Category: Social Causes

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…

When it comes to living her life, nothing seems to stand in Ashley Lyn Olson’s way. At 14, a horrific car accident killed her father, crippled her mother, injured her younger sister and left Ashley paralyzed. Her physical limitations didn’t stop her from seeing the world. And…in 2006,…

A nationally recognized expert on issues pertaining to the LGBTQ community, Gearah Goldstein works tirelessly to focus and highlight the importance of creating dialogue on race, gender, ethnicity, acceptance and understanding. Her transgender life experience encourages a positive learning environment that opens hearts and minds. This is…

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…

Here comes another accomplished, creative, woman. Nora McInerny is an author, humorist, podcast host, founder of the non-profit, Still Kickin’.  Her most recent novel, BAD MOMS, is based on the 2016 blockbuster movie of the same. Her memoirs, IT’S OKAY TO LAUGH and NO HAPPY ENDINGS, chronicle 2014, when in the…