Ep 16: Suzanne Lerner, Michael Stars Foundation: The Business of Equality
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
Release Date: 01/04/2024
Ep 22: Cristina Escobar, LatinaMedia.Co: A Critics Choice for Equality
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 22 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Cristina Escobar, co-founder of LatinaMedia.Co and member of ERA Coalition Forward's Communications, Public Education and Civic Engagement Working Group. Escobar introduces the third rail of the Hollywood ecosystem, the critic, the reviewer. She challenges us to not only look at who is telling the story but who is critiquing it. Who is shaping and determining what is artistically valuable. In her work of amplifying Latina voices, Escobar emphasizes that Latino political and economical power is one of the strongest...
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Ep 21: Dr. Nicole Haggard, Mount Saint Mary's University: Unstoppable Sisterhood
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 21 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Dr. Nicole Haggard, director of the Center for the Advancement of Women at Mount Saint Mary’s University and co-founder of CIME. Dr. Haggard takes an intersectional approach to advancing culture and brings data to life through storytelling. She reminds us that the stories we tell ourselves and what we place value on is what defines our culture. In her personal story, she tells a tale of following her heart, showing up for equality and most important the power of women supporting women and the sisterhood at Mount...
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Ep 20: Dr. Nancy O'Reilly, Women Connect4Good Foundation: Lift Women Up!
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 20 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Dr. Nancy O'Reilly, founder of Women Connect4Good and ultimate champion for women and the ERA. She has made it her life's mission to support organizations who lift up and advance wonen and girls and activate their passion and purpose. She believes publishing the Equal Rights Amendment in our constitution is one of the most import things we can do right now to create gender equity and she won't stop until the ERA becomes our 28th amendment. She stresses that being clear with our intent and asking for what we want is...
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Ep 19: Margaret Mitchell, YWCA USA: The W That Makes the Difference
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 19 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to YWCA USA CEO, Margaret Mitchell. As a partner who is focused on gender equality and eliminating racism, Mitchell says the ERA is the path forward for us and an invitation to everything better. Knowing it's the W that makes the difference, this longtime institution is at the frontlines for equity and instrumental for educating and empowering young women, serving as a source for housing and growth for women in sports amongst other things. Elisa speaks with Mitchell about the YWCA's recent initiatives in voter...
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Ep 18: Ary Mondragon, Dia de los Muertos, D.C.: Honoring Your Roots, Flourishing with Freedom
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 18 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to activist, community organizer and radio host, Ary Mondragon-Mimms, co-founder of Dia de los Muertos, D.C. Mondragon has helped bring together thousands to the National Mall in D.C. to honor and celebrate our ancestors and inspire action and social change through arts and culture. Having engaged with her own fight for freedom in the United States as an immigrant from Mexico she connects with others like herself to ensure they receive the proper resources, tools, support and protection. Elisa speaks with Mondragon on...
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Ep 17: Dolores Huerta: Si se puede: Publish the ERA
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 17 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to legendary civil rights activist, Dolores Huerta, president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. At 93 years old, Huerta is almost as old as the 100 year movement to publish the Equal Rights Amendment and she is determined to make sure that happens within her lifetime. As the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association along with Cesar Chavez and a leader of the feminist movement, she continues to transform communities and challenge systems to better serve the people most often underrepresented, especially the...
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Ep 16: Suzanne Lerner, Michael Stars Foundation: The Business of Equality
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 16 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Suzanne Lerner, president and co-founder of Michael Stars, the Michael Stars Foundation and board member of the ERA Coalition. Lerner has been fighting for sex equality for over 5o years and while the Equal Rights Amenment hasn't been published yet in our Constitution, Lerner has made it her life's mission to support equality for women and girls as a philanthropist and through her lifestlye and clothing brand. Elisa speaks with Lerner about ways the ERA would support businesses and their employees (i.e. pay equity)...
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Ep 15: Mona Sinha, Equality Now: Right to Thrive
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 15 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Mona Sinha, Global Executive Director of Equality Now and former chair of the ERA Coalition's Fund for Women's Equality. ERA Coalition partner, Equality Now believes that equality is rooted in legal change. The United States is the only democracy that does not have equality in its constitution yet the majority of Americans thinks we do. It's been 100 years since the ERA was first introduced in Congress and Mona is taking the lead to ensure that not one more year goes by without constituional equality in the United...
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Ep 14: Prairie Rose Seminole, Level Forward: We Ride for Her
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 14 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Prairie Rose Seminole, Northern Cheyenne, Arikara and Dakota. Seminole is an educator, culture bearer and storyteller. She is the Co-Director of the film, - a short documentary on the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous relatives. This powerful film is co-produced by Red Sand Project and ERA Coalition partner, Level Forward. Elisa speaks with Seminole about the crisis, transforming grief into action, how the film crew created a trauma-informed, holistic approach to documentary filmmaking; one that...
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Ep 13: Tiffany Shlain, Let it Ripple: Monumental Art to Reclaim Our History
Equality Talks: The Official ERA Podcast
In episode 13 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Tiffany Shlain, an artist, activist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and the CEO of Let if Ripple. Shlain is unveiling a new monument and art activation in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall to reclaim our history; , A Feminist History Tree Ring. You can find more information about the event (virtual and in D.C.) below. Elisa speaks with Shlain about shaping our culture through storytelling and its intersection with art, why it's so important to know all of our history, and how to bring a...
info_outlineIn episode 16 of the Equality Talks podcast, host Elisa Parker introduces us to Suzanne Lerner, president and co-founder of Michael Stars, the Michael Stars Foundation and board member of the ERA Coalition. Lerner has been fighting for sex equality for over 5o years and while the Equal Rights Amenment hasn't been published yet in our Constitution, Lerner has made it her life's mission to support equality for women and girls as a philanthropist and through her lifestlye and clothing brand.
Elisa speaks with Lerner about ways the ERA would support businesses and their employees (i.e. pay equity) in addition to leading as an activist in this movement while running an equitable company where everyone can thrive, why men need to be part of this movement, how her travels around the world helped shape her passion for fashion and philanthropy, and the intergenerational cross-over needed to abolish patriarchy once and for all.
Hosted by nationally acclaimed radio host and Equal Voices/ERA Coalition, Elisa Parker, Equality Talks bridges the intersections of equality, justice, and social activism to unify as a collective and change the status quo.
Equality Talks focuses on the key facets of equality across all communities, including everything from gender, racial, economic and reproductive justice, to labor, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ rights.
For more information on Equality Talks go to www.ERACoaltion.org and www.EqualVoice.org.
Moving from silos to solidarity.
The ERA Coalition was founded in 2014 to bring concerted, organized action to the effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA Coalition has a sister organization, the Fund for Women’s Equality, which promotes public education and outreach on the need for constitutional equality. Composed of more than 290 organizations across the country representing millions of people, the Coalition is a movement of movements focused on overall equality in the United States.
While the effort to amend the constitution to include sex equality began nearly a century ago, our renewed efforts are centered on women of color (African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American), gender-nonconforming and transgender women and girls, and nonbinary people – those who are most impacted by systemic inequities.
www.eracoalition.org | www.fundforwomensequality.org
About Suzanne:
Suzanne Lerner, co-founder and president of lifestyle and clothing brand Michael Stars, is an activist entrepreneur and philanthropist. As a philanthropist, she focuses on creating economic empowerment for women and girls. She supports organizations that promote gender and racial equality in the United States and internationally through personal grants, impact investments, and the Michael Stars Foundation. Today Suzanne inspires new generations of social impact entrepreneurs and is a frequent speaker on investing, founding, and running socially conscious businesses. She serves as a director on several non-profit boards including the ACLU of Southern California and the Ms. Foundation.
@suzanne_lerner
Michael Stars Foundation
https://www.michaelstars.com/pages/foundation