Brewers Of Change

Our BREWERS OF CHANGE™ column puts a celebratory spotlight on women leaders who are creating social impact and propelling gender equity through their organizations and businesses in their respective industries. They are Women You Should Know whose missions are greater than their companies and brands.

Powerful Chorus Of Individuals Speak Up To Give Women You Should Know A Fighting Chance At Survival

wyskNovember 27, 2018

We are currently fighting for our organization’s life. Headed into 2019, Women You Should Know can no longer survive without outside funding as we’ve done for t...

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Four Women Candidates On Why They’re Attempting To Make Political History

wyskOctober 30, 2018

With the U.S. midterm election just days away, Vice has launched She’s Running, a four-part series that follows four, first-time women candidates running for of...

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These Progressive Women In Rural Texas Are Organizing In Secret To Lead A Political Resistance

wyskOctober 26, 2018

The latest episode of WNYC's political podcast "The United States of Anxiety" centers on a group of progressive women in rural Texas who meet in secret as part ...

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“The Women’s Movement Inspired Me” 92-Year-Old Karline Tierney On Her Decades Long Role As A Women’s Rights Activist

Guest ContributorOctober 25, 2018

By Karline Tierney - I was born in Auburn, New York, in 1926. My parents, Jane and Karl Koenen, already had a daughter and assumed I would be a boy, and I’d...

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Mars Needs Young Innovators: Woman-Founded, STEAM And Space Nonprofit Seeks Student Nominees For Annual Awards Program

wyskOctober 25, 2018

The Mars Generation, a non-profit founded in 2015 by then 18-year-old Abigail Harrison (aka Astronaut Abby), has quickly grown to become a global leader in exci...

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Freshta Karim On Her Mobile Library And Spreading The Joy Of Reading In Kabul

Guest ContributorAugust 28, 2018

By Pary Shuaib - Meet Freshta Karim, the founder and director of a mobile library called Charmaghz in Afghanistan. Through Charmaghz, Freshta and her team are h...

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History-Making Plumber Campaigns To Fund Her Nonprofit’s First Construction Skills Summer Camp For Girls

wyskJune 20, 2018

Fact: women make up less than 4% of skilled laborers in the U.S. construction industry (9% of the industry, overall). "It’s an unacceptable imbalance that has e...

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New Jane Walker Icon Celebrates Pioneers Of Equality, Supports Organizations Championing Women’s Progress

wyskApril 26, 2018

Johnnie Walker, the legendary Scotch Whisky maker, recently unveiled Jane Walker, the first-ever female iteration of the brand’s iconic Striding Man logo. Her i...

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Her Viewpoint: Electrical Workers Talk Sexual Harassment Over Coffee

Guest ContributorFebruary 1, 2018

By Erin Sullivan - Some days the men I work with amaze me. It was just about time for coffee when the Matt Lauer story broke. So one of the guys says, “Why now?...

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