Let’s Get Radical: Support International Women’s Day 2021

Issue 162 — March 8, 2021

This March 8 is an International Women’s Day like no other.

Let’s first take a moment to recognize the millions globally who have suffered illness and those who have died from Covid-19.

The day we now celebrate with flowers and tributes to the advances women have made began in 1909 as a radical call by women in the Socialist Party of America for workers’ rights and women’s rights — both very radical notions at the time. This included safe workplaces and efforts to prevent sexual assault and violence in war zones and elsewhere. Sound familiar? Not really so very radical is it?

The SumGloria FeldtMarch 8, 2021International Women's Day, carpe the chaos, gender roles, gender equality, Covid-19Comment

Lucky 7: Saluting Take The Lead’s 7 Years On A Mission To Parity

Issue 161 — February 22, 2021

Grady Gammage auditorium, with its classic Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, buzzed with excitement, filled to its 3000+ seat capacity on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. Local people who were unable to get tickets hosted watch parties in their homes and offices, and dozens of groups from India to Seattle sent pictures of their watch party events.

Carla Harris’s electrifying opening keynote trended globally on Twitter before the crush of internet users broke the venue’s internet capacity and made our livestream spotty. Even that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm.

Untangling From COVID: The Toll On Women and The Solutions Moving Forward

We await near-universal availability of vaccines and see the daily morbidity and mortality toll of COVID, while the economy takes a dive and frontline workers are nearing their breaking point. An initial solution to slowing the spread of the disease—working from home and schooling at home—is taking its tangled toll on families, creating a whole new set of problems, particularly for women.

The SumGloria FeldtFebruary 7, 2021Covid-19, childcare, Mothers, women of colorComment

It’s Black History Month and 15 Black Women Are Making History Today

Issue 159 — February 1, 2021

Oprah’s O Magazine is a rich resource if you are looking for information about Black History Month. And no doubt your inbox is filling up with proclamations and programs in celebration of the month that highlights the past accomplishments of Black men and women.

The SumGloria FeldtFebruary 2, 2021Black History Month, Black Entrepreneurs, black women in leadership, know your historyComment

This Week’s Takeaway? Every Little Girl Can Be POTUS

Issue 158 — January 25, 2021
Each week I write about what the week just past has taught us. I reflect on what happened and search for the larger meaning in its disparate events. I look through the lens of whether it’s been good for women or bad for women. I search for trends. And I look for moments of power shifts related to gender and race.

Well let me just say last week took the prize on all those fronts.

It was one to the most meaningful weeks of recent American history.

The SumGloria FeldtJanuary 25, 2021Kamala Harris, gender equality, Women In Politics, justiceComment

What Does MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech Say to You Today?

Issue 157 — January 17, 2021

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

That’s my favorite quote from Dr. King. And I feel sure that if he were writing those words today, he would include “woman.” Because as he himself often noted, justice must always expand to be inclusive of all.

The SumGloria FeldtJanuary 17, 2021Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, PowerTo, Leadership Power ToolsComment

7 Lessons to Help Keep Your Power of Positive Intention When You (or Your Country) Are Attacked

Issue 156 — January 10, 2021

Were you eager to leave 2020 behind?

Surprise. The first week in this brave new year has tried our souls even more than the year we thought we left behind. Whoever said the past is never really past knew what she was talking about.

The SumGloria FeldtJanuary 10, 2021Leadership Advice, Trauma, Government, Power to Change ConversationsComment

19 #goodthingsabout2020

Issue 155 — December 28, 2020

You’d think this year is an animate being one could punch or despise or dress down. Every other headline on those end-of-year emails clogging our inboxes rails against poor old 2020. Worst year ever, leave it in the rearview mirror, kick it to the curb, and so on.

The SumGloria FeldtDecember 28, 2020Intention, 2020, Women LeadersComment

The Great Conjunction + You

Issue 154 — December 21, 2020

Today on the winter solstice, the stars align. For the first time since 1226, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will be so close in the night sky that they might look like one large star.

Astronomers call it the Great Conjunction. Some people call it the Christmas star.

The SumGloria FeldtDecember 21, 2020Donation, Covid-19, Leadership, leadership trainingComment

Jupiter and Saturn and Steinem and Moore + You Converge This Week

Issue 153 — December 14, 2020

This week Jupiter and Saturn will be observably closer to each other than they have been since and they won’t be as close again until 2080. This is a phenomenon not to be missed! The clearest view will happen on my wedding anniversary and the winter solstice, December 21. How cool is that?

The SumGloria FeldtDecember 14, 2020Gloria Steinem, events, Covid-19, powerful womenComment

Why I know we can reach gender parity by 2025 (and a surprise)

Issue 152 — December 6, 2020

“There are plenty of top-notch people in every demographic group for even the most high-level jobs. You just have to see them and open the barricades that have blocked them from serving.”

— Jodi Enda re Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s diverse choices of top advisors.

Real change is in the air. And it’s happening fast.

The Sum, Take The Lead EventsGloria FeldtDecember 6, 2020Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Parity, Gloria Steinem, intention, 2020Comment

You Have the Power to Double Your Impact to Help Women Today

Issue 151 — November 29, 2020

Do you sometimes feel powerless in these challenging days?

Let me assure you of this: you have the power to help women recover from the pandemic’s effects on their lives and livelihoods when you make a contribution to Take The Lead.

And — great news — your contribution will be matched by our amazing board members, led by chair Dr. Nancy O’Reilly.

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