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January 30, 2017
The Weekly reFRESH is back, with all of the freshest updates, thinkers, and actions on our radar. We’d also like to introduce the newest addition to our team, Kara Crutcher, who’ll be joining us as our Speaker Coordinator. She will also be the editor of the reFRESH. (*Kara waves*) Let’s face it: It’s a been […]
August 21, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers In this week’s edition we’ve got, a trip back to Ferguson on the anniversary of Mike Brown’s death, the awkward position of justifying one’s own blackness, and how anti street harassment work values men’s emotions over true empathy. What we’ve been checking out… Public speaking is America’s number one fear, coming […]
June 12, 2015
This week we’ve got truths about male privilege, trailblazing women in tech, and a guide on how to talk about a woman running for president. What we’ve been checking out… Seven TED talks on being transgender. Some of Hollywood’s most powerful women, including Taraji P. Henson, Viola Davis, and Jessica Lange, drop knowledge on sexism, […]
May 8, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers This week, we’ve got a speaker manifesto in response to boring academic conferences, stories of men leaning in, and a revolutionary way to take on anti-immigration policies: hugs. What we’ve been checking out… If you know anything about our mission, part of it is challenging the myopic thinking and redundancies that […]
May 1, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers This week we’ve been following the Baltimore uprising… An important reminder when thinking about Freddie Gray, Michael Brown and the countless others who have died at the hands of the police: We cannot simply replace the word “Ferguson” with “Baltimore” because each story, person, and life is unique. Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi […]