Did you know POTUS Obama issued an Executive Order making the Presidential Innovation Fellowship Program a permanent part of the Federal government yesterday? Read the White House’sMedium blog: https://medium.com/@WhiteHouse/meet-the-presidential-innovation-fellows-194dec20442b.
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Digital & Tech Professionals Apply for Presidential Innovation Fellowship
Happy #InternetGeek Tuesday!
Today, I’m encouraging digital and tech professionals interested in serving the U.S. Government to apply for the Presidential Innovation Fellowship. It’s a great way to give back, grow, and make America’s technology in government better. Click on the link for more details:
https://presidentialinnovationfellows.gov.
Join me for 8/12 #digcit Twitter chat!
When’s the last time you unplugged and took a break from your digital life?
Have you ever thought about creating a digital wellness plan?
Join me on August 12 at 7PM ET for the #digcit Twitter chat. The topic is digital wellness and unplugging. Follow @anandaleeke and use the #digcit hashtag to participate in the chat.
New Beginnings at Law Students in Court
My August is filled with new beginnings. This week, I started working as the Digital Communications Director of Law Students in Court (LSIC).
LSIC is a nonprofit legal services organization that inspires and teaches the next generation of social justice attorneys while providing free, high quality legal representation to low-income residents in Washington, DC. Click here to learn more about LISC’s legacy of service. It started almost 50 years ago in 1969. LIKE us on Facebook.
Working at LSIC feels like home because I participated in the program when I was a third-year law student at Howard University School of Law. In this new position, I am marrying my passions for creative expression, digital media, law, and service that improves and inspires people’s lives in my hometown. Stay tuned for more news about my adventures in the coming weeks.
Photo Credit: Law Students in Court
#DigitalSisterhood Wednesday Shout Out: Women in Tech Campaign’s #TechIsMore Event
Happy#DigitalSisterhood Wednesday!
August is off to a great start in my world. On Monday, I participated in the Women in Tech Campaign’s #TechIsMore digital event. It was truly a #DigitalSisterhood experience that included sitting in a room surrounded by dynamic Digital Sisters in real time and via Google Hangout, Periscope, and Twitter. We had a double chocolate delicious discussion about women in tech issues including diversity, inclusion, challenges, and success strategies. Click on link below to read the #TechisMore Storify blog recap prepared by Women in Tech Campaign founder Emily Rasowsky.
https://storify.com/WITCampaign/recap-techismore-event-on-inclusion-in-tech
Be sure to follow @WITCampaign on Twitter.
Join me for 8/3 Women in Tech Campaign’s #TechIsMore event
DC & DMV Friends Join Me Tonight at Digital Citizenship Month Community Meet Up
Tonight, I am hosting the Digital Citizenship Month Community Meet Up from 6-8PM at Love ‘n’ Faith Cafe, 2424 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC (a few blocks from the U Street/Cardozo Green Line Metro Station). Join me for a conversation about how we use our digital citizenship voices to support campaigns, causes, creative endeavors, and organizations we are passionate about. See you tonight!
DMV Friends Join Me for 7/30 Digital Citizenship Month Community Meet Up
DMV friends join me for the Digital Citizenship Month Community Meet Up on Thursday, July 30 from 6-8PM at Love ‘n’ Faith Café on 14th Street, NW in DC. Register here.
#FierceLiving Friday: My Dream of Becoming A Designer Happened Today!
Happy #FierceLiving Friday!
Guess what happened today? I officially realized my #FierceLivingat50 dream of becoming a designer when I wore my “Karma: One of Love’s Troubadours” scarf for the first time during my client meeting at Love ‘n’ Faith Cafe on 14th Street, NW, in DC.
In May, I partnered with VIDA to create a collection of four scarves that use artwork from my three books.
The “Karma” scarf I am wearing in the photos above incorporates my painting that appears on the cover of my yoga-inspired novel, Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One (available on Amazon.com). It celebrates a woman’s self-discovery journey and represents the main character in my novel.
Click here to learn more about my VIDA Voices scarf collection ($40 for each scarf).
Ananda Leeke 