“The power is with us.”
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It doesn’t matter what side of the aisle you are on. It does matter that you are a woman who wants to run for U.S. Congress. Project 100 can help you get there.
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“Hello, strong women!”
Judging by the applause, whistles, hoots and hollers that followed, you can say that Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) greeting to a room of more than 1,000 for the “Together We Rise: Empower the Women, Develop The Nation” luncheon in Chicago recently was extremely well-received.
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To put a positive spin on it, we’ve had many examples of the power of a woman’s voice.
It started last Sunday during the Tony Awards, when best actress in a musical, Bette Midler, kept speaking her piece long after the escalating music signaled she should get off the stage. She took her time, thanked the women who came before her, and imperiously waved the orchestra off, declaring she had the floor. The way she took her time and space to make her voice heard felt outrageous and liberating at the same time. Her assertive presence must have made Amy Cuddy proud.
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Author and activist Rebecca Sive has been around a political campaign or two. The daughter of a New York lawyer who ran for Congress in 1958, Sive says her parents taught her that “politics is the highest form of contributing to the public good.”
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Sometimes it has to rain torrentially before you decide you need an umbrella.
For thousands of women leaders in this country, the recent election is the rainstorm that has prompted a decision and become the tipping point to take action and run for office on all levels of involvement and government.
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What’s next for women leaders in all spheres of business, entrepreneurship, policy and non-profit organizations who want to see change and movement regarding women’s rights as human rights?
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But whoever said it was right. Having been through many wins and losses, I can vouch for that. I offer it as balm if you are pained by the election results and as caution if you’re pleased with the outcome.
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The first presidential debate in the run for the office of The President of The United States is over. In a little more than one month, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will (most likely) be voted into office.
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Of course the lunch featured a do- it-yourself, build your own salad plate because these 1,500 women (and a few men) at the 15th Annual Ultimate Women’s Power Lunch in Chicago are used to doing it for themselves. And each other.
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Numbers don’t lie. And until the numbers of women rising in leadership grow to a level of parity with men in leadership, women will continue to face challenges at all levels.
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Iowa has been the center of the political universe this week as the first caucus makes every talking point of the campaign season count, so Fusion came out with a bold list of “30 Women Who Will Change The Election.” The series of 30 videos highlights the XX movers who move past “Washington types” and predictable party lines to create a group of dynamic change-makers.
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