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Movie About Fair Pay Pioneer Lilly Ledbetter Premieres

A story that began as anonymous note scribbled on a paper scrap and slipped into an office mailbox made it to the world stage on Thursday, October 10, 2024, when “LILLY” — a film about the woman whose fight for equal pay led to groundbreaking anti-discrimination legislation — debuted at the Hamptons International Film Festival….

The Future Starts Now: Leadership Lessons from the Sky

The last ten minutes of a basketball game, some sports fans say, are all you need to watch. That’s the real action; everything else is prep and prelude. Not so, say others. What you see at the buzzer — whether blowout or nailbiter — has much to do with the beginning minutes. A similar theme…

Girls in STEM: “If You Can See Her, You Can Be Her”

It’s the simplest thing in the world, if you’re thirsty: Walk to the sink. Turn on the tap. Pour yourself a glass of water. But what if you can’t drink the water from your tap? What if it’s contaminated? What if this basic life necessity also makes you sick? That’s what happened when Mari Copeny…

Symphony Gala Hits High Note for Women in Classical Music

An evening of classical music exclusively by, for, and about women was the passionate heart of the New World Symphony’s star-studded 36th anniversary gala, held April 6, 2024, in Miami Beach, FL. “Balancing the Score” was the theme of the New World Symphony’s gala this year, which celebrated centuries of contributions by women to classical…

Celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th

What we hold today as a celebration may have begun as a protest. In 1909, the very first “National Women’s Day” was held in New York City to draw attention to the conditions women faced working in the garment industry. Around the world, as the labor movement gained momentum, the idea of an annual “Women’s…

March is Women’s History Month

American poet Maya Angelou wrote, “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.” March is Women’s History Month. That means that, around the globe, March is when people commemorate the contributions women have made to events in history as well as the force women continue to be in…