Meena Harris

“In 2018, according to the Children's Cooperative Book Center at the University of Wisconsin's School of Education, fewer than a third of all children's and young adult books in the United States featured a person of color as a main character.”

“When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country.”

“It's all too common that when we talk about diversity and inclusion, and gender equity in the workplace, it translates to just white women.”

“Preventative measures should be taken to provide the fundamentals of recognizing and addressing sexual harassment. If all community members are required to undergo such training, it will be assumed in any case of sexual harassment that the perpetrator understood the effect of his actions.”

“When male allies make space for women, they're not diminishing their own power. Rather, they're enhancing everyone's.”

“I have a whole quarantine-on-camera look and it's my Harwell Godfrey hoops, my Phenomenal shirt, glasses, and my hair tied up into a bun. If I'm on camera, I'll wear some makeup.”

“Mara Hoffman makes flowy dresses, and a lot of her stuff is geared towards swimwear, like cover ups, but they work well as house dresses, too.”

“The name Phenomenal Woman was inspired by Maya Angelo, who wrote 'Phenomenal Woman', a favorite poem of mine.”

“I draw inspiration from people like Dwyane Wade, who I think has become such an incredible leader, especially around and for his daughter Zaya.”

“While a lot of the issues we raise awareness around are related, we want to use our platform to draw attention to the fact that the impact they have on different communities is often distinct.”

“One of the challenges mature companies face is evaluating performance and furthering the business.”

“The reality is people are busy living their lives. People are taking their kids to school in the morning. People want to go to brunch on Saturdays. And that's OK.”

“Based on census data from 2019, black women are only paid 61 cents to every dollar that a white man makes.”

“You have to train managers to encourage their teams to be entrepreneurial.”

“I know what sexual harassment looks like. I'm also a lawyer by training and am highly aware that these behaviors should have real consequences.”

“My grandmother was such an incredible example of living out everyday acts of resistance. I now realize not only how lucky I was to grow up in that environment, but also how unique that was.”

“I was lucky to have a bunch of really strong female role models in my family.”

“But when we're helping children understand how people from different walks of life can coexist, prioritizing common ground too often obscures or erases uncommon experiences.”