her charity work. From 1989, she was the president of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Diana developed an intense interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess was the patroness of charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. During her final year, Diana lent highly visible support to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Dana Coale networks at Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Laura Bush: ” We can overcome evil with greater good”.
As First Lady, Laura Bush made it known that she would focus much of her attention on education, both nationally and internationally. Another of her signature issues were those relating to the health of women. She established the Women's Health and Wellness Initiative and became involved with two major campaigns. Bush became involved with The Heart Truth awareness campaign, leading the federal government's effort to give women a "wake up call" about the risk of heart disease. She has also become a breast cancer activist through her involvement in the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
As First Lady, she took goodwill trips to Africa to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and malaria. In mid-2007, she took a trip to Burma where she spoke out in support of the pro-democracy movement, and urged Burmese soldiers and militias to refrain from violence.
Montana Golden Yoke Farm and Creamery owner Laura Ginsburg speaks at Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Pam Grier: ” If you're an independent woman, every woman is Foxy Brown”
Actress Pam Grier is one of the first African American women who made it in Hollywood. She is famous for her roles during the so-called blaxploitation film era, and will go down in cinematic history for instilling the image of the strong and sexy woman on the silver screen. While Grier is known for her acting credentials in movies such as Foxy Brown, Coffy, and Sheba Baby, she’s also a cancer survivor, animal enthusiast, and overall true humanitarian.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Christiane Amanpour: ”I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way”.
Christiane Amanpour is anchor of ABC News's This Week and formerly chief international correspondent at CNN, where she worked for 27 years. During her early years as a correspondent, Amanpour was able to land her first major assignment covering the Persian Gulf War which led her to be transferred in 1986 to Eastern Europe to report on the fall of communism.In 1989, she was assigned to work in Frankfurt, Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time. Following Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990, Amanpour's reports of the Persian Gulf War brought her wide notice while also taking the network to a new level of news coverage. Thereafter, she reported from the Bosnian war and many other conflict zones. Amanpour gained a reputation for being fearless during the Gulf and Bosnian wars from parachuting into conflict areas. Amanpour is one of the most recognized international correspondents on American television, with a willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden meets with an attendee at an informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo meets with an attendee at Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb.19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Anjelina Jolie :"We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help."
Anjelina Jolie promotes humanitarian causes, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jolie has been on field missions around the world and met with refugees and internally displaced persons in more than 20 countries. Over time, Jolie became more involved in promoting humanitarian causes on a political level, lobbying humanitarian interests. She met with members of Congress at least 20 times from 2003.
In 2005 Jolie announced the founding of the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children, an organization that provides free legal-aid to asylum-seeking children with no legal representation, which Jolie personally funded with a donation of $500,000 for its first two years. In 2006, Jolie announced the founding of the Jolie/Pitt Foundation which made initial donations to Global Action for Children and Doctors Without Borders of $1 million each. Jolie also co-chairs the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, founded at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2006, which helps fund education programs for children affected by conflict.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
On January 27, 2016 Goldcorp was the proud presenting sponsor of Dress for Success Vancouver's Casino Night, an exclusive ladies-only event which took place at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Now in its second year, the event brought together 120 women working in mining and mining–related fields, who collectively raised over $48,000 in support of Vancouver’s Dress for Success. Net proceeds of the event will make it possible for approximately 600 local women to participate in programs that empower women to achieve economic independence by providing professional attire, career services, and skills development programs to help women thrive in work and in life.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Sally Schneider networks at Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Attendees networking at Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden's informal Women's Networking Event at the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century” on Thursday, Feb.19, 2015 in Crystal City, VA. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza
Italian and American military women build friendships at the F2F event on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5.
Photo by Anna Ciccotti/USAG Vicenza PAO
The U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza hosted a Female to Female intercultural event dedicated to young Italian and American military women at the Golden Lion Conference Center on Caserma Ederle Dec. 5. More than 30 Italian female service members from seven installations in the Veneto Region joined the 65 American female Soldiers from the Vicenza Military Community to attend this historical social networking event, the first of its kind ever organized in Ederle.
Learn more about us on www.usag.vicenza.army.mil and www.facebook.com/USAGvicenza