This was a moment at our #19thRepresents conversation in LA a with Eva Longoria! Her name won’t be on the ballot — but she thinks more of yours should, and she’s ready to support you. Watch:
My latest column recaps the conversation I had last month with @SecondGentleman as part of our #19thRepresents summit about economic mobility, gender equity, allyship, abortion and more. You can read and watch here:
The Chicago Independent Media Alliance is excited to partner with @19thnews on the #19thRepresents Summit — three days of impactful programming that will cover:
🟣 Tech
🟣 Justice
🟣 Economic Mobility
Free to attend. Sign up here: 19thne.ws/cima
"If we’re not allowing women to have access to quality care all the way through their reproductive lives, we're not seeing them as whole people. We must do that in order for us all to thrive.”-@CTurlington at @19thnews' #19thRepresents Summit.
Watch here:
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Chicago, you have been generous. Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s #19thRepresents summit and grateful to spend some quality time with my @19thnews tribe
(📸: THEE EIC @juliachanb)
You’re not a bad person if you have any kind of debt. Debt is morally neutral. Living off of beans and rice until it’s gone is not sustainable.” - @accordingathena, author of Budgeting for Dummies. #19thRepresents
.@Jlin_P went from a childhood where she was written off as “mentally disabled” and a job in a steel mill to performing at Paris Fashion Week for top global design houses and becoming a @PulitzerPrizes music finalist.
Today we were lucky enough to have her at #19thRepresents.
“We need to teach basic financial literacy. We learn about how the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Great. But we’re not teaching financial literacy.” - @Your_RichBFF#19thRepresents
Our last #19thRepresents panel is about economic mobility, moderated by @ChabeliC_. The panel will be followed up by workshops about topics like getting out of debt, building generational wealth, and how to build a mutual aid fund.
Up now: @Jlin_P, former steelworker, electronic musician, and Pulitzer finalist.
“I appreciate [accolades] but it doesn’t mean anything if it doesn’t tell the truth and reflect the world that we’re in now.” #19thRepresents
📍 Day 3 of the #19thRepresents Summit: Honest discussions on economic mobility, including WaPo’s @TracyJan and @BarbaraBushFdn President/CEO British Robinson conversation about the American literacy gap.