WOMEN,
As we dive deeper into
2020, vote for your
skillset. Vote for your
confidence. Vote for your
ability to leave no task
unfinished. Vote for your
pay increase. Vote to
scale back your schedule,
or vote to jump back into
a schedule.
The moral of the story
here is, bet on you. No
one can be a bigger
advocate for you than
you. On top of that,
I implore women to
support your fellow
females. Whether
you’re a single woman, a
married woman, a mom
or child free, stay-athome
or working 40-
plus hours a week, the
time for complacency or
judgements is beyond
over.
In 2011, to coincide
with Women’s History
Month, the White
House issued a 50-year
progress report on the
status of women in our
country. It found that
young women are now
more likely than their
male counterparts to
Since 1987 (a fabulous year I might
add), our country has been observing
Women’s History Month each March.
In 2020, the selected theme for
Women’s History Month is “Valiant
Women of the Vote.”
In the spirit of the women who have gone before
us and fought so diligently to ensure women were
assured this basic right, I would like to impart a new
take on this theme. Vote for yourself. Women of the
Space Coast, hear my cry!
hold a college degree
and that the number
of men and women
in the workforce has
nearly equalized. This is
exciting news for women
everywhere because we
are now in a day and
age where the stigma of
being a working woman
is over. Women no longer
are a minority in the
workforce. Instead we are
all collectively just, the
workforce.
I feel blessed to have
been raised in a time
where a fight that was
so visceral and palpable
100 years ago is now
a memory. I also find
tremendous hope in
the fact that attitudes
are adjusting towards
women in the workplace
and how they should be
treated. It’s important
to drive all decisions in
business based on your
value system and not by
fear of not getting ahead.
Whether you work in
a highly visible highpressure
industry or own
your own small business,
we all deserve respect.
I look forward to a
new internal fight to
be won among women
everywhere. Bet on
yourself, and vote for
you!
EVERYTHING culture
Vote for Yourself
Jennifer Sugarman, President and CEO of the Cocoa
Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, is a busy
working mom to son, Emmett. She formed the
Cocoa Beach Chamber’s Young Professionals Group
in 2016, currently serves on the board for United
Way of Brevard and is an active member in Brevard
County’s business community.
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