4/4/2022 by MICHELLE SIMPSON TUEGEL We as attorneys have a right to do our jobs, which includes giving our clients candid, truthful advice, in their best interest, free of coercion. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021…
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3/24/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF We cannot expect to measure the ebb and flow of a truly inclusive democracy without first looking to gender equity. Women’s rights have been the canary in the coal mine all along. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at…
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3/25/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF How little the general public has absorbed about the suffrage movement and its myriad players is not an accident. Live theater has returned and among the blockbusters launching this season is Suffs, which opens on April 6 at the venerable Public Theater in New York City.…
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By LIZ LUM from Cameroon After her best friend was suddenly forced from school to marry, Liz Lum speaks up about injustices and harmful practices done to women and girls. “I won't stop until girls are seen as more than just their reproductive organs. I won't stop until girls are…
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Jaymie Bianca is the Boston fellow for IGNITE, America’s largest and most diverse organization for young women’s political leadership. Sofía Jirau Picture a Victoria’s Secret model. I can imagine the way that person looks in your mind. The brand perpetuated and made ubiquitous unattainable and unhealthy beauty standards for years.…
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By Carla Hay Top, from left: Quinta Brunson, Katori Hall, Sam Jay. Bottom, from left: Tracy Oliver, Amber Ruffin, Robin Thede. (Photo credits, top, from left: ABC, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions, Stephanie Mei-Ling/HBO. Bottom, from left: Jim Spellman/Getty Images for Tribeca TV Festival, Heidi Gutman/Peacock, Kevin Scanlon.)…
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Sahar Driver, Co-Director of Color Congress & Equal Voice | Equal Future Editorial Board Member It is in many respects an ascendant time for documentary film as an artistic, commercial and social justice medium. Documentary film is used by artists and advocates to advance social change, it can be a…
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Aryana Goodarzi On January 27th, 2022, Representative Jackie Speier said, “Two years ago, the final state Virginia ratified the amendment. The amendment says two years…it is law. And that’s today.” According to Article V of the Constitution, to amend it the ERA must get through both houses of Congress (done…
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What would a gender equal world look like? How will we know when we’ve achieved it? "I think a lot about when we most notice inequality: an enormous gap in representation in Congress and all levels of government, where decisions are made about our everyday lives—what is important, and not;…
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Breakthrough VOICES Alicia Jamison grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona where she did not see many faces that looked like hers. She was one of five black people in her graduating class. Naturally, she faced adversity on a regular basis. She wrote “Black Girl Magic”, a spoken word poem, when she…
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