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Category: Gender Issues
REVISIT Heather Booth – Organizer and Activist
- By Melanie Breault
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For the last podcast of the year, we are revisiting our conversation with Heather Booth. Heather is a force to be reckoned with and that’s a very good thing! She is one of the country’s leading strategists when it comes to progressive issue campaigns and driving issues in elections. Heather’s…
Rania Zayyat – Founder of Wonder Women of Wine
- By Melanie Breault
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Promoting and supporting gender equality in the wine world. That’s been the mission of Sommelier Rania Zayyat. A leader in the global wine industry, Rania is the founder of Wonder Women of Wine, a non-profit created to do just that. She’s also the founder Be The Change, an equal opportunity…
Mama Gloria Allen
- By Melanie Breault
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You’re about to meet and get to know one helluva woman! 75-year-old Gloria Allen is a Black transgender woman who grew up in the 50s and 60s on Chicago’s South Side and transitioned from George to Gloria after high school, but obviously before the Stonewall Uprising. Her story…
Book Excerpt – She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World
- By Lori Sokol
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FOREWORD “I would say that each of us has only one thing to gain from the feminist movement: Our whole humanity, because gender has wrongly told us that some things are masculine, and some things are feminine . . . which is bullshit.” —Gloria…
Sara Gould – Feminist Leader, Social Justice Activist, Philanthropist
- By Melanie Breault
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Simply put, Sara Gould is a powerhouse! A committed, tireless advocate for social justice, Sara’s a past President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women. She’s also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Immigration Law Center. Sara co-founded and co-directed the Steinem Initiative at Smith College, a pilot…