The floor of the TD Garden pulsed with revelers, all of them celebrating Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s historic political win. By electing Maura and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, voters simultaneously chose their first lesbian governor and the country’s first female governing duo. Maura’s sweeping inaugural speech, feeling national in scope…

Money Edges and Impact By Tuti B. Scott January 5, 2022 At a recent Women&Money virtual gathering we explored some powerful questions including “what is your current ‘edge’ with money?” An edge, as we discussed it, is a friction point in your life. An edge can be physical, emotional, financial…

What Impact is Your Money Making? By Tuti B. Scott December 22, 2021 As we wrap up 2021 and all of its intense shifts, we have an opportunity to reflect on what kind of impact our money is making. No matter where your money sits — a bank, a mutual…

Take Action, Move Your Money for Impact By Tuti B. Scott We must endeavor to create a compassionate and just society. In order to do this, it is imperative that we resource and support womxn, particularly Black womxn leaders, Indigenous womxn leaders, LGBTQI womxn leaders, and other womxn who have been marginalized by oppression for too long. …

Reframing Women’s History Month Governor Ann Richards and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan in 1991 courtside at a University of Texas Longhorns women’s basketball game. They are two of my sheroes who would be applauding the messages in this piece. Photo credit-Susan Sigmon I would like to rename Women’s History Month to call it ‘Dismantle White…

Events and conferences are a labor of love. They take a lot of time, money, and effort to produce, which is why the right sponsorships and partnerships are so important. Self-organized, grassroots, women-led events aimed to move money to women and girls using a gender, racial, and economic justice lens…

In just four years, assets under management (AUM) with a gender lens jumped from $100 million to $2.4 billion (a 2400% increase). I define the fast-growing field of gender lens investing simply as, “Innovative and intentional investments in gender equity for ALL women.” Based on decades of data, my definition…

Interview by Tuti Scott with Lex Schroeder In January 2019, I asked Joy Anderson from The Criterion Institute to share what she learned from organizing several Convergence gatherings on gender lens investing. I’m privileged to have attended the first of these gatherings in Simsbury, Connecticut and am excited to be…

Nancy Schwartz Sternoff was a fierce woman, mother, Nana, sister, friend, mentor, “gender avenger”, and so much more. She passed away on January 12th from cancer. I had the honor of working alongside Nancy for nine years, co-creating programs for the Jewish Women’s Funding Network and advising JWFN’s members. I…