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I’m especially happy to be returning back to blogging on Equal Pay Day! This day symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. If you’ve missed the memo, women typically make less money than their male counterparts in identical positions.
Specifically, the pay gap for women are as followed: white women earn 77 cents, black women earn 61 cents, Latina women are paid 53 cents, Native American women are paid 58 cents, and Asian American women are paid 85 cents for every dollar paid to a white man (statistics from 2018 provided by the National Partnership for Women and Families).
A few weeks ago, I went a panel titled Pay it Forward where Kathryn Finney (CEO and Founder of
The panel was very informative and inspirational about what we can do, as women, to close the pay gap. One of the big takeaways, for me, was focusing on sponsorship rather than mentoring. Sponsorship is when you have people that have a seat at the table fighting and advocating on your behalf. I am working to find people that can be sponsors and how I can
To promote Equal Pay Day, Tamara Mellon gave out crop tops which
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Jeans Jacket: Old Navy (similar here) || Crop top: Tamara Mellon (gifted) || Pants: Target (old) (similar here) || Heels: DSW || Headwrap: || Watch: Micheal Kors Parker || Earrings: SheIn || Lips: Stila in Besos
