Fast Company’s Most Creative People 2015

Thank you to Fast Company Magazine for highlighting gender in business and technology issues and for remembering women in their annual Most Creative People list.

Juliana Rotich “Ushahidi: Powered by Open Source”

What happens when barriers to use of technology are lowered? What can we learn from the Ushahidi open source community and the technology landscape in Africa about the opportunity and the limits of open innovation? Rotich talks about Ushadhidi at the Lift 2011 Conference.

Women’s Suffrage Education

The right of women to vote varies across the globe. Women in the USA protested for a century to finally receive the vote in 1920. When our rights are questioned on a regular basis, we need reminders of what we have accomplished and what we deserve to keep. “Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment.” © Soomo Publishing 2012.

Molly Crabapple’s Shell Game Political Art Project

Shell Game by Molly Crabapple is an art show about the financial meltdown. She created 9 giant paintings and had a gallery show in a faux gambling parlor in the East Village, NYC. To garner support, she used Kickstarter’s online funding platform for creative projects. © Molly Crabapple 2012.

Lilia Toson wins National Parliamentary Debate tournament

A documentary by Ashley Pinedo featuring Lilia Toson at the 2006 National Parliamentary Debate Association’s national tournament at Oregon State University. Focuses on what Lilia has achieved and what she has had to overcome to be successful in the college debate community.

Are Women Too Reluctant to Take Credit for Achievements?

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White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers argues that American women in general are too reluctant to take credit for professional achievements. Hear Myers’ fresh take on the achievements that women have made in all aspects of public life. At the age of 31, Myers was appointed as White House press secretary under Clinton. Myers highlights the difficulties women faced throughout history as well as their collective battle to achieve a presence in areas once denied to them.