ENCORE from Oct. 26, 2022 Michelle Li is an award-winning journalist and news anchor in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born in South Korea, adopted as a baby, and became a documented immigrant in the U. S. She didn’t follow any traditions for New Year’s Day — from the U.S. or Korea — so, when […]
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Award-winning journalist, producer and media executive, Pat Mitchell continues to broadcast women’s stories – elevating their leadership and ideas to change the world–mimicking in Project Dandelion the way a dandelion spreads its seeds on a puff of air. Pat points out that the dandelion exists on every continent in the world because it has one
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Luisa Diaz is on a personal mission to spread kindness in everything she does. She says that there are so many people doing amazing acts of kindness, we need to hear more about them instead of glorifying the negativity in the world. She has used her experience as Ms. Venezuela International and Mrs. New York
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Zack Fowler is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for AMPLIFY Girls, an international collective of community-driven organizations that are investing in raising girls’ agency and amplifying their voices. In 2018, Zack was the Executive Director of WISER International, supporting holistic girls’ education in Kenya. Several community-driven organizations had reached “a tipping point of frustration” with
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ENCORE from February 8, 2022 Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin (Dr. Jackie) challenges everyone to adopt a “Why Not” attitude and aim high toward your potential outcomes. Dr. Jackie spontaneously spoke the words, “Why Not?” during a morning outdoor assembly of students instead of the usual admonitions not to run and push each other, and it caught
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Paige Oxendine, a Consultant with Habitat Communication & Culture, co-founded Rosie with Rachel Anderson in 2016 with the purpose of helping women to connect and access resources for professional development, business assistance and leadership. Paige and Rachel had both been student body presidents in their respective colleges. They both also wanted to help women access
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Andrea Grant, a Certified Diversity Search Professional (CDSP), has worked for over 25 years for major corporations and as a serial entrepreneur with a love for human resources. However, she says that DEI and all the other acronyms applied to diversity today doesn’t mean we’re being equitable and creating a culture of belonging, and that
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Asha Dahya is a passionate storyteller, who writes, produces films, and speaks out about empowering women to share their stories and fight for Reproductive Justice and women’s rights to freedom of choice without limitation and judgement. She grew up absorbing the messages of empowering women’s stories through her mother’s love for iconic Indian art house
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Dr. Denise Caleb, PHR, was recruited for human resources while working at Ford Motor Credit Corporation by an HR professional who thought she’d be a good talent recruiter. Dr. Caleb didn’t know what human resources was yet, but soon learned and fell in love with it, saying at the time, “I eat, breathe and sleep
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Katica Roy is a breadwinner mom and gender economist, who is on a mission to achieve gender equity once and for all. She says that we need to realize that gender equity is not just a social issue but a massive economic opportunity. In fact, if we close the pay gap in the US, the
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