By: Maggie Green As the leaves begin to change colors and the air gets a bit cooler, people should remember that their favorite fall activities may look a little different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Lisa Pickett, chief medical officer for Duke Health, said while it may be tempting to bring activities indoors when the temperatures start…
By: Karell Roxas It’s almost time for Halloween! And you love dressing up. Or you hate dressing up but your family or friends or next door neighbor really want you to dress up. Oh, and also you’re pregnant. 🤰🏽So what the heck are you supposed to be? Don’t sweat it, mama. We searched Instagram and Pinterest to find the cutest (and rather genius) maternity Halloween…
The Latinx Arts Alliance, five L.A.-area cultural organizations including LA Plaza and Self Help Graphics, have joined forces to advocate for underrepresented Latinx artists and institutions.
Angel Food Cake Recipe Courtesy of Food Network and Alton Brown Alton adds orange extract to his angel food cake for a citrusy variation on this classically low-fat dessert. Ingredients 1 3/4 cups sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup cake flour, sifted 12 egg whites (the closer to room temperature the better) 1/3 cup warm water 1 teaspoon orange extract,…
Now that we are over six months into the global pandemic, it’s time to take stock and get more creative. It’s time to pay attention to the women leaders you work with, because they have been singularly derailed with small people clamoring for their attention as they have tried to balance working from home and life at home. For most…
By: Annie O’Sullivan Halloween will definitely look different this fall, due to COVID-19 regulations and safety precautions, but that doesn’t mean the kids have to miss out on any fun. Sure, trick-or-treating might not even happen this October, and there won’t be many Halloween parties to prepare for due to social distancing restrictions, but you can still create some fun with these…
Math anxiety is a real thing. In fact, women struggle with a fear of math more than their male counterparts. According to the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, that fear begins to show up in young girls as early as the second grade. In turn, the urge to avoid numbers often impacts the professional and financial decisions…
For Immediate Press Release Dr. Lilian Ajayi-Ore, Founder and CEO of Global Connections for Women Foundation was accepted into Forbes Nonprofit Council Forbes Nonprofit Council Is an Invitation-Only Community for Chief Executives in Successful Nonprofit Organizations New York, NY on October 23rd, 2020 — Dr. Lilian Ajayi-Ore, Founder ad CEO of the Global Connections for Women Foundation[Company has been accepted…
By Jonathan Shieber It’s not every chief executive who wakes up in the morning to a view of their office door across the parking lot from the Airstream trailer they call home, but Jesse Genet isn’t every CEO. Genet is the co-founder and chief executive of Lumi, a Los Angeles-based startup that supplies the packaging for some of the top e-commerce…
BY VANESSA VAN EDWARDS Do men and women lead differently? Researchers have found that women tend to have a distinct leadership style that shapes how they run their teams. Specifically, these studies show that women tend to use what’s called the transformational leadership style. Transformational Leadership: Transformational leaders aim to enhance the motivation, morale and job performance of followers by working with teams to…
