The Unity Lounge – IBEW

Employee of the Month: Jeff Rathner

Jeff was born and bred in D.C. Graduate of University of Maryland. Been a member of Local 1200 for 38 years. Started as a news photographer shooting film, at WTVR in Richmond. Also worked in Memphis, WBAL, Channel 5 in New York, Channel 9 in DC, and at WETA since 1983.

Been married to Jan for 38 years. Two boys; Zack 32, and Jesse 29.

Let’s Celebrate the ladies of IBEW

“If you don't have any shadows you're not in the light” ― Lady Gaga
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. - Nikki Giovanni
We never know how high we are, Till we are called to rise; And then, if we are true to plan, Our statures touch the skies. - Emily Dickinson
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water- Eleanor Roosevelt
"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose." - Margaret Thatcher
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
"Success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives." - Michelle Obama
"Be willing to take a chance, because you never know how perfect something could turn out to be." - Emily Grace
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.” – Melinda Gates
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” ― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. - Dolly Parton
“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.” – Kavita Ramdas
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
"A strong women looks a challenge in the eye and gives it a wink" - Gina Carey
A woman is the full circle. Within her is the ability to create, nurture, and transform. — Diane Mariechild
"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” - Oprah
Peace begins with a smile. - Mother Teresa
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people" . — Eleanor Roosevelt
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. -Shirley Chisholm
“When you learn, teach, when you get, give.” - Maya Angelou
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations can never effect a reform.” - Susan B. Anthony
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door”. -Coco Chanel
I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job - Sandra Day O'Connor
"And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness" — Malala Yousafzai
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” - Jane Goodall
At this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, I don't think you can help but be involved. - Nina Simone
"Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you". — Hillary Clinton
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent. - Madeleine Albright
‪"The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving. - Gloria Steinem
"I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept". - Angela Davis
It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind. - Queen Elizabeth II
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.” ― Margaret Thatcher

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