Lauren Hagerty, the Director of Marketing and Community at PowertoFly, shares why and how you can celebrate International Women's Day, every day. Watch her Prezi video to learn more! For more information, connect with Lauren on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenhagerty/) or check out PowerToFly (https://powertofly.com/).
Audio TranscriptAuto-generated 00:01 - 00:03 Hi, My name is Lauren Haggerty, and I am the 00:03 - 00:07 director of marketing and community at Power to fly the 00:07 - 00:12 fastest growing community connecting women and underrepresented talent with companies 00:13 - 00:16 committed to creating more diverse and inclusive workforce is. 00:16 - 00:21 But more importantly, where International Women's Day is every day. 00:24 - 00:27 Why is this day in particular important to me? 00:27 - 00:28 Well, it's pretty simple. 00:29 - 00:31 I would not be where I am today in my 00:31 - 00:34 life or my career if it weren't for a Siris 00:34 - 00:38 of women who lifted me while they climbed, so we 00:38 - 00:39 could both climbed together. 00:40 - 00:43 And today I wanted to share this particular quote by 00:43 - 00:47 Mary Church Terrell because it embodies the spirit of this 00:47 - 00:51 monumental day where we as women can join together as 00:51 - 00:55 one community and change the future for all of the 00:55 - 00:59 women to rise behind us to continue lifting while we 00:59 - 00:59 climb ourselves. 01:02 - 01:06 Now the theme of this year's International Women's Day is 01:06 - 01:10 choose to challenge, and I choose to challenge myself to 01:10 - 01:14 continue lifting while I climb and bring more women up 01:14 - 01:17 through the ranks with me at power to fly to 01:17 - 01:20 give opportunities to those who may not have them at 01:20 - 01:24 the ready and to continue advocating for gender parity, pay 01:24 - 01:26 equity and the seat at the table. 01:26 - 01:30 My fellow sisters deserve off all the days in the 01:30 - 01:33 year and keeping in mind that every day is International 01:34 - 01:34 Women's Day. 01:34 - 01:38 I wanna wish everyone a special and monumental year and 01:39 - 01:39 keep lifting while you climb.
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