When there’s no seat at the table, you build one. That was the theme of the panel Connect4Impact Fellow Joanna Faucett joined at the 2026 Take The Lead Power Up Conference in Washington, D.C., held August 25–26. And honestly, we can’t think of anyone who embodies it better. Faucett is a graduate of the first
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Women lead in very different ways—from one another, and from most men. There’s even a “whoa” hiding in our language: the wo that precedes man in the word woman has long functioned as a signal to pause, hesitate, or stop. But many women refuse to hear it, pressing forward to accomplish their purpose, whatever that
There are moments when a room shifts—when energy, purpose, and possibility come together. The culmination of Connect4Impact created one of those moments as we celebrated the first cohort of Connect4Impact. After eight months of learning, reflection, and action, the young women—aka Impact Scholars—who participated in the program were not just closing a chapter; they were
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