{"id":386755,"date":"2023-03-08T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=386755"},"modified":"2023-03-08T06:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:06:02","slug":"join-the-celebration-wave-for-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/join-the-celebration-wave-for-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the \u2018celebration wave\u2019 for International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As per tradition, several women gather for the Women\u2019s Month Day of Prayer at the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan last Sunday and as a community service, donated nonperishable goods and toiletries to help replenish the Karidat Social Services pantry. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the world marks International Women\u2019s Day today and the CNMI celebrates Women\u2019s History Month, members of the CNMI\u2019s Office of the Governor\u2019s Women\u2019s Affairs Office and the CNMI\u2019s Women\u2019s Association will be gathered at the Garapan Fishing Base in Kristo Rai tonight at 5pm and are inviting all women and supporters to join them to show support of CNMI women by waving and sharing their messages in banners and posters.<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s event, called a \u201ccelebration wave\u201d for International Women\u2019s Day, is just one of the many activities the CNMI\u2019s Office of the Governor\u2019s Women\u2019s Affairs Office and the CNMI\u2019s Women\u2019s Association have lined up for the month.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Affairs Office special adviser Shirley Camacho-Ogumoro, and CWA\u2019s project director Valentina Rivera shared that not only will the month be full of community events celebrating women, but on March 31, 2023 the organizations are collaborating to bring this year\u2019s edition of the Women\u2019s Summit. More details on the summit are to be announced as the date nears.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, March 5, 2023, they had the Women\u2019s Month Day of Prayer at the Kristo Rai Church in Garapan. At the 9:30am Mass at the Kristo Rai parish, many women gathered and, as per tradition, donated canned goods, non-perishable items, and toiletries to the Karidat Social Services\u2019 pantry as part of their community contributions this month. She also mentioned that there are several organizations on island that are holding programs in celebration of Women\u2019s History Month, and she encouraged the public\u2019s support and involvement in these programs.<\/p>\n

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Women of the Saipan’s Rotary Club and club president Wendell Posadas pose with CNMI’s Women\u2019s Association’s project director Valentina Rivera, after Rivera’s presentation yesterday at the Hyatt Regency Saipan. (CHRYSTAL MARINO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rivera, who was the guest speaker at the Saipan\u2019s Rotary Club\u2019s luncheon at Hyatt Regency Saipan yesterday, further advocated and shared the CWA\u2019s mission in helping empower and support aspiring businesswomen in the CNMI. Rivera said that, after a pause in the Women\u2019s Entrepreneurs Project Cohort 3, they are seeking to reopen that as soon they have more women involved, and they are also trying to get several businesses to join in sponsoring the event and making way for more avenues of support for women entrepreneurs in the CNMI. Rivera also mentioned the ongoing entrepreneurs vendors spot at their location on Capital Hill, which happens every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, from 9am until 2pm, (depending on the vendors) and will offer a market of goods from women entrepreneurs. There will also be an indoor consignment market that will also feature the work of women entrepreneurs. Supporters and interested individuals are welcome to check out the event.<\/p>\n

In her message to women in the CNMI this month, Ogumoro said, \u201cBe yourself, your beauty is not just outside but also from within, and continue to inspire women around you and be that role model\u2014women empowering women.\u201d Ogumoro also encouraged women to participate and take advantage of all the free programs and events held to celebrate women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to support every one of us out there that has a dream to be an entrepreneur or wants to have their own lives for themselves. \u2026Just like Miley Cyrus says, \u2018We can buy our own flowers,\u2019 and we can support ourselves and we can push ourselves; and the most important thing is initiative. Everyone else can hype you and push you to do things, but really it\u2019s your destiny, it\u2019s your journey, and you have to do that yourself. So I would push people to do it, and today, this year 2023, do it,\u201d said Rivera.<\/p>\n

To follow these organizations, and to keep updated on ongoing events you can follow them @CNMI Women\u2019s Affairs Office and @CNMI Women\u2019s Association on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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