{"id":11016,"date":"2018-03-07T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatwillittake.com\/?p=11016"},"modified":"2020-03-28T17:23:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T21:23:54","slug":"press-for-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatwillittake.com\/inspiration\/press-for-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Press for Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theme of International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>\u00a02018 was \u201cPress for Progress.\u201d According the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report<\/a>, at the rate we\u2019re progressing toward women\u2019s equality, women won\u2019t achieve parity for another 200 years. In order to reach this milestone sooner, we need to take action.<\/p>\n

In 2017 the world saw a dramatic increase in activism and advocacy for women with movements like The Women\u2019s March, #MeToo, Time\u2019s Up, and a surge of women running for office. Let\u2019s make sure we keep the momentum going throughout 2018 by continuing to speak up, step up, start movements, and organize for change so that we can help women achieve parity in our lifetime.<\/p>\n

May the words of these trailblazing women, curated from Marianne Schnall’s interviews over the years, serve as a call to action to do all we can to advocate for women and remain vigilant as together we press for women\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is all about women taking their power and asserting it. I think power is something you have to take and use. It\u2019s just not given to you. The only thing you get is what you fight for and nothing more. I come out of an activist tradition and just believe that every day we have to push forward. Don\u2019t be patient and don\u2019t wait for someone to ask you and don\u2019t think everyone\u2019s going to like you, because if you\u2019re not pissing someone off, you\u2019re probably not doing your job! That\u2019s how change happens, because people are bold and audacious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cecile Richards \u2014
\nPresident of Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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“I have been very pleased by the leadership and participation of younger generations of women, particularly the millennials, who are continuing what was started [last] January and are running for office at record levels, organizing their communities, and, as we have seen with #MeToo, are boldly speaking truth to power in order to fight for the change we so desperately need in this country. This is what the resistance is all about, and these signs help me continue to be hopeful during this very tumultuous and chaotic period in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Maxine Waters \u2014
\nU.S. Representative, California\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve always felt the best way to make change is to work with the grassroots and to focus locally where you are in your own community. . . . There\u2019s plenty to do everywhere. When people say they don\u2019t know how to direct their energy, I want to say, \u2018Walk outside.\u2019 People are suffering everywhere\u2014people looking for work and needing healthcare, people desperate to talk and tell their story. The world changes from the ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Eve Ensler \u2014
\nPlaywright, Founder of <\/i>V-Day<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of the only silver linings of the Trump presidency is that more and more women are feeling emboldened to raise their voices and fight for the issues that matter most to them, from sexual harassment in the workplace to paid leave. We saw that with the Women’s March, and we saw it again on Election Day [in November], when women all over the country got off the sidelines, ran for office, and won.<\/p>\n

My advice to women is this: Don’t wait for some white knight in Washington to ride up and save us. You will wait forever. It is the grassroots who will create the message, launch the campaigns, and win the elections that finally change our country for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kirsten Gillibrand \u2014
\nNew York Senator, Founder of <\/i>Off the Sidelines<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you don\u2019t strive for a seat at the table, you can\u2019t complain about what is decided there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tina Brown \u2014
\nWriter, Editor, President & CEO of Tina Brown Live Media<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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“So many people are afraid to speak out; they\u2019re afraid to ruffle feathers. And we have to. We\u2019re in this together; there\u2019s no way around it. It\u2019s not okay to just go on living our lives and pretend like everything is okay and that we don\u2019t need background checks on automatic weapons and that it\u2019s okay that women make 77 cents on the man\u2019s dollar, African American women 63, Latina 57\u2014that\u2019s not okay. So we\u2019ve really got to start holding people more accountable.<\/p>\n

Every voice counts and that voice needs to be heard. And by not using your voice, you\u2019re doing a disservice, not only to yourself, but to the community and the world at large. You have a responsibility to all of us. We need your help. I think girls and women are our heroes, and they need to start seeing themselves as our heroes and to come help us out of the mess that we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jennifer Siebel Newsom \u2014
\nFilmmaker, Actress, Founder\/CEO of <\/i>The Representation Project<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you look at things from a global perspective it becomes so clear that we need to shift the paradigm so that opportunities and access are available to all women. We know women are a key part of the answer, and we need both men and women to fully embrace this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donna Karan \u2014
\nFashion Designer, Founder of <\/i>Urban Zen<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe message my parents taught me that has contributed most to my ability to create change in the world is this: if you want something and you\u2019ve never had it before, you\u2019re going to have to do something you\u2019ve never done before in order to get it.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tiffany Dufu \u2014
\nAuthor, Chief Leadership Officer at Levo<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think measured celebration is in order, and continued vigilance. I do not want us to relax our vigilance\u2026. The fact that we can point to one or two cases where, with enormous work and effort and organizing, people who are in the have-not category\u2014women, people of color, et cetera\u2014get a token or two in, does not mean that the battle is won.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Robin Morgan \u2014
\nAuthor, Activist, Cofounder of <\/i>Women\u2019s Media Center<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cI never said, \u2018Ooh, I want to be an activist.\u2019 I just found that the more I spoke the truth, the more activist I became. I am constantly amazed at how courageous and radical speaking the truth is. The most activist thing you can do is just speak the truth and search for the truth and just follow that trail, and it will come to you. Believe me, the universe will hand it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Melissa Etheridge \u2014
\nSinger\/Songwriter, Activist\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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