Throughout history, women have been a driving force in making change and impacting the world around them. From Queen Elizabeth, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Michelle Obama, women have always been able to achieve many amazing things.
Women today have the opportunity to make an impact like they never before. Women can run major businesses, make their own money and be involved in politics. In Clarksville, women are using these advantages to come together to make a change for their community. Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) provides opportunities for women of all ages to help transform their community through the giving of their skills, time and resources. WLC through the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region focuses on Living United in regards to women and children. It is a program that is active in many other United Ways across the country. Melinda Knox, WLC Coordinator, stated “I think the women’s leadership council will be good for the community because it will help us to cultivate and nurture the needs of women and children in our community.”
United Way and the WLC are looking to advance the common good, by focusing on Health, Educations, and Income. WLC members are broken down into sub-committees for:
• Advocacy-Building the capacity of your local effort that educates, enhances and equips women in your community to be advocates at both the city and state levels.
• Leadership- Cultivate women’s leadership by offering an array of choices including speaking engagements, volunteer opportunities, board training, and development.
• Resource Development- Raise the financial support necessary to support our local United Way and meet the most pressing needs facing women and/or children in our community.
By focusing on these key areas they will impact the community by raising money, raising their voices, giving 110% and by kicking off their heels and getting down to business. WLC will continue to advance the common good by enriching education, income, and health and will be providing lasting changes by addressing the underlining cause of the problems. “Working together, we will all live united and together we can make a change,” says Knox.
Any woman can make a difference. “I am pleased that the WLC provides yet another opportunity for women to work together in service to others. We are calling on the caring power of women to step up as we stand for all that is right in advancing the common good in Montgomery, Houston, and Stewart counties as well as the Fort Campbell area” says Beckie Moore, Executive Director for United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region. Any woman wanting to make a difference in their community may contact Melinda Knox at 931-647-4291 to join or visit liveunitedclarksville.org.
