Women

“You can hold someone accountable and hold them at the same time.”

by Brettany Shannon

Ashlee Marie Preston, civil rights activist, writer, speaker, and host of the excellent podcast SHOOK with Ashlee Marie Preston. Ashlee Marie has many talents, but she is, above all, a communicator. She conceived her podcast as a “platform that is intentional about unpacking the accurate narrative of not just LGBTQ people or trans people, but being intentional about creating the world in which you wish to live in.” Listen to her activism and how you can be an ally.

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“I am a powerful agent of change. I am deliberate. And I am not afraid.”

by Brettany Shannon

Native American award-winning film director and producer, actor, singer/songwriter, author, and founder and CEO of multiple media organizations, humanitarian Joanelle Romero. Joanelle was born in both the artistic and activist worlds and has spent her life bringing those two realms together. Listen to Joanelle share stories about her many years’ being an artist and humanitarian, and from where she draws all the necessary strength in a climate where the Native American—and especially the Native woman—is absent from virtually all popular media.

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“The question of access is about audience and participation, and being able to deliver.”

by Brettany Shannon

Rochelle Steiner, a curator, writer, public art producer, and Professor of Critical Studies at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design. Rochelle shares with us how her lifelong interests in the public realm, audiences, and participation brought her to curating and have since informed her career.

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USC Price, The Holt Lecture featuring Gretchen Carlson on Empowering Women in the Workplace

by Bedrosian Center

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The 2018 Holt Lecture will focus on gender equality in the workplace and institutions. Gretchen Carlson, formerly of Fox News, will join Professor Lisa Schweitzer for a forward-looking conversation on creating institutions which empower individuals rather than harm. Carlson is among many journalists and media personalities who have stepped into the light of public conversation regarding a rampant institutional blind-eye toward sexual abuses and exploitation.

Who’s next to lead the LAPD? Candidates might include women, Latinos

by Bedrosian Center

Los Angeles Daily News quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School about whether the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department will be an internal hire. “If they go inside (LAPD), he’s got a tremendous bench in terms of talent there,” said Erroll Southers, director of the Safe Communities Institute at USC, referring…

To build better cities, men need to listen when women speak

by Bedrosian Center

Vicky Mochama mentions Lisa Schweitzer in an article for Toronto’s Metro News on building better cities by listening to more female voices. Mochama cites the recent article in Curbed by Alissa Walker tackling the issue of mansplaining in urbanist circles. What we lose in that is nuance. Walker cites Lisa Schweitzer, an urbanist and professor of…