It’s Women’s History Month, a time of the year to acknowledge all that women have contributed to advance society and change the world.
Being familiar with your history is the first of the nine power tools created by Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, and part of the 9 Power Tools To Advance Your Career Online Course. It tops the list because it is the foundation of your life and career. “Know Your History: And you can create the future of your choice.”
Read MoreFor Gloria Feldt, founder and president of Take The Lead, it was watching Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” in the theater as a young girl that taught her anything was possible.
“It was the first movie I saw where the female was the protagonist. Dorothy was a role model when girls did not have role models,” Feldt said in the recent lively conversation with Gloria Steinem and Jamia Wilson, author and activist.
Read MoreIn 1976, 50 years after the first celebrations, President Gerald R. Ford made Black History Month official. Ford said, It is time to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history," History.com reports.
This year, the Smithsonian Museum is celebrating Black History Month with leaders in the arts, highlighting the “art of resistance and the artists who used their crafts to uplift the race, speak truth to power and inspire a nation.”
Read MoreAll they had was 90 seconds. The 11 women leaders who pitched their new ventures at the recent 50 Women Can Change The World in Entrepreneurship graduation event to a panel of judges kept it short and sweet.
Lisa Gates, CEO and founder of Concierge 4 B2B, won first place in the pitch competition.
“The pitch experience was a fantastic experience,” says Gates, who won the $2,500 prize for her company, Concierge 4 B2B, that she describes as a human resources, payroll strategy, executive support and recruiting business. With 160 full-time employees, Gates says she has a $1.5 million monthly payroll.
Read MoreMore women give. But women give less. And the causes and organizations strictly benefiting women and girls receive a tiny percentage overall. That needs to change.
Yes, women are more frequent givers, as 65 % of donors on GivingTuesday are women, according to Forbes. But the sites and causes that cater to women and girls earn less than 2% of all donations in the U.S., according to Philanthropy Women.
Why the disparity?
Read MoreIssue 245 — November 20, 2023
Scrolling social media, as I do far too much, I saw this post:
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“Just give us a chance for the next 2,000 years and we will clean it all up,” Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, told the enthusiastic crowd at the recent Power Up Concert closing out the recent 2023 Conference, “Lead Your Intention.”
Speaking about the mission of Take The Lead to reach gender parity in leadership across all sectors by 2025, Feldt said, “Get involved at the local level;, that’s how you make the change with intention. It’s fun to be part of what is going on in your community.”
Read MoreIssue 239 — August 28, 2023
Last night, attending an Angel City Football Club soccer game (they won 3–1!), I had a tearing up moment chatting with a woman I happened to be standing next to. She had come down to Los Angeles from the Bay Area to bring her two elementary school aged daughters to the game. She said, “Can you imagine? We never got to see anything like this. The women’s team, owned by women, run by women, supported by so many women?”
I looked at her girls cheering away, waving their Angel City scarves, and felt so proud of how far we have come on the long road to equality.
Read MoreIssue 238 — August 13, 2023
You might have heard the saying, if I can’t dance, it’s not my revolution. I certainly agree with that.
We’re thrilled to invite you to the most anticipated event of the year! Learn, connect, and be inspired by the conference all day, and then kick back with a night of great music and entertainment:
2023 Women’s Equality Day Power Up Concert and Conference, on August 26, 2023!
Read More“I learned quickly on that my dream of being a singer wasn’t what my immigrant parents wanted for me. Making art for a living was for them not a reality-based decision,” says Connie K. Lim, whose professional name is MILCK; it’s her first two initials and her last name backwards.
But she did make her dream happen in a very big way, her using her power and voice in an enormously successful global musical career, activism and presence in the social justice equity movement and advocacy for truth and personal power. MILCK performs in person at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference & Concert, “Lead Your Intention,” August 26 on Women’s Equality Day.
Read MoreIssue 237 — August 7, 2023
I break out in a cold sweat when people say the word “event.”
There are so many moving parts to putting on a valuable and memorable conference — and why would you do one if it weren’t valuable and meaningful? The logistics alone break my head, and there are always dozens of opinions about who to invite to speak and perform, where to have it, what to have for lunch — you name it.
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