Melissa Rodriguez, CEO of Mel Rodriguez & Co. and also Social Media Relations, was born and raised in the “witch city where everyone goes for Halloween.” That’s Salem, Mass., of course, where the history includes powerful and magical women.
Read MoreCalling someone strong is supposed to be a compliment. For generations of Black women, expecting and demanding they always be strong—and silent—no matter what, is cause for concern.
Dr. Inger Burnett-Zeigler, licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, is out to change all of the stigmas, misconceptions and invisibility of Black women and redefine what it means to be a strong Black woman.
Read MoreYou’re never too young to start thinking about your health as an older woman.
Alicia Jackson, CEO, and Liya Brook, are co-founders of Evernow, a company focused on helping women live longer, healthier lives coping with menopause with a prescription-based model with telemedicine access to doctors and treatments 24/7.
Read MoreLast year it felt like everyone who could began working from home. The COVID-19 pandemic sped up already common work-from-home trends, and many parents found themselves suddenly balancing it all.
If you’re still working from home, there are things you can keep in mind to balance your work life and make sure that your baby or toddler is thriving. As a mother myself, I know firsthand how hard it can be to juggle work responsibilities with motherhood.
Read MoreBeing the poster child for a movement or a cause is usually a metaphor, meaning that you embody the mission of an organization. For award-winning author, educator and disabilities justice advocate Emily Rapp Black, it was literally who she was.
In 1980, at six years old Black was chosen as the poster child for the March of Dimes, because a congenital birth defect resulted in her left leg being amputated. Her latest book, the critically acclaimed, Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg, explores Black’s ideological connection with the iconic Mexican artist who suffered from polio as a child, and later a leg amputation, using a prosthetic limb.
Read MoreIt’s far past time to walk the talk.
While many business conversations feature diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at companies in the U.S. and globally, putting these ideals into practice has been elusive, if not mismanaged and ignored.
Read MoreLike so many great ideas, this one started in the ladies room.
Claire Wasserman, the founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women, had retreated to the restroom at a festival party in Cannes, France. She was there for the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, as she was working as a producer to promote a nominated short film, “Snovi.”
Read MorePerhaps 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 MoreThirty years ago the extremely popular series, “thirtysomething,” aired its last network episode. But the series based on the angst of that age group about family, parenting, work, relationships, life, death and everything in between is revived again. ABC-TV committed to a reprisal with the original cast dealing with the angst of their own children, who are—you guessed it— thirty somethings.
Thirty somethings have a lot to say about how work, life and everything angst-producing is going. No one knows that better than author and journalist Kayleen Schaefer, who examines the professional and personal lives of her peers in her latest book, But You’re Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood.
Read MoreIt’s a typical story. Accomplished entrepreneur with impressive degrees takes the child rearing detour and wanting to return to her career, realizes there are so many women like her who want flexible work and just can’t find any suitable positions.
On top of that, a global pandemic surges.
Read MoreJustice, dignity and hope are what the colors purple, green and white aim to signify as the theme colors of International Women’s Day, March 8 in its 110th year of gatherings around the globe. With the theme of #ChooseToChallenge, what faces women in a post-COVID culture and economy is aptly challenging.
Read MoreIn the popular CBS-TV show, “All Rise,” Lola Carmichael, a Black judge who is newly appointed to the bench, fights for justice with her female-led, diverse and inclusive team. They all wear gorgeous outfits and tend to their complicated and fulfilling personal lives outside the courtroom. They share wisdom, prevail at work, network, laugh; they are all perceived as powerful.
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