Honor Your Authenticity: Power Up Award Winner Succeeds With
Life Choices
Jenny Nguyen learned how to dribble a basketball at four years old. So, it’s little wonder that at 44, she is running the hugely successful enterprise, The Sports Bra, the first bar/restaurant ever to only show women’s sports on its large TV screens.
Winner of the Changemaker of the Year Award from Take The Lead, Nguyen will speak about her journey as a first-generation Viet Nam daughter who followed her dreams even as they shifted at the 2024 Power Up Concert & Conference on Women’s Equality Day in Washington, D.C.
Nine Power Tool Award winners will receive recognition at the event August 25-26– one for each of the 9 Leadership Power Tools in Take The Lead’s
curriculum. The awards were created by Felicia Davis, Take The Lead Leadership Ambassador and Founder of the Black Women’s Collective.
The Power To Debunk The Effortless Perfection Myth
By Cara Peterson
I started writing my book, The Effortless Perfection Myth, my final year of college because I struggled so much more than I had ever expected to as an undergrad and I wanted things to be different for the women coming
after me. The term “Effortless Perfection” was termed at my alma mater Duke University in 2003 and has since been used to describe the cultural climate on campuses all across the U.S. It is the expectation that one should have the perfect grades, perfect body, perfect social life, but none of it is supposed to take any visible effort.
13 Takeaways You’ll Get at the Power Up Concert and Conference
You’ve waited a long time to get the full description of theTake The Lead Power Up Concert and Conference program. You know the theme is “Together We Lead.” We’ve shared that it’s Take The Lead’s 10th Anniversary. And you know the significance of the date August 26th: it’s Women’s Equality Day! But what are you going to get from the concert and conference? So let’s get specific. Let me count 13 ways. Leadership parity has come a long way thanks to the women’s movement and organizations like Take The Lead, but there is still much work to be done. When it comes to the most urgent challenges humanity faces today, from advancements in health and wellness, to ethics in technology, to financial and economic equality, effective solutions must include gender parity in leadership.
Take The Lead prepares, develops, inspires, and propels all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. Learn more at www.taketheleadwomen.com.
