With equality for women and other marginalized groups under threat, leaders across sectors share insights and calls to action.
Carmen Gloria Pérez. Middle Row, from left: Lauren Leader, S. Mona Sinha, Raquel Willis , Christian F. Nunes , Sarah Kate Ellis, Mini Timmaraju. Bottom row, from left: Aimee Allison, Carol Jenkins, María Teresa Kumar, Jackson Katz, Elizabeth Barajas-Román.The road to equality for women and other marginalized groups in our country has been a slow and arduous one.
Trying to create divisiveness among Americans is a strategy. If you look at other incoming governments that are trying to disrupt a democracy, oftentimes what they do is overwhelm the system and overwhelm folks so that they tap out of participating. So if we’re very clear-eyed that there's going to be an onslaught of values and that we are going to push back collectively on issues that try to undermine our democracy, that becomes really important.”.
The election showed that people voted based on their interests in a very siloed way instead of considering everyone. It’s time for a wake-up call. We cannot have these siloed movements. It must be a multi-strategy, multi-issue approach based on working together, not against each other or at the expense of one another. If your equality comes before my equality, it is inequality.
Racial Equality Women Leaders Equality Equity Women's Rights Stacey Abrams
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