Voting Resources:
Project Vote: This site provides information on issues in the hopes of having an informed electorate. Click the link to learn more, or to register to vote. http://projectvote.org/
Oklahoma State Elections Board: Learn where your local polling place is, if you are registered to vote, and access sample ballots for Oklahoma elections. http://www.ok.gov/elections/
Vote411: In connection with the League of Women Voters, Vote411 offers easy voter registration, as well as links to resources that can make voting easier. http://www.vote411.org/
Project Vote Smart: Informs voters about candidates and officials for any office with “free, factual, unbiased information”. http://votesmart.org/
How to Find Your Representative:
Oklahoma State Legislature: You can track legislation or type in your address to find your representative through this link. http://oklegislature.gov/
Oklahoma Policy Institute offers a fast and easy way to find your legislators. http://okpolicy.org/resources/find-your-legislator
Business Resources:
Oklahoma Department of Commerce: okcommerce.gov Different resources and explanations of all the wonderful business opportunities that Oklahoma has to offer.
REI Women’s Business Center: reiwbc.org Specifically designed for women business leaders, this site provides ways to empower women wanting to start a business or expand one they already have.
Oklahoma Small Business Development Center: oksbdc.org Focuses on helping small business owners and entrepreneurs with specific information on women owned businesses.
growinokc.com Business networking resources for businesses located in the OKC metro area.
Leadership Resources/Networking Resources:
Oklahoma Women’s Coalition: http://www.okwc.org/
United Way OKC http://www.unitedwayokc.org/
Sally’s List: http://sallyslist.org/
Levo League: http://www.levo.com/companies/levo-league
She Negotiates: http://www.shenegotiates.com/
Courageous Leadership Consortium: http://courageousleadership.org
Women’s Leadership Exchange/ Women’s Leadership Conference (last conf. Oct. 2014): http://www.womensleadershipexchange.com/
American Association of University Women http://www.aauw.org/
What We’re Reading
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson
Women of Influence, Women of Vision: A Cross-Generational Study of Leaders and Social Change by Helen S. Astin and Carole Leland
The Way We’re Working isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz
The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future by John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It by Valerie Young
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
“Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders” by Sheryl Sandberg
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi