Former WNBA Star Renee Montgomery Has A New Position: Venture Capitalist By Rebecca Szkutak Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery shook the sports world last year when the Atlanta Dream point guard opted out of her 12th season to turn her attention full time to social justice reform. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she launched the Remember the 3rd campaign in…
This CEO’s Secret To Success: Become A Conscious Hustler.Tiffany Hardin—an award-winning executive and marketer—coined the term in 2018 when she walked away from a corporate job where she had endured some confidence-shaking experiences as one of the only Black leaders in a global organization. By Laura Begley Bloom Have you ever heard of a conscious hustler? It has nothing to…
Powerhouse Sports Executive Val Ackerman Shares How Pivoting Became Part Of Her Career Success By Cheryl Robinson In an era where there are many firsts for women, Val Ackerman, commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, has been a staple trailblazer and role model in the world of sports for over 30 years. She was the first woman staff attorney and special assistant…
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo on How She Found Her Own Leadership Groove By Maria Aspan Fidji Simo is used to standing out in Silicon Valley. A French immigrant who prefers high heels to hoodies and still speaks with a musical accent, Simo spent a decade climbing the product ranks at Facebook, eventually becoming its most senior female product executive. She ran Facebook’s flagship…
With women trailblazers like Susan B. Anthony and Rosa Parks fighting for equality, women today can be just about anything they set their minds to. In the last 150 years, women’s roles have changed dramatically across the world. Although work is still being done for equal rights for all, here are a few of the women who broke down huge barriers: Shirley Chisholm…
Boston elects Michelle Wu, first woman and Asian American as mayor By STEVE LeBLANC Boston voters, marking a key milestone in the city’s long political history, for the first time elected a woman and an Asian American as mayor on Tuesday, tapping City Councilor Michelle Wu to serve in the city’s top political office. Wu’s victory marks a turning point…
Join us on Friday, March 11th, 2022 for “Advancing Pay Equity in a Post-Pandemic World,” a two-part virtual conversation with business executives on pay equity and a promotability workshop with Amii Barnard-Bahn. The Global Connections for Women Foundation presents a 2-part virtual event on Advancing Pay Equity in a Post-Pandemic World: panel discussion and promotability workshop for an immersive experience on best practices for advancing pay…
The group is a small slice of the internet where politics and divisive topics are left at the door, in favour of fun, humour, and kindness. By Madeline Hislop Leigh Sales and Annabel Crabb are two of Australia’s most high-profile political journalists, but away from their day jobs, they don’t take themselves too seriously. They love to laugh, talk about the…
By Women’s Agenda 50% of Wiggles merchandise sales are attributed to Emma alone. Here’s what she meant to audiences – and what happens next, writes Liz Giuffre, from University of Technology Sydney in this article republished from The Conversation. When Emma Watkins took over as “The Yellow Wiggle” in 2012 there were huge headlines. Her casting was a seismic shift for those who grew…
BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO After the Vietnam War, Annie Vang’s parents escaped persecution in Laos and traversed the Mekong River in the dead of night to seek safety in Thailand. “My family had no choice but to flee or die,” she says. Vang and her family are Hmong, an ethnic and cultural group who lost their land—and way of life—after siding with…
