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Earlier this month, at a Women Who Empower event in India, CEO of Vu Technologies Devita Saraf put it this way: “I’m the boss. If I’m not going to be bossy, who will?” These powerful words addressed society’s tendency to put female confidence in a negative light. 📺
Think of a time when your “bossiness” was viewed negatively and what you did to combat that. 💪🙌✨
📸: @elleindia
#NUwomenwhoempower #NUwomenwhoempowerourworld #womenwhoempowerourworld #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #empoweredmenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #entrepreneurs #femaleentrepreneurs #ladyboss #bosslady #strongwoman #powerhouse #femaleleader #femaleCEO #celebratewomen #WomensHistoryMonth #Mumbai #MumbaiIndia #India #VuTechnologies
In times like these, it’s important to stay mindful and active—and to be intentional in what we choose to do. Activities like meditation and yoga help keep our minds and bodies balanced. 🧘♀️🧘♂️
We strive to provide you with ways to do just this. Our very own #Huskyalum, Hanna Madrigan, is the #COO of @wellset, the first centralized marketplace to find and book wellness providers—which happens to be offering free meditation and yoga classes for the next two weeks. Check them out by visiting wellset.co and clear your mind and revitalize your body! 🕉
📸: @hannamadrigan
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In a note to hopeful restaurant-goers, #Huskyalum, Erin French said it best: This too shall pass. ✨
During this unsettling time, her restaurant, the Lost Kitchen will continue its unique reservation process: a snail mail lottery system. Of course, the reservations themselves can’t be made until ‘this passes,’ but for now, Erin hopes the restaurant continues to receive postcards—ones that ‘reveal glimpses into the lives of the people who have sent them,’ ones that bring her and her staff to tears, and ones that make them laugh out loud. 💌
In the note, Erin also encourages readers to send snail mail to loved ones—excellent advice to pass the time right now. Take a page out of her book and look for ways to “stay connected while we are apart.” 🤗
#NUwomenwhoempower #empowerwomenempowerwomen #womenintherestaurantindustry #womeninhospitality #femaleentrepreneurs #ladyboss #femalechef #bestchef #bestchefinthenortheast #WomensHistoryMonth #herstory #womenshistory #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #Northeasternalum #NUalum #Mainebusinesses #Mainerestaurants #thingstodoinMaine #thistooshallpass #stayconnectedwhileweareapart #wisewords #encouragingwords
A few years ago, a decision was made to change the title of our initiative from “Women Who Inspire” to “Women Who Empower.” Diane MacGillivray, senior vice president for University Advancement—and our fearless leader—said, “‘Inspire’ is passive, but ‘empower’ is active.” 🤩👏🙌🌟💫
Let’s channel her energy during this unsettling time: Empower yourself by checking out our new content—articles, podcasts, webinars, and more—on our revamped Women Who Empower website. We hope you find the experience empowering!
#NUwomenwhoempower #NUwomenwhoempowerourworld #womenwhoempowerourworld #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #empoweredmenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #ladyboss #bosslady #strongwoman #girlpower #powerhouse #femaleleader #celebratewomen #WomensHistoryMonth #herstory #womenshistory
This year’s London Women Who Empower event featured Misha Daud—an influential blogger, serial entrepreneur, and owner of fashion boutique Eye Candy—a woman who wears many hats. Her key to success: “Never undersell yourself.” 🙌🌟👑
Make the most of your time these next few weeks. Do the things you thought you didn’t have time for. Stay on track by making the #NUwomenwhoempower pledge (screenshot the pledge in our highlights!) and finding new ways to empower yourself and others every day!
📸: Richard Hall, Rosie Gabrielle and Ausra Osipaviciute (@harpersbazaararabia)
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Happy Monday! For many of you, today might mark your first day (ever!) working from home. Lucky for you: Binja Basimike, BHS’12, has drawn up a list of ways to stay productive while working from home. Visit her blog, africancocktail.com, for tips and tricks (and SO much more) on how to make the most of this time. 💻👩💻🌟
P.S. We want to give a special shoutout to our healthcare and sanitation workers, caretakers, and everyone in between who do not have the option to #WFH—we see you and we appreciate you. 🙌👑
#AfricanCocktail #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #empoweredmenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #Bouve #BouveCollegeofHealthSciences #femalebloggers #womeninscience #womenintech #womeninIT #femaleconsultants #consultant #consultantlife #womeninhealthcare #healthcareIT #ladyboss #bosslady #strongwoman #powerhouse #femaleleader #celebratewomen #WomensHistoryMonth
Let’s reimagine inclusive workplaces. In today’s society, diverse and inclusive places of employment are crucial—they allow us to be ourselves and encourage us to work together to make positive changes.
Michele Coleman Mayes, vice president, general counsel, and secretary for the New York Public Library and Shana Knizhnik, staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society of New York City’s Criminal Defense Practice and co-author of Notorious RBG are the epitome of going all in on reimagining inclusive workplaces. Both power houses advocate on behalf of civil rights, pay equity, and economic and social justice—just what we need more of in today’s world.
#NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #socialjusticeSunday #NortheasternUniversity #NortheasternSchoolofLaw #NortheasternUniversitySchoolofLaw #racialjustice #socialjustice #economicjustice #womeninlaw #femalelawyers #womeninjustice #NotoriousRBG #RBG #NYPL #NewYorkPublicLibrary #MicheleColemanMayes #ShanaKnizhnik #femlaeauthors #NortheasternWomenintheLaw #diversity #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #payequity #civilrights #advocacy #Bostonevents #Boston #BostonMass #NortheasternBostoncampus
Susan Shah, SL’02 is an exceptional advocate for people of all backgrounds—from supporting youth who create public art to advance social change and providing legal assistance to unaccompanied immigrant children who are facing deportation and replenishing and restoring environments for once incarcerated adults to building accountability systems to ensure agencies are serving their communities in the best way possible, she’s an unstoppable force.
During this unsettling time, we want to highlight people like Susan—members of our network who are fostering positive change. #DM us if you’d like to nominate yourself, a friend, a colleague, or a role model whose #goodvibes we could use during these difficult moments.
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#NewYorkCityevents #NewYork #NewYorkCity #NortheasterninNewYork
We're looking back 👀💃 on Nancy Pelosi's visit to our Boston campus yesterday. This #iconic woman dropped some real knowledge on us:
"Don't agonize, organize."
"Let me introduce you to the marble ceiling."
"We have to have that diversity at the table. The beauty is in the mix."
The list of inspirational quotes goes on and on. And this is JUST from yesterday's event. We couldn't be more grateful to Nancy for starting our weeks off right.
📸: @andrewharnik, @apnews
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Happy International Women's Day! Let's join together to support all the women everywhere today—and everyday.
🎨: @rachelcastleandthings
#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2020 #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #RachelCastleandThings
As a leading force for women’s empowerment, we are so excited to share that Stephanie Kaplan Lewis will be coming to Northeastern’s Boston campus tomorrow as part of the Entrepreneur Club’s Executive Speaker Series. Stephanie is the co-founder and CEO of Her Campus, the world's #1 media and marketing agency targeted toward college women, which Stephanie co-founded in 2009 as an undergraduate student at Harvard.
If creating a company while attending school full-time isn't impressive enough, Stephanie has also been named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc.'s 30 Under 30, Businessweek’s 25 Under 25, Glamour’s 20 Amazing Young Women, EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women, and The Boston Globe's 25 Under 25. And Her Campus has been named as Entrepreneur magazine's Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Top Small Business of the Year, Forbes 100 Best Websites for Women and 10 Best Websites for Millennial Women.
In addition to these accolades, Stephanie visits colleges and universities, like Northeastern, inspiring and empowering the next set of movers and shakers. Join us in welcoming Stephanie back to our campus tomorrow!
#HerCampus #HCXO #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversityEntrepreneursClub #EntrepreneursClub #NEUEClub #millenialwomen #millenials #femaleentrepreneurs #womeninentrepreneurship #businesswomen #businessleader #Forbes #TheBostonGlobe #Glamour #Businessweek #EY
Every January, Silicon Valley Bank invites a select group of university students from around the world to SVB Trek to build a network of peers and advisors, while gaining insights to propel them to the next stage of their career development. Two of our very own students attended the trek: Joyce Hsieh and Miracle Olatunji.
Olatunji blogged about her biggest #takeaways from the three-day immersive learning experience, writing that “narrative and story-telling are incredibly powerful,” “always put people first,” and “never stop learning.” Check out our #linkinbio to see more in the full post!
📸:@wearethetempest
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Mary Ciampa, DMSB’92, is working to invest in women. To that end, she created WomenX, an online learning community focused on education, support, and empowerment for females.
As this community grows, Mary seeks to continue using education to help empower women and advance society at the same time—in turn, laying the groundwork for a world where every person is treated equally and given equal opportunity, respect, treatment, care, and pay. And we are #hereforit!
#NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #DamoreMcKim #NortheasternDMSB #DMSB #womenX #womxn #education #support #empowerment #advancesociety #equalopportunity #equaltreatment #equalpay
In honor of #NationalMentoringMonth, we’re celebrating the mentors and mentees who are part of Northeastern’s many mentorship opportunities. 👬👭👫
Gabriela Beatham-García, SSH’20—CSSH ambassador, peer advisor, international affairs research assistant, Global Journals vice president for public relations, and Northeastern Co-op Mentor Program mentee—says, “Never assume that someone doesn’t understand what you’re going through. You never know what common experience could forge a connection with someone.” And that is what makes mentoring a beautiful thing! 🌟
#NationalMentoringMonth #mentorship #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #NortheasternCSSH #womenininternationalaffairs #internationalaffairs #polisci #politicalscience
Important in both our professional and personal lives, #mentorships are valuable learning experiences for both #mentors and #mentees. 👫👭👬
“The ability to empathize is critical for a successful #mentoring relationship,” says Brooke Kamenoff, DMSB’14, a Northeastern co-op mentor. A member of the Young Alumni Advisory Board, she spent her senior year abroad studying and working in Madrid—making her an ideal co-op #mentor! 🤩🤗👏🙌
#NationalMentoringMonth #mentorship #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #DamoreMcKim #NortheasternDMSB #DMSB #FCBNY #FCBNewYork #womanstrategist #womanstrategists
It’s #NationalComplimentDay! Knowing the sheer power of thoughtful words, Kathy Chamberlin and Debby Hoffman created a #holiday in 1998 that encourages people to inform others how #appreciated they are. 🤗🙌
Now, we encourage you to #tagafriend below and tell them why they’re so special to you. Spread the joy, strengthen a bond, and share all the #goodvibes—ready, set, go! 👯♀️👯♂️
📸: @elianaberger
#readysetgo #NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #thepowerofwords #powerofwords #Northeastern #NortheasternUniversity #DamoreMcKim #NortheasternDMSB #DMSB #NortheasternCAMD #CAMD #bossbabes #womeninbusiness #NortheasternWISE #womenatGoogle #GoogleHQ #GoogleBoston
Sip & Script started as an idea between two friends and Boston-based calligraphers: Meg Chaloner and Julie Mancini thought hosting calligraphy and hand-lettering classes would be fun. 👯♀️ Their first-ever class sold out in 2015 and the rest is history. Now classes are being held all over the United States, their team continues to grow, and the community of creatives they’ve built thrives. ✒️✍️🎨🖌
Today—#NationalHandwritingDay—we celebrate the @sipandscript craft, the #trailblazing #ladygang (or #squad as they like to say!) that runs the company, and their ever-growing network of makers, crafters, and innovators.
📸: @leoandlillyletters, @applecrestevents, @sipandscript
#NUwomenwhoempower #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #bossbabes #creativewomen #womeninbusiness #femaleentrepreneurs #smallbusiness #creativesmallbusiness #calligraphyclass #calligraphyclasses #dosomethingcreativeeveryday #creativesontherise
Today, and everyday, we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and what he fought for. In addition to "I have a dream," this incredible soul coined the phrase “The time is always right to do what is right.” This quote led him through life—let it #inspire and #empower you today: to be kind, to stand up for what you believe in, and to be true to yourself.
🎨: @sarahliztate via @britandco
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Many of the women’s programs we dreamed up have come to fruition in the last few years. Today marks one year since the inception of @northeasternWISE, a student-led women’s entrepreneurship organization that works to foster an innovative mindset through #interdisciplinary workshops, classes, and more. 👯♀️🌟🤩
Through WISE’s #WeSupport program, students like Anna Rychlik, AMD/DMSB’22, can take part in mentorship opportunities and build relationships instrumental to academic and entrepreneurial success.
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