Partnerships & Press

A WISE Move

OWB's cinderella story began when our plucky heroine decided to ditch 9 - 5 and start a publishing business. She cut her business teeth at Women’s Initiative for Self Employment (WISE), an amazing organization that helps "lower-income, high potential" women gain economic independence through becoming entrepreneurs. Watch "Beyond One Woman" an original short film produced by WISE and learn about our heroine's great leap and others who found their entrepreneurial wings: http://www.womensinitiative. org/video/Ripple.wmv.

A Hand Up ... Not a Hand Out

OWB participated in the 2006 “World of Good Auction,” which raised over $14,000 for Handup Congo! To learn more about this amazing effort and the über-easy things you can do to support it, check out: www.handupcongo.org

The View From Up Here

OWB is a featured guest on a live taping of The View From The Bay on KGO-7. Our fearless leader - on a dare - took up the challenge of composing an on-the-spot mini-narrative for the hosts, Spencer Christian and Janelle Wang, en route to the show! Now that’s what we call Workin’ It!

Hanging Out (At Sea) with the Girls!

Our heroine gets wet and wild on The Tall Ship Academy's three-day Women's Challenge. The challenge raises money for its semester-at-sea program for teenage girls. To learn more about Tracy's voyage and the program check out her article,

"Women Brave Wind and Rain in Women’s Challenge VI" - http://www.tallshipacademy.org/pdfs/May2007.pdf.

Literacy is Our Birthright

We are passionate about advancing literacy worldwide. Toward that end we donated a portion of our 2007 BEA sales to ProLiteracy Worldwide (www.proliteracy.org).