Jobs Don’t Have Genders: Opening Opportunities to Everyone
Last week I wrote about a line from the Engage Conference that has stayed with me: Jobs Don’t Have Genders. During the course of the day, I made a list of what needs to be in place for women and those in marginalized communities to both enter and remain in...
Jobs Don’t Have Genders
At the Engage Conference I wrote about last week, the panelists — Dr. Lynn Shaw, founder of WINTER (Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles), Iliana Flores from the Teamsters, Ariane Hegewisch of IWPR, and Lark Jackson of Chicago Women in Trades had me riveted. The...
A Room That Changed My Aperture
Last week, I walked into a building in Washington, D.C. I had never been in before, and I paused. The Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream has a ceiling that demands you tilt your head back and stare. Intricate coffered plasterwork, gold detail, and soft...
The Cost of Waiting
I play cards with a group of women. There’s a little food, a little wine, and a lot of laughter that gets louder as the evening goes on. When the group first started, the hostess shouted to her husband in the kitchen, with silliness in her voice, “The...
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