Join us on APRIL 30TH, 2021 for a 1-day virtual conversation exploring the relationship between gender equity and financial power with a special focus on COVID-19, how it’s impacting gender equity today, and shaping our financial futures as we move forward
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11:30am ET/ 8:30 am PT
New Financial Philosophies Taking Shape Post COVID-19
An intimate discussion between journalist Kristin Wong and researcher Lorna Fitzgerald about how the events of 2020 have shifted women’s financial philosophies and behaviors
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12 pm ET/ 9 am PT
Panel Discussion: The Gendered Pandemic
Over the past twenty years, women have struggled to make significant progress in terms of gender equity, the division of caregiving and household labor, and financial power. The pandemic has not only exacerbated the inequities that already existed, but it’s also forced us to face all the progress we’ve never made. This panel will explore the current reality, the long-term implications, and where we need to focus to close some of these gender gaps.
Panelists:
Ulrike Malmendier, Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley
Meral Guzel, Partnership Manager of Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator at UN Women
Lorna Fitzgerald, VP of Research & Insights at Capital Group
Moderated by Kristin Wong, Journalist and Writer at Hidden Brain Media
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1:15 pm ET/ 10:15 am PT
Fireside Chat with Gloria Steinem
Moderated by Reshma Kapadia, Associate Editor at Barron’s Magazine
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2:30 pm ET/ 11:30 am PT
Panel Discussion: The Impact of Access
An exploration on the implications of access in terms of financial equity, looking at how access to financial systems can influence how much of that system an individual benefits from, and why often, groups that need support the most have the hardest time accessing it.
Panelists:
Claudia Sahm, Economist and Opinion Contributor at Bloomberg and The New York Times
Mia Birdsong, Senior Fellow at Economic Security Project and Host of ‘More Than Enough’ Podcast
Lorena Roque, Senior Policy Analyst for Race and Ethnicity Policy at American Progress
Moderated by Gillian White, Managing Editor of The Atlantic
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Community Discussion
with Statement Founders Emma Pattee and Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez
and event Emcee Berna Anat
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem is a writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She travels in this and other countries as an organizer and lecturer and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice.
mia birdSONG
Mia is an author, activist and facilitator who steadily engages the leadership and wisdom of people experiencing injustice to chart new visions of American life. She is creator and host of the podcast “More Than Enough” from The Nation, which expands the current guaranteed income movement by tapping into the voices and visions of low-income people. Previously, Mia was founding Co-Director of Family Story and Vice President of the Family Independence Initiative. Mia is a Senior Fellow of the Economic Security Project.
CLAUDIA SAHM
Claudia Sahm is a Senior Fellow at the Jain Family Institute and founder of Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Consulting. She is a regular contributor at New York Times and Bloomberg Opinion. She has policy and research expertise on consumer spending, fiscal stimulus, and the financial well-being of households. She is the author of the "Sahm Rule," a reliable early signal of recessions that she developed as a way to automatically trigger stimulus payments to individuals in a recession.
MEral Guzel
Meral Guzel is the Partnership Manager of UN Women, Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator, a multi-partner initiative designed to improve women entrepreneurship around the world in collaboration with five United Nations agencies. She has previously worked as the Women’s Empowerment Principle (WEPs) Specialist to establish WEPs Secretariat within UN Women. She founded and launched the Women’s Banking department of BNP Paribas TEB and also designed and managed several multi-country entrepreneurship programmes at the World Bank.
RESHMA KAPADIA
Reshma Kapadia is an award-winning financial journalist with more than 25 years of experience. Currently, Reshma is an associate editor at Barron’s Magazine, where she writes about investment trends, global markets including China, retirement and inequality. Prior to Barron’s, she covered investing and personal finance as a senior writer at SmartMoney, the Wall Street Journal's monthly magazine. Before joining the magazine, Reshma spent a decade as a correspondent at wire services, including Reuters News, where she reported on financial markets, the dot-com boom and bust and media conglomerates.
ULRIKE MALMENDIER
Ulrike Malmendier is the Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, Professor of Economics, Department of Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business. Ulrike Malmendier received her PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University in 2002, and her PhD in Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Bonn in 2000. She joined Berkeley in 2006 as an Assistant Professor, after having been at Stanford as Assistant Professor of Finance since 2002.
GILLIAN B. WHITE
Gillian B. White Gillian is a deputy editor at The Atlantic where she oversees the special projects division with a particular focus on identifying cross-platform opportunities for The Atlantic’s most ambitious journalism. In her role, White is tasked with developing and implementing interdepartmental strategies to help the company execute on its biggest editorial initiatives, drive audience growth, and develop big partnerships. She’s also an active moderator for The Atlantic’s live events division.
LORENA ROQUE
Lorena Roque is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress on the Race & Ethnicity Team. Where she focuses on intersecting racial issues with the economy, data disaggregation and analysis, and creating creative policy solutions. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fast Company, and Bloomberg. Lorena holds a Master’s of Public Policy from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
Berna Anat
Berna Anat is a Financial Hype Woman, which is her made-up way of saying she creates financial education media that lives at @HeyBerna all over the Internet. After slaying her $50,000 debt, she saved up to quit life and has been traveling the world trying to make money fun again ever since.
Lorna Fitzgerald
Lorna Fitzgerald is the Vice President of Research & Insights at Capital Group, where she uses her extensive knowledge of human behavior, attitude change, and research analysis to ensure Capital Group delivers financial products and experiences that help people build financial wellness. She holds a doctorate from Princeton and her undergraduate degree is from Wellesley College.
Kristin Wong
Kristin Wong is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work has been featured in New York Times, New York magazine’s The Cut, CNN Travel, ELLE, CNBC, and Glamour magazine. She is a writer and researcher at Hidden Brain Media, where she contributes to the Hidden Brain radio show and podcast.
“It was a really impressive event and among the best conferences content-wise I've been to in a long while.”
- Veronica Dagher, Senior Wealth Management Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Anyone who wants to be part of the conversation about how gender equity, personal finance and economic policy are shaping our future.
In the past, our attendees have been:
Journalists, podcasters, authors, financial media, fintech innovators, finance industry professionals.
The Women Behind Statement
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Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez
Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez is a nationally recognized millennial money expert and author or the book, ‘The Broke and Beautiful Life’. Stefanie has appeared on CBS News, Fox & Friends, ABC World news, and the Dr. Oz Show. A regular contributor at SUCCESS magazine, her work has been featured in outlets like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Glamour and more.
Emma Pattee
Emma Pattee is an award-winning feminist writer. She frequently covers topics of women’s health, personal finance inequities, and women’s power and ambition. Her work has been published in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Cut, Glamour, Marie Claire, Real Simple, Elle, and others.
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