Hello friends, today I have a special ask of you.
As you may know, over five million women’s careers have been disrupted by COVID-19.
To get back on track, we must #PutWomenAtTheCenter of the recovery.
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Last year it felt like everyone who could began working from home. The COVID-19 pandemic sped up already common work-from-home trends, and many parents found themselves suddenly balancing it all.
If you’re still working from home, there are things you can keep in mind to balance your work life and make sure that your baby or toddler is thriving. As a mother myself, I know firsthand how hard it can be to juggle work responsibilities with motherhood.
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Being the poster child for a movement or a cause is usually a metaphor, meaning that you embody the mission of an organization. For award-winning author, educator and disabilities justice advocate Emily Rapp Black, it was literally who she was.
In 1980, at six years old Black was chosen as the poster child for the March of Dimes, because a congenital birth defect resulted in her left leg being amputated. Her latest book, the critically acclaimed, Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg, explores Black’s ideological connection with the iconic Mexican artist who suffered from polio as a child, and later a leg amputation, using a prosthetic limb.
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This is the better life her parents imagined, and it is of her creation.
Ahyoung Kim Stobar, the daughter of an opera singer mother and a nationally renowned professor, TV and radio show host father in Korea, came to the United States from Korea in 1983 as a nine-year-old with her two brothers and parents.
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Like so many great ideas, this one started in the ladies room.
Claire Wasserman, the founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women, had retreated to the restroom at a festival party in Cannes, France. She was there for the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, as she was working as a producer to promote a nominated short film, “Snovi.”
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Thirty years ago the extremely popular series, “thirtysomething,” aired its last network episode. But the series based on the angst of that age group about family, parenting, work, relationships, life, death and everything in between is revived again. ABC-TV committed to a reprisal with the original cast dealing with the angst of their own children, who are—you guessed it— thirty somethings.
Thirty somethings have a lot to say about how work, life and everything angst-producing is going. No one knows that better than author and journalist Kayleen Schaefer, who examines the professional and personal lives of her peers in her latest book, But You’re Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood.
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It’s a typical story. Accomplished entrepreneur with impressive degrees takes the child rearing detour and wanting to return to her career, realizes there are so many women like her who want flexible work and just can’t find any suitable positions.
On top of that, a global pandemic surges.
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In the popular CBS-TV show, “All Rise,” Lola Carmichael, a Black judge who is newly appointed to the bench, fights for justice with her female-led, diverse and inclusive team. They all wear gorgeous outfits and tend to their complicated and fulfilling personal lives outside the courtroom. They share wisdom, prevail at work, network, laugh; they are all perceived as powerful.
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Lesley Eccles does not gamble and is not particularly fond of sports.
ThIs may not seem remarkable for the CEO and Founder of Hello Relish, a relationship coaching company with a self-care and relationship app. But considering that Eccles and her husband, Nigel, were the co-founders of Fan Duel, the billion-dollar fantasy sports betting startup, it says a lot about her ability to separate work innovation from her personal life.
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“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.
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Throughout history, very few women have avoided the rudeness label for speaking up and speaking her mind on important issues.
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The good news is 2020 is over. Even better news is that for 2021, it is possible to jump in and design the year you intend to have with purpose, deliberation and intention.
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