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April 13th, 2013

Rising International and Using Our Financial Power for Positive Change

On March 19th, I was honoured to give the keynote speech at the 5th Annual Hands of Hope Luncheon for Rising International. Rising International is an incredible organization that seeks to eliminate extreme poverty in the world through the economic empowerment of women in some of the world’s poorest countries. I love the layered effect, [...]

January 30th, 2013

“Exploring The Barriers and Opportunities For Independent Women Filmmakers”

On January 21st I hosted the third annual Women at Sundance event at my home which launched  Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities for Independent Women Filmmakers, a study conducted by the incredible  Stacy L. Smith, Katherine Pieper (seen in the photo), and Marc Choueiti of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University [...]