For The Love Of Raising Money For Good: Literacy CEO Fuels Nonprofit Mission

“Can you pick up Susan Sontag at her hotel?”

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonOctober 22, 2018business, Change, equality, female entrepreneurs, Michele Weldon, women leadersComment

Never Too Young To Take Action: Young Feminists Causing Effects

It’s never too early to become an activist.

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonOctober 12, 2018inspirational women, Leadership, Michele Weldon, women leaders, young womenComment

A Star Is Reborn: New Lessons From A Remake On Women and Power

Yes, the new Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper film version of “A Star Is Born” is about a complicated relationship tainted with substance abuse and fame (no spoiler alert as this is the fourth remake and everyone has seen the trailer).

Entitled To Equality: Lawyer Works Fiercely For Legal Protections For Women

Thirty-one years ago, Wendy Murphy graduated from New England Law School in Boston, and began working as a prosecutor viewing up close what she found as the mistreatment of women under the law as women held fewer legal protections than men.

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonSeptember 28, 2018Michele Weldon, sexual assault, title ix, Women in Law, women leadersComment

Winning: Olympian Aly Raisman Champions Truth To Change Systems

“Keep your hands to yourself.”

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonSeptember 24, 2018Change, Michele Weldon, sexual assault, Sports, women leadersComment

Spirits Are High For Distillery Co-Founder, Creative Entrepreneur

Spirits move her.

Fair Is Fair: Director Telling Story of Lilly Ledbetter, How One Woman Makes Difference

So far seven years in the making, “Lilly,” a political drama on the life of fair pay activist Lilly Ledbetter, is the passion project for award-winning director and writer Rachel Feldman, who is now aiming to begin production.

Inspirational Role ModelsMichele WeldonSeptember 10, 2018film, gender equality, Hollywood, inspirational women, Michele WeldonComment

Safety First: Self Defense For Women A Priority for Filmmaker, 50 Women Media Leader

Coming home in 1992 to a break-in in progress changed the priorities for Ellen Snortland. The author, filmmaker, performer, journalist, actor, coach and activist surprised and escaped a knife-wielding burglar with a loud scream.

Carry the Spirit of Seneca Falls: Gender Parity in 2018 and Beyond

Gloria Feldt’s Remarks at Take The Lead Fundraising Event. Linda Stein’s Gallery, 100 Reade Street, NYC, July 18, 2018

Getting Outdoors To Look Inward: Women Ramp Up Adventures For Leadership

First of all, her title is worthy of envy.

To Amora With Love: Coffee Entrepreneur Wakes Up To Smell Success

It’s a good thing Marina DiDomenico is in the coffee business. Because she drinks 8 to 10 cups a day. Real coffee. No decaf. The co-founder of Amora, a subscription-based premium coffee direct to consumers delivery company, spent almost 30 years in the food product business before launching the brand in 2011 with her husband, Jim Fosina.