Engage Your Hustle with Paula T. Edgar, Esq. – “We can all be better.” Posted on March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 By Dangerous Lee Paula T. Edgar, Esq. is Founder & CEO of an executive coaching and diversity consulting firm. She provides strategies to organizations, to help with diversity efforts and workplace harassment prevention. Paula is very involved in social justice initiatives with a focus on African Americans and women in particular. She is currently President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), New York State’s largest Black bar association. Describe the work you’re doing to fight discrimination against women: As a lawyer and consultant, I work with organizations across sectors on implementing diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, beginning with an assessment. Working with leaders, human resources teams and diversity professionals, I provide guidance based on best practices to create organizational cultures that have policies and procedures to advance equity and hold people accountable for their actions. As the President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), the largest black bar association in New York state, I lead efforts in collaboration with our committees and sections to inform and equip attorneys and members of the public about discrimination laws and other efforts to combat bias for women and other protected classes under federal, state and local EEO laws. As a diversity consultant and trainer, I educate individuals and teams on a variety of topics including sexual harassment prevention, implicit bias, negotiation strategies and branding to inform and empower attendees. What do you love most about being a woman? I love being a Black woman because we are innovative, smart, supportive, resourceful and loving. Have you had to deal with much sexism in your industry? Yes. In addition to seeing blatant disparities in opportunities, engagement, and support of women lawyers generally, as a Black woman, I have experienced biased interactions, microaggressions and being undervalued because of my race and gender. (from left to right): Honorable Abena Darkeh, Honorable Dweynie Paul, Honorable Carolyn Wade, Honorable Dena Douglas, Honorable Sylvia Hinds- Radix, Honorable Genine Edwards, Honorable Sylvia Ash, Honorable Judge Priscilla Hall, Honorable Robin Shears, Honorable Kathy King, Honorable Ruth Schillingford. Do you belong to any organizations catered to women business owners? My company, PGE LLC is a certified New York City and New York State Minority and Minority and Women Business Enterprise and receive support and community building opportunities based on the status. I am also a member of the Association of Black Women Attorneys, and I am former honoree and Writer in Residence for Ms. JD. Both organizations serve women attorneys support their different career trajectories, including entrepreneurship. Who or what inspires you most? I am most inspired by my mother, Joan Donna Griffith. She was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Upholding her legacy and creating my own impact drives me every day. Something about you that would surprise us: Not a lot because I’m very transparent on social media, however, some may not know that I collect elephant figurines, I love statement/graphic t-shirts and I was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune! Advice for women entrepreneurs: When it gets hard, keep going! It’s okay to have lulls but push through when it gets hard. My business tagline is “Engage Your Hustle ® “ because no matter how great we are, we can all be better and that next level is where success lives. Website and social media: PaulaEdgar.com LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Related Women's History Month #BlackGirlMagic#BlackGirlsRockBlack Bar AssociationBlack girlsBlack WomenBlack women in lawdiversity in the workplaceEngage Your HustlePaula T. Edgar Esq.Women's History Month
Women's History Month Nevertheless She Persisted: Quotes From 9 Black Women Fighting Discrimination Against Women Everywhere Posted on April 1, 2018April 1, 2024 March is Women’s History Month The 2018 national theme for Women’s History Month was Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. We featured the following 9 Black women to correspond with that theme. Click their images to read the full feature. Nevertheless She Persisted… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Read More
Women's History Month Atima Omara: Vice Chair of the DNC Women’s Caucus is Making History, One Vote At A Time Posted on October 18, 2018April 11, 2022 ATIMA OMARA MAKING HISTORY, ONE VOTE AT A TIME By Atima Omara for Black Girls Allowed Originally published March 2018. In 2013, I was elected president of the Young Democrats of America (YDA), the nation’s largest partisan youth organization, representing young people in the Democratic Party from 14-36. The organization… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Read More
Women's History Month Joy Melody Woods: Fighting Major Depressive Disorder at withoutaspace.com Posted on March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 Joy Melody Woods, Master of Arts student in Schools, Culture, and Society with emphasis on Sociology of Education What do you love most about being a woman? Our ability to create. We literally can create life, obviously with some help. We can create ideas. I am not saying that men… Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)MoreClick to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Read More