2021 GlobalMindED
The Future of Work is Diverse, Inclusive, Just and Equitable
GlobalMindED closes the equity gap by creating a capable, diverse talent pipeline through connections to role models, mentors, internships for low-income students, returning adults, First Gen to college and inclusive leaders who teach them, work with them and hire them.
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Wednesday, we host a Fireside Chat with former Wall Street executive, turned philanthropist jewelry designer and GlobalMindED International Advisory Council member and Senior Strategist, Joan Hornig. Joan will be interviewed by Adinawa Adjagbodjou, graduate teaching fellow at Harvard, where Joan studied and worked. Details and registration Is below the article. Join us to celebrate Joan and learn how you can improve the world with her and the GlobalMindED Community of leaders from all ages and stages of life.
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Written by Kate Matthams for Forbes, published 2/23/21. Philanthropist and jewelry designer Joan Hornig has already raised millions for charities around the world through her existing jewelry lines, including Philanthropy is Beautiful, which donates 100% of profits to organizations chosen by the buyer. Now, she's turning her attention to Millennials and Gen Z, with a philanthropic jewelry concept designed to empower: enter Pavé The Way.
Gen Z: "A generation to look to"
When Joan Hornig married in her twenties, she made a commitment beyond her promise to her Harvard college sweetheart, George Hornig. "I made a deal with myself when I walked down the aisle, that by the time I was 50, I would be giving 100% of what I earned back to good causes" she tells me, "I have never forgotten that commitment and Generation Z is now reaching the same age. They are all about learning and being inspired; it's a generation to look to." In an extension of her existing philanthropic jewelry lines, she is now targeting Gen Z and the younger Millennials, in a bid to make philanthropy a lifelong positive habit from the start.
She's a passionate advocate for education rather than a straightforward donor to causes, who sees her role as "helping others to have an impact", an idea that plays well with the socially aware generation currently coming of age. Many young adults see social activism as a big part of their identity: "it's important to show what your stand for," says Grace, a 19 year-old literature student, "the clothes I wear and the way I look reflect what I believe in." According to Pew Research, Gen Z are likely to be better-educated than previous generations. They are socially conscious: the majority believe human activity is behind global warming (54%) and that blacks are treated less fairly than whites in the US (66%), pointing to more progressive views than their elders.
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Nut and Bolt and Wrench diamond-set earrings, Pavé the Way by Joan Hornig.
Empowerment jewelry
Joan designed the latest collection for Pavé the Way with this in mind. It includes Empower Tools, a continuation of Hornig's Tools for Giving concept, featuring pieces like the Lock in Your Superpower padlock earrings, and Key to Success studs, designed to mix and match in multiple piercings; and the Use Your Voice diamond pavé microphone and Steps for Equality necklaces. The fun wordplay belies the fact that the line references big issues like women's empowerment and financial insecurity, creating an aspirational blend of style and substance.
And the giving has never been so easy. For every piece purchased on the Pavé the Way website, Hornig subtracts the labor of the workers in New York's diamond district who make her jewelry and the cost of the clean, ethically sourced materials, and turns over the profit she would have made directly to a charity chosen during the transaction by the customer. Since she launched her first philanthropic jewelry line in 2003, she has given away millions of dollars to organizations around the world, ranging from community hospitals and local charities in the US, to the American Red Cross and the National Domestic Violence Hotline, as well as international NGOs like Doctors Without Borders.
"It's about young people and the stories they will tell, a concept designed to be talked about," says Hornig. The brand's online magazine, The Y, features Millennial and Gen Z writers talking to their peers, providing "food for thought around the concept of the 'three whys': why share, why care and why wear what represents your values". A diverse community of ambassadors with resonance - who may or may not have an existing public profile - include actress and musician Meg Donnelly, student and activist Claira Janover and dancers Maud and Chloe Arnold.
From the trading desk to the jeweler's bench
The concept is simple, yet it took audacity to make it fly. After Harvard, Hornig started out in banking as a professional fundraiser before moving into private equity and hedge funds. She enjoyed making her own jewelry inspired by her knowledge of art history, and began to notice at gala events that jewelry was often a prompt for conversation that could bring people together and empower the wearer, so she turned her passion into a business and found herself designing jewelry alongside a career in private equity. "There were some similarities between my business and the trading desk," she laughs, "my word was my bond in both. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, delivery is what is important."
She launched at Bergdorf Goodman's in 2003 and since then, she has designed for first ladies - her Philanthropy is Beautiful line is still a go-to for gifts for visiting dignitaries to the US - and her bold jewels are regularly seen on celebrities including Meghan Markle, Lupita Nyong'o and Michelle Obama, pointing to a cross-generational appeal that many other brands can only dream of, underpinned by her belief in bridge-building. After a 20-year career on Wall Street, Hornig was successful enough not to need the profit from her social activist jewelry lines, and has never taken a salary. Instead, she has been honored by the United Nations Women's Entrepreneurship Day and New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).
"Part of giving is listening, not imposing," Hornig finishes. "This is a generation that is listening and learning." It's also one that has already shown itself to be powerful, and she is helping to charge up those superpowers by enabling them to give and do good as easily as buying a new pair of earrings.
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Upcoming March Equity Events Celebrating Inclusive Women- 2:00 MST/4:00 EST click link to register, details below:
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Click below to watch the Inclusive Leader Award Ceremony featuring inspirational messages from the diverse Award Winners
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GlobalMindED and the SDG Impact Fund are delighted to announce GlobalMindED's Donor Advised Fund. 2020 is the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Women's Declaration and Action Platform. Many from around the world are thinking of 2020 as the gateway to our most vital decade for delivering equity, the Sustainable Development Goals, and a world where all can thrive. Our key time for these outcomes is 2020-2030.
GlobalMindED DAF and the SDG Impact Fund are a powerful combined force for good as the 2019 year comes to a close and we reflect on the gratitude and the commitments we make to the causes we care most about. The DAF offers immense power and flexibility for giving prior to the year's end as you plant seeds of generous intention for 2020 and the decade ahead.
When you contribute to GlobalMindED, you support First Gen students. We have served more than 400 students by connecting them to role models, mentors, internships and jobs. Your generous support will allow us to take our work 10x and reach these talented students at scale who lack the resources and support we provide. Your support also helps teachers who can't afford the conference fees, faculty at colleges which are under resourced and students who persist at those universities despite food insecurity and/or housing insecurity.
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Listen here for an interview with Pam Newkirk, GlobalMindED speaker and author of Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion- Dollar Business.
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Meet GlobalMindED Founder, Carol Carter as interviewed by Tim Moore on his podcast Success Made to Last: From Success to Significance
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Since 2006 when the flagship TGR Learning Lab opened its doors in Anaheim, CA, TGR Foundation has had a lot to celebrate, including its most recent milestone of one million students impacted by TGR EDU: Explore, alone.
Developed in partnership with Discovery Education, TGR EDU: Explore is a free digital resource library that offers interactive web experiences, lesson plans, training videos and tools for educators, students and families to explore new disciplines and gain skills for a modern and expanding workforce.
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As you start the New Year, are you looking for ways to re-engineer your classroom culture? Check out Designing the Future: How Engineering Builds Creative Critical Thinking in the Classroom. The associated website has lots of activities, projects, and resources you can implement immediately. Our fall workshops using the book as a roadmap for change have been highly successful. Start designing the future today - try using the customized Study Guide for a book study in your PLC. Or contact ProjectEngin or Solution Tree to learn how you can bring professional development based on Ann's book to your school, district, or conference.
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THE FLYOVER NATION
Energy's Role in a Troubled Heartland
By J.C. Whorton
A unique and timely discussion of the challenging issues facing the country’s troubled Heartland.
Since the beginning of westward expansion into the Heartland’s vast regions, natural resource development has played a historic role in shaping its communities. Today, domestic oil and gas development offers one of the strongest prospects for the Heartland’s present and future prosperity as well as the nation’s re-emergence as a dominant player in the global energy economy.
The U.S. is now the world’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas, two circumstances that are universally disrupting international geopolitical order. The earth has a finite supply of natural resources and a rapidly growing and over consuming population.
As America positions itself for a very uncertain and constantly evolving global marketplace, will the Heartland become America’s “great connector” or “great divide”?
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J.C. Whorton is a senior level energy and financial professional with over forty years of essential experience. Having a ranching and Native American heritage, Mr. Whorton is a strong advocate for rural education and economic development initiatives.
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