This event took place December 2, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

An infuriating and entertaining final Impact Collaborative of 2021!

See the problems; fix the problems! In this final Impact Collaborative of an extraordinary 2021, leaders and experts show how critical it is to shine a bright light on systemic inequities so we can fix them; problems that are created when we fail to look with a gender lens at how our systems and society are designed.

The proverbial “Pink Tax” affects not only Economic Mobility, but also our Leadership pillar and can even be deadly, when it comes to the pillars of Health and Well-being and Freedom From Violence. Examples include the poor design of protective masks for female faces (PPP), CPR practice dummies with no breasts, lack of astronaut suits for women, dangerous cars, how a lack of lighting at bus stops leaves gender violence in the darkness…..not to mention more expensive “pink” items from equivalent “blue” items.

Come join your tribe at your Women’s Fund where you can count on learning:
What You Should Know and, most importantly, What You Can Do!

“Life doesn’t always give us what we deserve, but rather, what we demand.
And so you must continue to push harder than any other person in the room.”
— Wadi Ben-Hirki
At 17 years old she founded the Wadi Ben-Hirki Foundation, which seeks to impact marginalised
communities through humanitarianism and activism, particularly in Northern Nigeria.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Jordan Brooks is the Executive Director of the United State of Women an initiative of Civic Nation that aims to create a world in which women and all people of marginalized genders can thrive. Prior to that role, Jordan spent nearly 8 years in the Obama White House in various capacities from the Office of the Vice President to the Office of the First Lady and the Office of Public Engagement, with her final position being the Deputy Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. In this position she oversaw the Obama Administration’s policy and outreach work on a large variety of issues as they related to the lives of women and girls across the country and around the world.

PANELISTS

Sarah is Managing Director at JOAN Creative – an independent female-founded creative agency in NYC that lists Google, Virgin Hotels, and eBay among their clients. As well as being the lead on all client business and operations she is a driving force of pro bono work at JOAN, runningan ongoing relationship with Potential Energy (a nonprofit fighting to shift the narrative on climate change), projects with RALIANCE (a national partnership fighting sexual misconduct in the workplace), and Womanikin –  a JOAN IP designed to challenge and correct gender disparity in CPR. The Womanikin innovation has won numerous industry awards and has started to be adopted by CPR teams across the country.  Sarah also leads the JOAN team that runs a Foundation for Diversity in partnership with Brooklyn High Schools. 

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf is vice president and the inaugural women and democracy fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. A passionate advocate for issues of gender, politics, she was dubbed the “architect of the U.S. campaign to squash the tampon tax” by Newsweek. Her 2017 book Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity was lauded by Gloria Steinem as “the beginning of liberation for us all.” A regular contributor to Newsweek and Ms. Magazine, Weiss-Wolf’s writing and work have been featured by The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, NPR, PBS, NBC and CBS News, among others. 

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Morgan Johnson is the Assistant Director of Programs at the United State of Women (USOW), where she manages the USOW Ambassador Program, supports digital campaigns, and builds USOW’s organizational partnerships. Morgan is a graduate of the University of Maryland earning a Masters in Public Policy and a B.A. in Government and Politics. She is passionate about advocating for and empowering women and girls, especially Black women and girls, to find and use their voice.

Women talking

As OFW’s Communications Strategist, Yamila helps to support restaurant owners in advocating for sustainable business models that champion living wages, basic benefits, fair promotion policies, among other “high road” employer practices as recipes for success, not impediments to profitability. These employers represent over 800 progressive restaurants across the U.S. in all sectors of the industry — from fine dining to quick-casual. RAISE is changing the conversation about wages and labor practices for one of the largest and fastest growing economic sectors in the country.

Yamila worked in the restaurant industry for over ten years, in various sectors of the industry throughout her career. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she focused her studies on Sociology, specifically on issues affecting the Hispanic & Latino community via her concentration in Latino Studies. Yamila was previously the National Legal Organizer for ROC United, leading the Sanctuary Restaurants project to create safer spaces for all within the restaurant industry. She also provided legal support to ROC chapters nationwide to better assist restaurant workers and employers working towards increasing equity in the industry. She joined ROC initially as the Research & Policy Organizer at the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Boston working on the One Fair Wage campaign to eliminate the subminimum wage for all tipped workers in Massachusetts.