A Letter to the Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls Community
by Lola Adedokun, Program Director for Child Well-Being and Director for the African Health Initiative, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation This blog was adapted from Lola Adedokun’s opening remarks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas session “Why Women Now.” To the Aspen Institute Forum on Women and Girls Community, My name is Lola Adedokun and I am …
Dismantling the Systems of Power: Bring More Women of Color to the Table
by Monique Miles, Director, Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund and Deputy Director, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions Why is it important to build a functional and equitable democracy that includes everyone, especially women of color? Because, facts. Yes, let’s herald the fact that there are women of color representing us in office, but women of color …
Sustaining the Movement: Changing the Culture
Content Warning: Sexual Harassment by Isabelle Schellenger, Program Coordinator, Aspen Global Innovators Group Over the past few years, sparked by high profile cases of sexual harassment against powerful men, and sustained by the power of #MeToo and TIME’S UP, a national clarion call has been sounded. It is a call for change that seeks to …
Why Women Now: Takeaways from a #MeToo Conversation
In the post #MeToo era, the potential to shift women’s political, economic, and philanthropic power is profound. How will this activism be harnessed to fundamentally change our nation’s course? Can a broader consensus in support of women’s issues be mobilized? Fundamental concepts of diversity and inclusion are being crafted in whole new ways by corporate …
Sustaining The Movement: Changing the Culture: Promising Practices Across Sectors to Stop Harassment
Over the past year, sparked by high profile cases of sexual harassment againstpowerful men, and sustained by the power of #MeToo and TIME’S UP, a nationalclarion call has been sounded. It is a call for change that seeks to transformpower dynamics and create a safe climate of respect for women. Womenfrom various sectors are seizing …
Block: Image
Welcome to image alignment! If you recognize this post, it is because these are blocks that have been converted from the classic Markup: Image Alignment post. The best way to demonstrate the ebb and flow of the various image positioning options is to nestle them snuggly among an ocean of words. Grab a paddle and …
Block: Button
Button blocks are not semantically buttons, but links inside a styled div. If you do not add a link, a link tag without an anchor will be used. Check to make sure that the text wraps correctly when the button has more than one line of text, and when it is extra long. Buttons have …
Block: Cover
The cover block lets you add text on top of images or videos. This blocktype has several alignment options, and you can also align or center the text inside the block. The background image can be fixed and you can change its opacity and add an overlay color. Make sure that the text wraps correctly …
Block: Gallery
Gallery blocks have two settings: the number of columns, and whether or not images should be cropped. The default number of columns is three, and the maximum number of columns is eight. Below is a three column gallery at full width, with cropped images. Some more text for taking up space. A two column gallery, …