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.

“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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Chronically Unemployed Women Find Life-Changing Hope And Purpose Through Women’s Bean Project

wyskJanuary 8, 2018

In 1989, while volunteering at a day shelter for homeless women in Denver, Colorado, Jossy Eyre found herself grappling with the fact that these women needed mo...

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Technologist Mitra Best On Gender Bias And Striving For Equity In The Workplace

Guest ContributorDecember 14, 2017

By Mitra Best - I am proud to be a female technologist, but the fact I am a woman should be irrelevant. Most of us want to be recognized for our capabilities an...

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Crowdfunding Campaign Aims To Help Train More Aspiring Women Firefighters, Close FDNY Gender Gap

wyskOctober 4, 2017

There are currently only 63 women among a force of 11,000 FDNY firefighters. The United Women Firefighters (UWF), a non-profit run by a small, but dedicated gro...

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