IAWP Annual Awards - Nominations Due March 21st

Nominations for IAWP's annual awards, presented at the Annual Conference, are due by March 21, 2011. Nominations are being submitted on-line only.  Please take the time to consider someone you know for nomination to the following awards: 

• Officer of the Year Award
• Excellence in Performance Award
• Mary Jo Blahowski Leadership Award
• Mentoring Award
• Medal of Valor Award
• Community Service Award
• Civilian Achievement Award

All information on the criteria for these awards and the form to submit with are located at the following link: www.iawp.org/awards.htm

The National 9/11 Flag

Massachusetts Service Heroes Needed to Stitch The National 9/11 Flag

York Beach, Maine

March 23, 2011 at 1:00pm
York Beach Fire Dept.
18 Railroad Avenue,

York, ME

Danvers, Massachusetts

March 24, 2011 at 9:00 am

St. John's Prep
Memorial Gymnasium

72 Spring Street, Danvers, MA

Destroyed in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and stitched back together seven years later by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, The National 9/11Flag is a living testament to the resilience and compassion of the American people. It is the modern day version of The Star Spangled Banner.  The New York Says Thank You Foundation is currently taking The National 9/11 Flag on a journey across America where local service heroes in all 50 states will be given the historic privilege of stitching the flag back to its original 13-stripe format using pieces of fabric from American flags destined for retirement in each state.  Once the flag is restored and made whole again by the 10th Year Anniversary of 9/11, The National 9/11 Flag will become a part of the permanent collection of the National September 11 Memorial Museum being built at the World Trade Center.

On March 24, The National 9/11 Flag will make its way to Danvers, MA where FDNY firefighters will assist local service heroes in an historic stitching ceremony to help sew the Massachusetts restorative patch onto The National 9/11 Flag at St. John's Prep, Memorial Gymnasium, 72 Spring Street at 9:00 am follwed by stitching open to the public until 1:00 pm.

www.National911flag.org

International Women's Day

International Womens Day is observed each year in the month of March which is also Women's History Month in the United States.  Events are held all over the world and in the United States. At the bottom of this post are events that are being held in Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA, Providence, RI and Portland, ME. 

http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

International Womens Day is observed in March of each year since the early 1900's,a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

1908
Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights.

1909
In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913.