Three East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) students were selected to attend a program which seeks to help prepare and empower young women to be future leaders in the political process. The students attended the National Education for Women\u2019s (NEW) Leadership Pennsylvania\u2122 institute at the PennsylvaniaCenter for Women and Politics at Chatham University. The NEW program is a six-day concentrated curriculum for female students attending colleges and universities throughout Pennsylvania. Participants learned about networking and the need for women\u2019s leadership in the political process.<\/p>\n
The three students are Myia Woodson, a senior from East Stroudsburg, Pa., who will graduate this fall and is majoring in political science with a concentration on pre-law; Amy Okale Majani, a senior from East Stroudsburg, Pa., who is majoring in political science with a concentration on politics and government; and Jacqueline Prestoy, a junior from Quakertown, Pa., who is majoring in communication studies with a minor in political science.\u00a0Each year approximately 35 students are selected to attend.\u00a0Kimberly S. Adams, Ph.D., an ESU associate professor of political science, recruited the students and served as a faculty liaison between ESU and the NEW Leadership Institute.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Participants toured the Capitol in Harrisburg, and heard from successful women leaders about politics and public policy. Sessions included a presentation titled, \u201cWhy YOU Should Consider Running for Office,\u201d with panelists Heather Heidelbaugh, Allegheny County Council; Former Congresswoman Melissa Hart; Valerie McDonald Roberts, Allegheny County Real Estate Department and Chelsa Wagner, Allegheny County Controller. Pa. Representative Dan Frankel (D-23rd<\/sup> Dist.), and Pa. Senator Jay Costa (D-43rd<\/sup> Dist.) also provided a question and answer session.<\/p>\n \u201cNEW Leadership provided a new perspective on the role of women in leadership \u2013 especially political leadership \u2013 as we heard from women who held these positions and those who worked behind these women,\u201d said Majani.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought the NEW Leadership conference would be important to attend, especially because soon I will be entering into the work force,\u201d said Woodson. \u201cI am thankful for the support of my parents, friends, Dr. Adams and the Political Science Department, who afforded me the opportunity to attend. I have learned so much about leadership and I have definitely come back as a new leader.\u00a0I really enjoyed the advocacy and diversity training that we received.\u00a0It was intensive, but well worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n Majani, Woodson and Prestoy said a saying offered at the conference was noteworthy \u2013 if you are not at the table, you are on the menu. \u201cI think we heard this quote the most,\u201d said Woodson. \u201cIt shows how underrepresented women are in politics and how we have to make an effort to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dI wanted to attend this conference to further my knowledge of politics, leadership, and women in power,\u201d said Prestoy. \u201cI learned many different things, like how women differ from men with regard to political leadership and how to successfully advocate and lobby. This was a very informative and important experience. This conference really enlightened me as to just how underrepresented women are in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n The students will serve as guest panelists to discuss their experiences at the NEW program in Dr. Adams\u2019 Women and Politics class in the fall.<\/p>\n The ESU Department of Political Science, the ESU vice president for student affairs, and the dean of ESU College of Arts and Sciences helped fund the students\u2019 participation. This year, all three applications to the program were accepted. In the previous two years two ESU students were accepted.<\/p>\n For more information about the women\u2019s leadership conference or the political science degree programs at East Stroudsburg University contact Dr. Adams at 570-422-3924 or by email at ksadams@esu.edu<\/a> or visit www.esu.edu\/pols<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three ESU Students Attend Women\u2019s Leadership Conference <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22,42,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook","category-news-release","category-slider"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6144,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6139\/revisions\/6144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quantum.esu.edu\/insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}