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22 01, 2019

Women’s Leadership Network and Sponsor Appreciation in Atlanta

By PLUS|2019-01-28T14:12:01-06:00January 22, 2019|@PLUS, Chapters, PLUS Foundation|1 Comment

Wednesday, January 16 was the first Women's Leadership Network Event held in Atlanta. The luncheon sold out with more than 90 attendees, who were excited to hear from Elizabeth McCormick, former U.S. Army Black Hawk Pilot. She shared professional development secrets for business success with her stories of overcoming overwhelming obstacles as a helicopter pilot and inspired everyone who attended. After the luncheon and program, attendees were able to participate in the Southeast Chapter Sponsor Appreciation Cocktail Reception, which was also held at the Intercontinental Hotel. Included below are some of the confidence boosting strategies that McCormick taught from the stage, [...]

PLUS Foundation Hosts Women’s Leadership Network in New York

By PLUS|2018-10-11T11:51:13-05:00October 11, 2018|@PLUS, PLUS Foundation|0 Comments

On Wednesday October 3, 2018, the PLUS Foundation hosted the annual Women’s Leadership Network Luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City. It was attended by another sold out crowd. The speaker was Jenny Blake, a well-known business strategist and author. Jenny Blake has developed a personal and professional growth strategy called the Pivot Method, about which she made a dynamic interactive presentation to the crowd. All attendees were able to apply the steps of the Pivot Method to their own circumstances, in a thought provoking and engaging way. It was a lot of fun to hear from some [...]

Women’s rights pioneer Catharine MacKinnon puts #MeToo in perspective

By PLUS|2018-07-09T08:37:27-05:00May 31, 2018|@PLUS, Current Events, PLUS Foundation|0 Comments

By Louie Castoria, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP Nearly four decades before #MeToo, and one year before Harvey Weinstein’s first film was released, Professor Catharine MacKinnon pioneered the movement to treat workplace sexual harassment of women as sexual discrimination, in her groundbreaking scholarly book, Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979). Flash forward to May 22, 2018, when Professor MacKinnon, the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and James Barr Ames Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School,, presented a stark but hopeful assessment of women’s rights worldwide at the PLUS Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Network event, “Abusers [...]