As a product of the Topeka Public Schools system, a Monroe School attendee, and a 1970 graduate of Topeka High School, Dr. New was able to personally navigate the unique blueprint of an educational system that contained vestiges of racism, sexism, and low expectations for academic success among students of color. Her professional career has […]
Women are constantly being barraged with ideas of femininity and feminism. How do we internalize this, and most importantly, how do we externalize this? How do we let this manifest toward one other? Are these proposals of strength and “leaning in” empowering us? Are we drawing on our strengths or preying upon each other’s weaknesses? […]
Expectations of what it means to be feminine, or what it means to be a woman, vary wildly based on cultural and societal factors. But why are women looked at differently than men in the first place? It isn’t just the anatomy; traditions, expectations, and societal definitions of what it means to be a “normal […]
Too often, women are judged by their emotions, whether it is being deemed too emotional or too detached, and this can hinder women in the workplace. The focus of this talk is to “own our emotions” in a way that allows us to continue bringing our own unique flair to each job without sacrificing ourselves […]
A 2014 MIT study found that women-only Business Partnerships achieve a higher-level of cooperation, happiness, and overall job satisfaction than their male counterparts. Yet, women-only business partnerships do not always yield higher productivity. This presentation will help women understand the advantages they have in the workplace and how they can establish better work-related expectations.
After years of working with mostly female victims of domestic and sexual violence, Michelle began working in a program designed to offer a change process to abusive men (mostly). This powerful paradigm shift helped her to explore the harmful societal constructs we use to raise boys (“boys don’t cry”, “be a real man”, “show no […]
For most of us, there is something that seems to happen during the middle school years that starts to separate us from taking care of ourselves. We subjugate our true feelings so much that we can become detached from ourselves. We no longer acknowledge what we need to feel calm, relaxed, and content. The societal […]
TEDxTopekaWomen event organizers announced the speaker lineup for the 2016 TEDxTopekaWomen event last night at the Women of Influence awards reception. TEDxTalks are widely known as high quality, innovative, and thought provoking. This special TEDxTopekaWomen event will feature local speakers, a live-streamed session from TEDWomen, as well as performing art pieces. Unlike previous TEDxTopeka events, […]