The Women's Village Interviews • Billie Mayo

Billie Mayo formerly served as the Assistant to the Chief Academic Office of the St. Louis Public Schools and the Director of the Saint Louis Urban Educational Leadership Cohort at Saint Louis University. Billie spent 23 years as a middle school teacher before moving to into Administration. She has also been responsible for training St. Louis Public Schools personnel on a number of topics including learning styles, effective communication, improving discipline with dignity, conflict mediation and stress management. Billie has offered her insight on building multicultural alliances in workshops in the Virgin Islands, Portland Oregon, Wichita and Winfield Kansas, University City, Riverview Gardens, Saint Louis Public Schools and a number of places too numerous to mention. She has been a facilitator for the World of Difference Program, NCCJ’s Dismantling Racism Institutes, the Teaching and Leading for Social Justice Advocacy Project, and the Leadership and Racism Retreats and Institutes. Mrs. Mayo, a graduate of Harris Stowe State Teachers College, has completed two Masters Degrees at Webster University and a Doctorate in Educational Administration at Saint Louis University. Some of Billie’s achievements are the 1998 Ford Foundation “Heroes and Sheroes” award for Human Rights, the Sammy Davis, Jr. “Yes I Can” award in 1996, the Saint Louis American’s 2002 Salute to Excellence Award for Educators, the 2003 University City School System’s Martin Luther King Spirit Award for Social Justice, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis 2007 Dean’s award for contributions to Social Justice.http://eec4justice.com/staff/billie-mayo/~~~~From Dale Allen:Let Your Voice Be Heard • Let Your Heart Be Inspired!I was honored to be a part of a special project for the Parliament of the World’s Religions Women's Task Force: conducting interviews inside the first-ever Women's Village. The invitation put forth at the Interview Suite was:  Let Your Voice be Heard! In total, I interviewed 71 women. I was truly fortunate to sit with women as they spoke so profoundly from their hearts about their faith-in-action toward the Parliament's themes of:  a call to conscience, the support of the human rights and dignity of women, and the care of the next generations of children (which, of course includes care of our earth). This series of interviews gave me a sense of peace and reassurance.  The women are activated, and their love cannot be stopped.  And I believe that you will find, as I did, that listening to women speak from their fierce hearts, empowers us as women to find our own voices and to take action from our hearts as well.   Please return each week for a new interview here.  And please help me share these women by subscribing!Parliament Global Sisters Fundhttps://parliamentofreligions.org/womens-dignity/Dale Allenhttps://www.inourrightminds.net•The Women's Village on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLERmh9O718z_u3H7vlNzaBaHs5KmSSXl7•“Woman Shine” song by Dale Allen on all music platformshttps://youtu.be/-nsvL9JjMc4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjcQHfw2AIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjcQHfw2AISupport the show