by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Five women’s soccer teams took a knee ahead of their opening matches at the 2020 Summer Games.Great Britain and Chile teams took a knee on the pitch before their match, and the United States and Sweden teams knelt ahead of their clash on Wednesday. It’s...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
With the destiny of a kingdom on the line, Princess Ka‘iulani, heir to the Hawaiian Crown, entered the White House in Washington, D.C., on a delicate diplomatic mission. She had just sailed from Great Britain, where she had been riding her surfboard in the waves at...
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Allyson Felix is the most decorated Olympian in track and field history. But a few years ago, she had a problem: She had no shoes to wear. In 2019, she publicly cut ties with Nike, her main sponsor, when she asked the company for maternity protections and was...
by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon says she’s ready for an NBA head coaching job. The Portland Trail Blazers weren’t ready to provide her that chance. The longtime San Antonio Spurs assistant who was a finalist for the Portland job that ultimately went to Chauncey...
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
CNN spoke to WNBA star Jewell Loyd about the Olympics, athletes speaking out, and providing a path for the next generation of hoopers. Watch Here
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For Sue Bird’s first Olympics, in 2004 in Athens, the team stayed on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. Early WNBA stars like Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie led the squad, and a few of the younger players, including Bird, were quite fond of a nightclub on the...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, SEW
The Washington Football Team named Tanya Snyder as co-CEO on Tuesday — a significant shakeup to the franchise’s structure amid an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment allegations into the team’s workplace. She will share duties of CEO...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson still gets intimidated. But not for reasons you’d imagine. Last week, Lawson joined LPGA player Stacy Lewis at the annual KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit to discuss what it means to break barriers and empower...
by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last night, owners of Barclays Center—and the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty—Joe and Clara Wu Tsai walked to their sideline seats with a few special guests. Among them was none other than NBA superstar Kevin Durant. The happy Barclays family was in the building...
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
If a woman from a small town in West Virginia can become the owner of a WNBA team, so can other women, Montgomery told the audience at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen digital summit. “I have nieces, I have nephews,” Montgomery said....
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