Category: Women’s Issues

  • When Billie Jean and Condoleezza and Chelsea met Sally

    Each year Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego hosts a Women in Leadership conversation, bringing together female leaders from widely varied fields to share their personal stories and their insights on the progress of women. Tam O’Shaughnessy, Ride’s life partner and cofounder of Sally Ride Science, conceived of the event in 2018 to celebrate […]

  • Trailblazing Women Share Inspiring Stories as Part of Women in Leadership 2022

    “Why women?” asks journalist and author Lynn Scherr at the outset of this year’s Women in Leadership panel. It’s a question that not only gives insight into the minds of the panelists but breaks open the issues presented to all women – politically and personally – in the year 2022. Labor leader and activist Dolores […]

  • When Women Have a Seat at the Table

    “I have always understood women to be leaders, to be creative, to be committed, to be problem-solvers, to be diplomats and to be fierce advocates for the well-being of entire communities …. I trust that things are better when women are at the table, and quite frankly, if there are no women at your table, […]

  • Women in Leadership 2019

    “Where on an imagined clock of equality do we now stand?” asks veteran journalist Lynn Sherr at the start of this year’s Women in Leadership panel. Listen in as Sylvia Acevedo, Chelsea Clinton, Jedidah Isler answer that question and share their thoughts on the present and future of the role of women in America. Each […]

  • Women in Politics: Looking Toward 2020 and Beyond

    Women played a huge role in the 2018 midterms. Women voters flipped districts across the country, and female candidates won a record number of congressional seats. So, what does it mean for American politics as a whole moving forward? Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and Goldman School of Public Policy professor Sarah Anzia sat down […]