New Ms. Foundation Leader: Widening Circle for Gender Justice

0:00Tracey Sturdyvon is stepping up as the new president and CEO of the Miss Foundation. The nation's first philanthropy run by and for women. She's succeeding to reach a younger and a smooth handoff from one black woman leader to another, which is super rare for a major nonprofit that's actually financially solid with a $100 million plus endowment. They announced it at the annual gala in New York on April 28th. Sturdyvon leaves the organization strong, having centered women and girls of color and built that solid financial base. Sturdyvon, a Detroit native, founded her own group called The League to boost civic engagement through culture. She's drawing from past work with folks like Marie Wilson on big narrative shifts to empower girls and women leaders. The foundation's not in any crisis, it's primed for the future. Sturdyvon wants to widen the circle, pulling in more allies for gender justice, while staying unapologetic about backing marginalized communities amid economic instability and

1:00attacks on diversity efforts. She's eyeing more grants for equal pay, family leave, and childcare, especially as men's wages climb faster and the gender pay gap widens for two. Straight years. New voices like historian Blair Amani, with her quick hit videos on race and gender, show the fresh storytelling she's amplifying to engage young feminists. This leadership shift keeps the Miss Foundation's legacy alive since 1973, tackling bodily autonomy and economic equality with modern. Tactics and all hands on deck. That wraps Canada News today, brought to you with AI.