Author Archives: twhpadmin
Giving Thanks to Champions of Women’s Leadership
JOIN THE MOVEMENT EPIC AWARDS CORPORATE COUNCIL ABOUT US PRESS DONATE Thanksgiving is upon us, and as we’re bustling around preparing meals and traveling to see family, we are also giving thanks to the incredible change agents we’ve encountered in our journey to ignite leadership. We are thankful to our alumnae who ran for office, […]
From 1992 to 2012, I’m grateful for powerful women. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is upon us, and besides turkey time, I’m grateful for everyone who has stepped up her leadership this year. While I was watching the election results, and the record number of women elected to office kept climbing and climbing, I just couldn’t help myself. I jumped right into the air, exclaiming, YES! As I […]
Celebrating Change Agents in Our Community
JOIN THE MOVEMENT EPIC AWARDS CORPORATE COUNCIL ABOUT US PRESS DONATE The White House Project Change Agents We are still flying high from this year’s election results. Why? Because this was not only a groundbreaking year for all women in politics, our alumnae played a crucial role in dramatically changing the face of political leadership […]
Tiffany Dufu and the International Museum of Women
Check out some of Tiffany’s selections for her feature as a curator with the International Museum of Women Why she chose the selection, entitled “If Women Ran Hip-Hop”: “Immediately took me back to those summer days when I sojourned to 7-11 to buy Now & Laters. Everything was pink: the flowered bike, my jelly sandals and […]
A Historic Year For Women in Politics
2012 has been a historic year in American politics. Last night, America chose between Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president (making history again by running for reelection, and Mitt Romney, who would have been the nation’s first Mormon president had he won. While notable and exciting, those are not the historic candidates I’m talking […]
Election 2012 and The Year for Women’s Leadership
By this time next week, the 2012 election will be over. The official debates have already finished and soon, the candidates will leave the campaign trail. Whether you find yourself cheering or crying on November 6, I think there is one thing from this election season that we can all celebrate – this has been […]
You Can’t Be What You Can’t See — Why Candy Crowley Plays an Important Role in Tonight’s Debate
On some level, I always knew I wanted to be a journalist I wanted to ask questions and research things I cared about, then share that information. Yet, as a child, I was often unable to fully articulate what I wanted to do and what it was called. Whenever I was asked what I wanted […]
Lead By Example
Lead by example and encourage a young girl to get involved this Election Day! We’ve got a special downloadable kit to help you ignite the leadership of a girl in your community. Make sure to share the experience by tweeting a photo to @TWHP #Binvolved, or e-mail the photo to aarends@thewhitehouseproject.org.
Take A Girl to the Poll for Election Day!
One of the many ways you can ignite your own leadership during the presidential election is to lead by example. We have teamed up with Mattel to encourage young girls to participate in Election Day 2012, and we’re asking you to encourage a young girl in your life to get involved. Here’s your challenge: When […]
Leadership, Work and Family
Leadership, Work and Family From the very beginning of the White House Project, our goal was not just a woman president, but using the presidency (the only place you can convince Americans that women don’t already lead) as a way to propel a critical mass of women into leadership at all levels of government and […]
