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The 100 Black Females Project: Shayla Hunter Turns Academic Assignment Into Empowering Platform

wyskNovember 2, 2018

In April 2018, Shayla Hunter was required to complete a 100 Day Project as part of her graduate degree from the School of Visual Arts. She needed to create some...

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You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone… Why We Need To Support Women You Should Know Now

Guest ContributorNovember 1, 2018

By Lori Day - If you’re like me and like most people, sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. Joni Mitchell turned that sentiment into a song i...

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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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Joann DiGennaro On Guiding Record Numbers Of Women Into STEM Careers Through Pioneering Programs

Guest ContributorOctober 26, 2018

Dr. Pam Taub, general cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego, who discovered that dark chocolate has a compound that can improve the m...

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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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Depelsha McGruder Named Chief Operating Officer Of New York Public Radio

wyskOctober 25, 2018

Media and television executive Depelsha McGruder is among the inspiring, change-making, pioneering, and determined women and girls we've had the incredible priv...

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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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Comedic Actor Rachel Pallante As RBG Has A Message For Us All… “Get Out And Vote!”

wyskOctober 24, 2018

Comedic actor and singer Rachel Pallante works at the sketch comedy institution Esther’s Follies in Austin, TX where she impersonates political figures… Ruth Ba...

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