Wanted: “I Have a Dream” Vision for the Women’s Movement

So many images from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, whose fiftieth anniversary we celebrated on August 28, remain as stirring for me today as they were on that hot, steamy day in 1963:

Women and the Nonprofit Sector: A Drastic Need to Rewrite the Narrative

I would like to give a shout out to all of the women in the nonprofit sector.

ParityKaitlin RattiganAugust 29, 2013equality, non-profit, parity Comments

5 or 6 Coping Strategies for When You Don’t Feel Heard

Ever have a really interesting idea at work or in the world, share it, and notice that you don’t get much of a response? Either because people just don’t seem excited about it or say they don’t understand it? And then a dude, maybe someone you know or don’t know, maybe someone who cam

Leadership tools and tipsLex SchroederAugust 27, 2013communication, Leadership, Women Comment

Here's To The Empowerment Entrepreneur In Each Of Us - Celebrate Women's Equality Day

We have “Battling” Bella Abzug to thank for Women’s Equality Day on August 26

ParitySuzanne Braun LevineAugust 26, 2013empowerment, independence, Women's equality dayComment

What Have You Labeled As “A Man’s Job?”

Today is Women’s Equality Day, which makes the discovery I share here particularly apropos.

ParitySusan Weiss GrossAugust 26, 2013equality, mans job, women in the workplace Comments

Women's Equality Day 2013: Learning from Civil Rights Leaders

It was all over the news for days. Every pundit, every political talk show, every newspaper running big retrospective spreads. Op eds galore, and reminiscences of what it was like to be marching together toward equality. Tomorrow, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, the day that

ParityGloria FeldtAugust 25, 2013Ms Magazine, Women's equality day, womens movement Comments

It’s Time to Move on From Chick Wars

On Wednesday night I participated in another TweetChat (what can I say? I’m obsessed) hosted by The Indie Chicks. The topic: #ChickWars.

Life tools and tipsKaitlin RattiganAugust 22, 2013chick wars, indie chicks, Twitter Comments

If Men Don’t See You, Are You Really There?

“How many of you think you have to be seen by men before you can be seen?”

ParityLex SchroederAugust 20, 2013advocates for women, Dialogue, diversity, equality, gender balance, onlyness, Women's LeadershipComment

Move Over Wonder Woman, There’s a New Heroine In Town

On Tuesday I participated in #GenderPop, a TweetChat hosted by an organization called Have Art Will Travel, also known as HAWT. Hot. HAWT uses art as a vehicle to inspire people to fearlessly live out their genders.

Inspirational Role ModelsKaitlin RattiganAugust 15, 2013burka, heroine, inspirational Comments

Follow Your Real Work Inside and Outside of Institutions

As a writer, my work is to “follow the thread” of a piece. As an editor, it’s essentially the same—to find the central thread of thinking/meaning in a piece, help the writer stay with it, and if necessary, make it more coherent and interesting

Career successLex SchroederAugust 13, 2013career development, Women's Leadership Comments

I Called Myself the “So-Called” Executive Director

In 1980 I co-founded the Management Assistance Group (MAG), the first ever nonprofit management consulting group to focus exclusively on helping social justice organizations to develop strong leadership, effective management, sound structures, and useful strategic plans.