Newly Released Me Too PSAs Tell Survivor Stories
Activist and founder of the Me Too movement Tarana Burke, has released a group of PSAs at the Sundance film festival this past week. The suite of animated vide...
Good Causes
The Practice: My Yoga Journey From Self-Healing To Empowering Survivors Of Genocide
By Jordan Ashley - "Place a hand to your heart and a hand to your belly," I say to a room of strangers – a hundred women who had witnessed the massacre of husba...
Compelling PSA “Boys Will Be Better” Takes On Climate Of Toxic Masculinity
The new PSA Boys Will Be Better, written and directed by Jennifer Rau, takes on the "current climate of toxic masculinity."In an email to WYSK, Jennifer exp...
I’m Fighting For The Fading Stories Of Pioneering Women In Science And The Platform That Preserves Them
I am looking at a bookshelf of fading stories. Here are biographies long out of print of women who changed their time (and ours) for the better but whose lives ...
Meet Susie Coston, An Extraordinary Human Who Gives Sanctuary And Love To Rescued Farm Animals
"They’re just like people - every one of them has a past when they come in. Most of them come from a place of loss, like a big place of loss. Once they’re here ...
18-Year-Old Activist Emmy Adams Is Working To Turbocharge Youth Voter Turnout This November
By Emmy AdamsMy name is Emmy Adams. I am an activist, a tree hugger, a fire-breathing feminist and a big fan of democracy. I have helped start four non-prof...
With The Donation Of One Kidney, Mary Robinson Saved 8 Lives… And You Can Help To Save More
By Mary Robinson - I am social. I play tennis and guitar, sing with a big band, and volunteer with a disaster relief organization. One of these activities turne...
After Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse, Lauren Book Emerged A Warrior On A Mission To Protect And Empower Children
By Lauren Book, M.S. Ed, Founder/CEO - When I was little, I wanted to be a "weather girl" (meteorologist). I thought that would be the best job ever and I would...
History-Making Plumber Campaigns To Fund Her Nonprofit’s First Construction Skills Summer Camp For Girls
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...