Last weekend, TED Talks graciously hosted Marie Wilson and Tiffany Dufu to speak about women and leadership at their 2nd annual TedxWomen conference. The conversation that Tiffany and Marie had on stage was informative, inspiring, and influential. Tiffany and Marie spoke on the difficult but necessary task of transitioning-specifically the transition of power and title […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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.  

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 […]

In My Opinion is a weekly segment in which Interns and Staff at The White House Project comment on recent issues and articles important to their individual leadership. Title: Parity in Politics: Why Women Don’t Want It Author: Kathleen Schafer There’s an obvious absence of women in American politics as compared to men – but why? Schafer […]

There’s been discussion on the Huffington Post lately about the lack of central (Gloria Steinem-esque) figures in the women’s equality movement. My main resulting question is, do we even need one? Pat Mitchell, CEO of The Paley Center for Media, called for all U.S. female leaders to be involved in gender justice movements because those women […]