Community, Networking, & Education for Women Attorneys in the U.S.
From WBUR authored by Lauren Stiller Rikleen:
“ If we are ever to change the culture that has allowed predatory conduct to thrive, it is necessary to understand how vast power imbalances cause victims to fear speaking out, and prevents them from being heard if they do.“
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From The Washington Post authored by Robert J. Samuelson:
“This change in lifestyles is something most of us have witnessed. The barriers between work and family are collapsing before the relentless demands of algorithms. Work has become a constant companion and an indestructible nag.”
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From The Washington Post authored by Ovetta Wiggins:
“‘I wanted to make sure I was taking the affirmative measures,’ Rockeymoore Cummings said in an interview. ‘It just seems like, what happened with my mother and my sister, I just felt like I was next. And instead of waiting around for it, I just felt like I needed to be proactive.’ Breast cancer is the second-deadliest cancer among black women, according to the American Cancer Society. And while the rate of breast cancer has dropped in the African American community, the death rate from it is 40 percent higher among black women than white women.”
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From Vox authored by Alexia Fernandez Campbell:
“Gamba said she later watched as a male colleague was promoted to managing director, even though, she says, he generated less revenue for the firm than she did. In the years that followed, Gamba watched other men bypass her, too. They were essentially paid twice as much to do the same job she was already doing, she says, and everyone knew it.”
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From The Huffington Post authored by Dominique Mosbergen:
“Minorities make up the majority of the group of American students chosen to attend at least two all-expenses-paid years at England’s prestigious University of Oxford, starting next fall. Nearly half the group are first-generation Americans, according to the trust.“
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From Star Tribune :
“After nearly 25 years of sewing and selling clothing for vintage dolls, Harvey was watching a PBS documentary about the refugee crisis and found herself telling her husband, ‘I’m starting a charity.’ She quickly found volunteers all over the country to design and sew the clothes or scour the internet for deals on dolls of different ethnicities.“
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From Daily News authored by Nelson Oliveiera
“A Michigan kindergartner brought his entire class to witness his adoption hearing Thursday in an adorable courtroom scene marking Kent County’s annual Adoption Day.”
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From The Lily authored by Lena Felton:
“Smith, among many others, recently shared her story on social media after a strongly worded Twitter thread by tech entrepreneur David Heinemeier Hansson went viral last week. In the thread, Hansson said that he and his wife, Jamie Heinemeier Hansson, had both applied for the Apple Card, which was released in August. He claimed he was given a credit limit 20 times higher than Jamie, despite the fact that they shared an income and she had a higher credit score than him.”
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From The Cut authored by Katie Berohn:
“‘There is a much broader view of beauty. It’s a much bigger tent than it used to be, and I think that shows up in these pictures.’ As she explains, until recently most pictures of women featured in National Geographic were captured by male photographers, from the male perspective. In Women, ‘The pictures are different because you’ve also got more women taking the pictures, and that affords a different level of access,’ says Goldberg.”
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From Take the Lead authored by Michele Weldon:
“’As companies focus on their culture, it’s important to understand that not all women are having the same experience at work. Women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, and women with disabilities are having distinct—and by and large worse—experiences than women overall. Black women in the workplace and women with disabilities face more barriers to advancement and often receive less support than other groups of women and men. These findings reinforce how important it is for companies to understand the challenges different groups of women face and address them head-on,’ Black Enterprise reports.”
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