TEDWomen2021 will return to Palm Springs, CA, from Dec. 1-3, 2021 for six sessions of TED's famous talks, plus performances, interviews and other surprises that will reframe the power of women to lead, individually and collectively, towards the better future that we will be more prepared to shape, together. Learn more here.
Read MoreAuthor Mia Birdsong on Economic Equality
Join me as I speak with activist and author Mia Birdsong about how we must show up to stay connected during and after COVID.
Read MoreChristine Schuler Deschryver on Healing Women Survivors of Violence
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Christine Schuler Deschryver on Dangerous Women: Leading Onward. Christine is the Co-Founder and Director of City of Joy, a transformational leadership community for women survivors of violence in the DRC.
Read MoreDr. Lucy King on Saving the Elephants with Bees
I’m joined in today’s Dangerous Women: Leading Onward by Dr. Lucy King, leader of the Elephants and Bees Project. In this discussion, we dive further into the project and speak about the ways in which it relies on the women in each community to help the project succeed.
Read MoreFour Women Activists Uplifting Communities in Africa
Watch profiles of four extraordinary women that are making a difference on the African continent – Christine Schuler Deschryver, co-founder of City of Joy in the DRC; Soiya Gecaga, founder of We The Change Foundation in Kenya; Dr. Lucy King, leader at Elephants and Bees Project in Kenya; and Juliet Asante, CEO of the National Film Authority in Ghana.
Read MoreCatalina Escobar on Disrupting Cycles of Poverty
In this conversation, Catalina Escobar, founder and president of Foundación Juanfe, discusses how to lead women from the poverty cycle into economic prosperity.
Read MoreWomen Moving Millions' Co-Founder Jacki Zehner on Women and Finance
Investor, philanthropist and activist Jacki Zehner has a lot of wisdom to share about women and finance. In this interview, she reflects on her first job at Goldman Sachs, where she became the first female trader ever at the company and the youngest woman ever to be made partner, and how everyone can use money as a tool for social change.
Read MoreChina's Media Powerhouse Yang Lan on the Power of Asking 'Why Not'?
In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” episode, I’m joined by the global powerhouse media personality Yang Lan, a woman often called the “Oprah of China.” In this candid interview, she talks frankly about how she bounced back from early failures to success with Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading privately owned media companies.
Read MoreThe InfluencHER Project: Q&A with Gloria Walton of The Solutions Project
In honor of Earth Day, I want to amplify this InfluencHER Project interview with Gloria Walton, a longtime community organizer and president and CEO of The Solutions Project, a national climate justice organization that supports climate changemakers, innovators, and 'solutionaries’ at the grassroots level. I met Gloria recently and she is one of the most inspiring young women climate activists/leaders I’ve met.
Read More#RaiseTheVibration & RISE for Women and #MotherEarth on #EarthDay
#1BillionRising activists are calling for #RisingGardens, a global grassroots action for revival, restoration and transformation, making the connection between violence against women and destruction of the earth. #RisingGardens is a defiant creative call for revival, restoration, and transformation.
Read MoreEchoing Green’s Cheryl Dorsey on Finding Your Superpower
In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” segment, I had the honor of interviewing Cheryl L Dorsey, a trailblazer in the global social entrepreneurship movement. She talks about finding your unique place in the continuum of social movement leaders and how she defines her own dangerousness in the role of cultural translator.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Madame Vice President Kamala Harris
"That's what I asked Kamala," Biden said. "I asked Kamala to be the last voice in the room. To always tell me the truth." According to the BBC, he appears to be keeping his word. "Biden has said 'there's not a single decision I've made yet' about his administration that he hasn't consulted with Ms. Harris on first. She has also interviewed each of Biden's potential cabinet nominees."
Read MoreWomen Leaders for Climate Justice: Shaping Solutions [VIDEO]
Climate change is a crisis that will impact all people, but its effects are being shaped by pervasive and entrenched inequalities. In this Skoll World Forum panel, I talked with activists, experts and Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Climate Advisor, about what we need to do to solve climate change in an equitable, just and sustainable way that provides good outcomes for all of us. As usual, women are leading the way.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Deputy Director of the Office of Management Shalanda Young
Many in Congress, on both sides of the aisle, have expressed support for making Young the permanent director, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the Democratic Women's Caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who told her during her confirmation hearing that she would "get my support, maybe for both jobs, who knows."
Read MorePodcast: Breaking Glass - Media, Equity and Influence
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina Merage Naim and Kassia Binkowski, the hosts of the new podcast Breaking Glass about women in media. I shared my thoughts on equity and how we might get there, and the responsibility that I believe women in positions of power have to drop the ladder behind them as they move up by mentoring and advocating for other women to advance.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman
On March 16, the Senate confirmed Isabella Casillas Guzman, President Biden's pick to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency that has seen its profile grow enormously in response to the pandemic. "Now more than ever, our small businesses need us," Guzman said.
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Gloria Steinem Says 'It's Good to Be Dangerous,' Here's Why
Watch my latest “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” video interview with Gloria Steinem. She talks about why she feels "good" about being called "dangerous” and what she hopes viewers of “The Glorias,” the film based on her life, take a way from screening it.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai
When President Biden announced Katherine Tai, a trade lawyer with a history of taking on China, as his pick for the country's top trade representative, he said, "She understands that we need...to be considerably more strategic than we've been in how we trade. And that makes us all stronger."
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo was sworn in on March 3 as the nation's new Commerce Secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris after a bipartisan vote of 84-15 in the Senate.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Cecilia Rouse
On March 2, the Senate confirmed Cecilia Rouse to be the chair of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. The vote was an overwhelming 95 to 4.
When Biden announced her as his nominee, he noted that she is “one of the most distinguished economists in the country, an expert on labor economics, race, poverty and education.”
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