by dankeelan | Mar 10, 2026 | Diversity, Featured, Women
Colorism is defined by scholar Dr. Sarah L. Webb as, “the social marginalization and systemic oppression of people with darker skin tones and the privileging of people with lighter skin tones.” While much of the conversation about colorism focuses on how it shows up...
by dankeelan | Mar 3, 2026 | Mentoring, Women
International Women’s Day is an important moment to celebrate progress. But for me, it’s also a prompt to ask a harder question: what are we each doing, consistently, to move the dial? Travel is full of talented, ambitious women. What we sometimes lack isn’t...
by dankeelan | Oct 21, 2025 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Women
A Twin Cities entrepreneur launched a job fair for Black women after learning that over 30,000 Black women have lost their jobs since mid-summer. Hundreds of women were in attendance, connecting… More From Breathe On
by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2025 | Diversity, Entrepreneurs, Women
The Black Women Thriving 2025 event centered on creativity, beauty, and health throughout the diverse Martha’s Vineyard community. Taking place Aug. 6 in the coastal town established as a Black summer haven, the evening featured Black women change-makers as they...
by dankeelan | Jul 22, 2025 | Entrepreneurs, Leadership, Women
Since starting Female Founders Fund in 2014, Anu Duggal has grown her firm on the premise that women-owned businesses are undervalued. So far, Duggal has proven that thesis correct and also refined her approach with a focus on health care, personal care and climate...
by dankeelan | Jun 17, 2025 | Featured, Mentoring, Women
Women still emerge from colleges, law schools, medical schools and trade schools and land jobs where they have to navigate energy-sapping social challenges seemingly designed to shut them down and trip them up. Some are unconscious, some deliberate — but none are...
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