We’re JUST two weeks away.  Our first annual National Girlfriends’ Networking Day  is JUNE 4 and we’re planning a big celebration!
WE HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US.  HERE’S HOW:
1. Pledge to Connect – meet with a peer, mentor or mentee.  Don’t have one?  Find one on The Mentor Exchange.
2. Attend an Event – we’ll convene at 12 (noon) EST for a virtual celebration,  an informative, interactive program  about how to build your network and plan your career path.
Events are being held all over the country!  Lunch on the East Coast, breakfast on …

 
Jennifer Kruschwitz and husband Brian pose with the award.
Jennifer Kruschwitz, President and Principal Engineer for JK Consulting, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Optics for the University of Rochester and the University of Arizona, and Board Member to The New Agenda was awarded Digital Rochester’s 2012 Technology Woman of the Year on Thursday, April 26, 2012.  Close to 200 people attended the annual awards ceremony held Thursday morning at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY.
Kruschwitz was selected from 11 nominees recognized for significant career accomplishments in a high technology field, for actively encouraging women to enter …

You can hear Amy Siskind’s interview about the War on Women here. The Huffington Post piece referred to in her interview is below.

The Spring of Sexism
You can thank Rush Limbaugh for the sexism revolution this spring.
His diatribe last week was the watershed. Insipid slurs meant to diminish and demean a Georgetown Law student for this offense: being a woman. More loathsome drivel on the airwaves — a veritable war of words waged against women in our country. Yet, were his words novel or unique? Absolutely not!
Poor Rush (well, not really) …

If Goldman Sachs was run by ‘Fiona’ Blankfein, things would sure be different!!
How do we produce Fionas? By working together to cultivate and support one another.
Decades ago, when women entered the workforce, we made a conscious effort to bring our daughters to work with Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
Today, we have to help our daughters learn what to do at work:  to teach women, young and old, to build their network of connections.
On June 4 this year we’ll start the process with our first annual National Girlfriends Networking Day!

We’ll begin …

The New Agenda on Campus & Cornell Career Services
present
A Girlfriend’s Guide to Making it in the Real World!
Amy Siskind ’87, Arts & Sciences, Economics
President and Co-founder of The New Agenda and the
the first woman manager director of a Wall Street firm.
Cornell University
Goldwin Smith Hall, H.E.C. Auditorium
Saturday, March 3rd  2:00 – 3:30PM*
Refreshments Will be Served
*Please note time change

Our event at Rutgers University this past Monday was a huge success.  More than 100 college women showed up to an event co-hosted by TNA-on-Campus and Rutgers Career Services to hear Amy’s presentation about economic empowerment and navigating success as a woman in the real world.
If you would like host an event at your college or alma mater, please contact us at editor@thenewagenda.net.
Read the full article here:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
‘GIRLFRIEND, BUILD THAT NETWORK!’ -  A NEW VISION FOR MENTORING ON NATIONAL MENTOR MONTH 
Women’s org resolves to close wage and promotion gaps by harnessing social media
To view the full press release, please visit here.
NEW YORK, NY –The New Agenda, a national pro-women advocacy group, today announced a new “Mentor Exchange” spearheaded by 20 standout women in their careers. Young women professionals logging onto the new online social media hub (http://www.thementorexchange.org) will benefit from the experience and savvy of “Pioneer Mentors” such as Fox & Friends Co-Host Gretchen Carlson, …

The New Agenda’s Amy Siskind speaks to Fox & Friend Co-Host and Pioneer Mentor Gretchen Carlson on the launch of The Mentor Exchange , with support from The Staples Foundation:

(A larger version of the info graphic below can be found here.)
Investing in women is a good investment – here are some reasons why.

The end of “fair” comes the day of college graduation.
True, women account for more than 50% of college students. But not in the workplace. In fields like corporate management and politics, men still occupy roughly 83% of leadership roles!
What can we do? We asked college and young women.
Solution #1: Young Women Need Mentoring and Networks!
Today, TNA is proud to launch The Mentor Exchange. We’re harnessing the tools of social media to help women reach their full potential. The Mentor Exchange is an inclusive, multi-faceted approach to Work that Network!: get …