While the holidays may bring on stress and overwhelm, they can also provide important opportunities to connect with others. Whatever holiday you are celebrating these few weeks, tap into the power of community and experience the mental well-being benefits firsthand.

According to the National Women's Law Center, wage gaps across gender, race, and ethnicity are profound. Women earn less than men in almost all occupations. We need to do better. Click to see a few of the common sense solutions to close the #wagegap. Equal Rights Advocates (Follow us on Threads/IG)

First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom is back at her alma mater Stanford Graduate School of Business talking about the work she’s doing to increase the number of women on corporate boards. Her organization CaliforniaPartnersProject released a free resource to recruit and retain women on boards: inclusiveboards.stanford.edu

As more women take top corporate jobs, there are also calls for more representation on corporate boards of directors. ktvu.com/news/siebel-ne…

Inspired to be part of unveiling the Board Diversity Playbook by CaliforniaPartnersProject Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab Check out this essential resource to ensure that Boards are inclusive, benefiting from *all* our lived experiences: inclusiveboards.stanford.edu

I’m thrilled to launch the first-ever #BoardDiversityPlaybook- in partnership w/ CaliforniaPartnersProject, Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab & Stanford Graduate School of Business- to help companies attract, recruit & onboard qualified women board members: inclusiveboards.stanford.edu Corporate board diversity benefits us all. 🙏

💡 "Cos who care about biz performance need to prioritize #diversity as a key lever for driving growth...use strategies in this playbook to create opptys to accelerate the performance of your board." - Sukhinder Singh Cassidy 📕inclusiveboards.stanford.edu CaliforniaPartnersProject Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab

Our new #BoardDiversityPlaybook offers strategies & tactics for companies looking to recruit talented women leaders. Increased diversity on boards has been connected to enhanced company performance & success. Get started w/ Step 1: inclusiveboards.stanford.edu Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab

Announcing launch of #BoardDiversityPlaybook, partnership btw CaliforniaPartnersProject and Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab, hosted by the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 🙏 Lori Nishiura Mackenzie & Jennifer Siebel Newsom for leading a cross sector resource for change, and the broad community of contributors.inclusiveboards.stanford.edu

Thank you, Scott Chan! Still can't believe we had such an amazing panel join us last week Stanford Graduate School of Business! See our newly launched #BoardDiversityPlaybook here: inclusiveboards.stanford.edu

Thank you, Miriam Rivera! You shared such wise words! #BoardDiversityPlaybook #womenonboards

Kindness is powerful. It can empower yourself and others, creating a positive community. Just one little act can go a long way. ❤️ How do you plan on sharing a #RandomActofKindness today?

Today and every day, we celebrate incredible women everywhere. Women that we work with, women that we work for, and women that we admire and have the privilege to partner with. #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistoryMonth (Photos by Diana of Chloe Jackman Studios)

Pay inequity remains a reality in America today, but we can move the needle in the right direction. Join our efforts to close the gender #wagegap and call on businesses to sign our Equal Pay Pledge. #EqualPayCA #EqualPayDay #fairpay equalpaytoday calpartnersproject.org/equalpay

On #AANHPIEqualPayDay, we call attention to the gap between men's wages and #AANHPI women's wages. However, the diversity of #AANHPI women is wide-ranging. Check out this 19thnews article that tells a fuller story with data from National Women's Law Center. #NotAMonolith ow.ly/5jCj50NBxcU

Today, May 5th, is a day to recognize action & awareness on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. MMIW Learn More & how you can help: ntvho.pe/3KSp3Sh

Native women face: 📈 the highest rates of violence of any group in the U.S. (more than 4 in 5 have experienced violence). bit.ly/3lflvfb 📊 the highest rate of domestic violence and rape of any group of women. Enough is enough. #MMIW #MMIWActionNow

Do you have teens or young people in your life? Check out our new report, #SharedExperiences to learn more about the impact of social media and what policymakers and tech companies can do to prioritize child well-being. Download the report at calpartnersproject.org/sharedexperien….

NEW: Governor Gavin Newsom sent a letter to the CEO of NetChoice urging him to drop a lawsuit against CAs 'Age-Appropriate Design Code Act' (AB 2273 by Buffy Wicks) that was created to hold social media companies accountable. Group says the law violates the first amendment.

Today is LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day. Check out National Women's Law Center's blog post on why we don't have sufficient data on LGBTQIA+ and why we need more https://ow.ly/EeiX50ONCbt #PrideInYourPay #LGBTQEqualPay Equal Rights Advocates (Follow us on Threads/IG) equalpaytoday