Nigerian filmmaker and media personality Kemi Adetiba, in partnership with Accelerate TV, has launched the King Women Project. King Women seeks to tell never before told stories of women celebrating their failures and triumphs and extracting important life lessons for all. The project kicked off last week and airs on Accelerate TV’s YouTube Page every Monday. …
There is a myth in technology that talent stems from innate ability. Really though it’s a process of learning and hard work. As seen through history, technology can destabilize the jobs market. This begs the question: what are truck drivers going to do in the age of driverless cars? Omoju Miller’s work puts forward the …
Makers: Women in Space traces the history of women pioneers in the U.S. space program. Some, like aviators Wally Funk and Jerrie Cobb, passed the same grueling tests as male astronauts, only to be dismissed by NASA, the military, and even Lyndon Johnson, as a distraction. It wasn’t until 1995 that Eileen Collins became the …
In a rare and candid conversation before a sold-out audience of 6500 at the largest conference for women in California, former U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine K. Albright and Condoleezza Rice discussed the Trump administration’s recent executive order banning immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries. Rice, who served in the administration of President George W. Bush, …
Wednesday, February 1, 2017, the Watermark Conference for Women Silicon Valley kicked off with a sold-out audience of 6,500 women gathering at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California. The opening keynote session was an ensemble of brilliant speakers namely Shawn Anchor, bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness and a …
The first ever Minority Women Professionals (MWPs) conference tour, (MWPs are MVPs), will kick-off on January 28, 2017 at Preservation Park in Oakland, CA and will feature a series of guest speakers, workshops, networking and mentorship opportunities aimed to inspire and empower Minority Women Professionals (MWPs) from diverse backgrounds and professions, while also equipping them …