Diversity
NGOs
The Space Program
Genocide
Plastic bags in King’s County
Human Rights
Food Security
Rwanda
Civil Eats
Atlanta
Charter Schools
New Mexico
career transition
Iraq
Public Transit in NYC
Fairy Tales
Youth
Corporations as agents of social change
Folklore
Carriage Horses

What’s the connection between these random words/ideas/phrases? The OpEd Project and the 24 of us (23 women – three 85 Broads, including the instructor, OpEd Project Founder, Katie Orenstein, and 1 man) crammed into a conference room on a miserable, sleeting Saturday. Why had we chosen to spend our Saturday this way? Quite simply, we were there to understand or find our voice.

9 out of 10 op-ed submissions to The Washington Post are from men (roughly, 88%). Combine the top media outlets, and that % improves to 85%…..but guess what, women are only submitting 15%, so much for sexism, we’re being published in direct proportion to our submissions.

Oh, and Wikipedia is 85% male…..

Why are so few women in thought-leadership?

Why don’t women submit as frequently as men?

It is clear, there would be greater diversity, better idea exchange and wealth of conversation if more smart women submitted op-eds…or simply blogged, contributed client alerts, commented on blogs, wrote letters to the editor…..

Ready to find your voice? To expand the public date? To write your first blog on 85broads.com? To send a client alert or submit to a company newsletter?

[theopedproject.org]