Making History: 10 Black Women Leaders Inspire With Advice, Purpose, Action

At the close of Black History Month, which began in 1915 in this country, and was made into law in 1986, Take The Lead salutes 10 Black women leaders across industries and influence. Diving into their contributions and keen advice for leaders today, there is so much wisdom to glean that moves far past one month of the year. And into forever.

In spite of Google eliminating its visual salute to the month and the Department of Defense declaring it erased—as well as Women’s History Month and National Disability Employment Month—Take The Lead acknowledges the depth and breadth of Black women in business, entrepreneurship, education, media and all of American culture far past the calendar mont of the year.

Parity, Leadership/Political a...Michele WeldonFebruary 28, 2025gender parity, racial equity, womens leadership, women, leadership adviceComment

3 Reasons Why Voting Is Leadership

This is a nonpartisan statement, and I believe it to the core of my being.

Voting is #leadership.

Do you agree? Or does it sound far-fetched?

Let me tell you three reasons why I say voting is leadership, and indeed part of our obligation as leaders.

Leadership/Political a..., The SumGloria FeldtOctober 28, 2024Voting, Leadership Positions, Election DayComment

Get Out The Vote: Women Are A Crucial Element in 2024 Election

As the 2024 presidential election in November nears, the importance of voting is heightened and the efforts to increase voter turnout become crucial.

Voters identifying as women are key to the election, as more women than men turn out to vote. Efforts to get more women elected and also for more women to vote in the 2024 election are in full swing.

Change Leadership, Leadership/Political a...Michele WeldonMarch 8, 2024Women Voters, Elections, Women In PoliticsComment

Belonging: Ending Inequities, Tropes For AANHPI Women in Workplace

What could you do with an extra $267,760 over a lifetime? Buy a home, perhaps, repay student loans, start a business, leave a legacy, found a nonprofit, donate to a worthwhile cause.

The average Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Island woman will likely never know, as that is what this group of women working full time will lose due to the wage gap over a lifetime, according to the National Women’s Law Center.

Applauding Good Work: Activists Advocating For Women, Girls Across Generations

The first Chicago Foundation For Women award went to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2005, at the age of 72, when she was a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Since then, 125 women leaders have been honored, and this year, 17-year-old Azariah Baker, Youth Leader of A Long Walk Home, won the Vanguard Award.

“I have been encouraged by so many women in my life and am so thankful,” says Baker, an artist and activist, senior at George Washington College Prep High School, who is attending Spelman College in the fall. “You see women here doing everything in their fullness. My work is an ode to my Black experience.”

The Future Is NOW: Black Leader Leads Organization Into Intersectional Future

The future looks beautiful to Christian Nunes, MBA, MS, LCSW,  president of the National Organization of Women, the 57-year-old organization built from the grassroots to address gender inequality at the height of the civil rights movement.

Taking Action: How Best To Lead In The Post-Roe Workplace?

Regardless of where the top tier leaders in an organization stand personally on the U.S. Supreme Court revocation of abortion rights in the overturning of Roe v. Wade, employees, contractors, consumers and clients will be affected. Some will be affected severely and most will be women.

Moving Forward in Equity: Women in New Administration In Era of Economic Recovery

“Women have to be front and center in all of our discussions,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares in a virtual panel discussion hours before the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States, where a cascade of firsts for women and BIPOC were literally center stage.

Women Take The Lead: 2020 Sets Records in Representation in U.S.

“Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before. And we will applaud you every step of the way.”

These were the stunning words from the next and first Madam Vice President, Kamala Harris, from a Delaware stage before introducing President Elect Joe Biden after the election results were announced.

“But while I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last. Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities,” Harris said.

How To Fight Hate: CEO, Founder On The Positive Way Forward Now

Dr. Joynicole Martinez does not want to talk about her many advanced degrees. For the record, the founder and CEO of The Alchemist Agency has seven. Two bachelors degrees, three masters degrees and two doctorates.

Martinez wants to talk about cultural change, racial, gender and economic equity and her mission to disrupt white nationalism and supremacy, racism, sexism and social injustice.

Voting Booths Half Empty: Call to Action for Women Voting 2020

Half of the women just didn’t show up.

Forty-nine million of the 118 million women eligible to vote in 2018 opted out. That can’t happen again in 2020.

Along with many other voting initiatives, TAG10 Women Vote is doing everything they can as a non-profit organization to make sure history does not repeat itself.

Conventional Women: Non-Partisan RNC, DNC Highlights of Women Leaders

The virtual national conventions for both the Democratic and Republican parties were unprecedented and historic in many ways.

Due to COVID-19, there were no in-person gatherings of throngs of delegates, speakers and supporters wearing funny hats and carrying signs. The handling of videos, recorded vignettes plus live and recorded speeches lent a tone of slick production values to both recent weeks of conventions.

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