When We Invest in Women, We Transform Democracy for Generations feat. Jennifer Siebel Newsom & Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of viewing women's issues as central to understanding justice and democracy, featuring insights from prominent leaders in the field.
What happens when philanthropy stops treating women and girls as a side issue and starts seeing them as a powerful lens through which we can better understand the major fights for justice, democracy, safety, and human dignity? In this live episode, recorded at The Giving List Women “Doing It Differently” Summit in Santa Barbara, Glen Galaich, CEO of the Stupski Foundation, and co-host Gwyn Lurie, Co-Founder and CEO of The Giving List Women, sit down with two leaders who have spent their careers challenging the stories, systems, and assumptions that shape our society: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of California and award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Miss Representation and the new documentary Miss Representation: Rise Up , and Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, host of Intersectionality Matters! , and author of the new book Backtalker . Together, they take on one of the most dangerous fake rules in philanthropy and culture— the idea that women and girls are a “lane” instead of a lens for understanding the defining issues of our time. Drawing on law, media…
People in this episode
Hosts: Glen Galaich, Gwyn Lurie
Guests: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
Topics covered
- philanthropy
- women's rights
- democracy
- justice
- impact measurement
- social change
Keywords
- philanthropy
- women
- democracy
- justice
- impact
- funding
- social issues
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Stupski Foundation, The Giving List Women, African American Policy Forum
Books & works: Miss Representation, Miss Representation: Rise Up, Backtalker
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