Part 2 of our conversation with Rebecca Solnit, one of the nation’s most celebrated writers.
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Rabbi Brous takes the stage at the Women's March on Washington before a crowd of hundreds of thousands as part of a line-up of activists, faith & community leaders and entertainers. Grateful to Henry J. Bernstein for his video editing savvy.
First Lady Michelle Obama and Charlize Theron offer a few wise words to teenage girls at a Glamour Magazine event.
With less than 40 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, poet and activist Alice Walker reads her new poem, "Democratic Womanism." "You ask me why I smile when you tell me you intend in the coming national elections to hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils," reads Walker.
Omega cofounder Elizabeth Lesser opens the 2019 Women & Power Conference with a tribute to Toni Morrison and an exploration of one of her favorite Morrison quotes, "As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think."
In this video with NEXT for Women, Lesser states that the desire to be nice to everyone is still locked into the DNA of women. You can be kind and fierce, but not nice and fierce, and that it is almost always impossible to advance in one's career if they attempt this.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about "The power of Women" after receiving Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education at Sri Sathya Sai International Center in New Delhi, India, on December 2nd, 2011.