Perhaps it is no coincidence that her high school classmate at Niles West High School in north suburban Chicago Was Merrick Garland, the recently appointed United States Attorney General.
It seems Suzanne Lerner similarly had her sights set on bigger issues, justice and a global mission. In high school, she participated in Project Wingspread, an exchange program with students from urban and suburban high schools.
Read MoreMy roof needs repair. One roofing company said the cost was in a range of several thousands of dollars and refused to be specific. Another roofer said he couldn’t possibly tell me how much it might cost until he starts working and that he would just go up there and come down after 8 hours, if that was all I could afford.
Read MoreIt’s both good and bad news. Women still have a ways to go before they reach equal pay for equal work, but this year shows a small improvement of 1 percent over last year. Equal Pay Day on April 2 marks
Read MoreIt’s the end of the year, and you may be gearing up to ask for a raise because of excellent performance, salary competitiveness, or even just cost of living. The good news is 84 percent of organizations plan to give base pay increases in 2018.
Read MoreHow many Mega Millions winning lottery tickets would it take to close the gender pay gap? 313. That’s because $500 billion is the total gender pay gap each year in the United States
Read MoreWe get it that this is not Iceland. Iceland is No. 1 on the “World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks 144 countries based on how close they are to achieving gender equality,” Melissa Jun Rowley writes in Forbes. The U.S. ranks 45th. “According to the Global Gender
Read MoreSixty three cents on the dollar. That is what a black woman earns compared to a white man for the same work. White women earn 79 cents in the same comparison, and an Asian American woman makes 87 cents compared to the $1 a white man earns in the same position.
Read More“This is so no 12- year-old girl is sorry she’s a girl.” Heather Hardy, the World Boxing Champion International Female Super Bantamweight with a 21-0 undefeated record, and an MMA fighter, wants you to know that the lessons she shares on pay equity, persistence, winning, passion and defeat all women can use.
Read MoreEqual pay for all Americans—men and women– is a little closer to reality as efforts to achieve gender parity by 2020, the mission of Take The Lead, seems within reach.
Read MoreIt isn’t news that women of color have to work harder, perform better and battle the pervasiveness of white privilege assigned to women in the workplace. But there is new research and insight into strategies to make workplaces more inclusive and create environments for success for all women.
Read MoreFor years, those fighting to close the gender wage gap have referred to some version of this stat – women earn 70-something cents for every dollar men earn. It’s not wrong, but it’s often misunderstood, and ultimately, it hurts the argument that gender equity in the workplace is still an issue.
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