WMC Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT Lecture 2025: Vicki Shabo
“Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care.”
The 2025 WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Lecture is the first in a series highlighting the work and impact of women experts and advocates who have completed the Women’s Media Center’s Progressive Women’s Voices training. PWV is the premier media and leadership training program in the country for women and since 2008 we have trained over 500 women experts to effectively communicate through the media as part of our mission to change the national conversation to better include diverse women’s voices and stories. Our trainees are regularly featured in all the major media outlets and influence the conversation on social media and in podcasts.
Vicki Shabo, the Senior Fellow for Gender Equity, Paid Leave and Care Policy & Strategy at New America and Founder and Director of their Entertainment Initiative, Re-Scripting Gender, Work, Family, and Care, delivered the WMC Progressive Women’s Voices lecture, titled “Who Cares Today? A Reflection on Where We Are As a Country With Respect to Work, Family, and Care.”
Following her lecture, Shabo had an extended conversation about both unpaid and paid care work with Maya Raghu. Raghu is a seasoned leader with 20 years of experience in public policy, stakeholder engagement, and litigation centered on gender and racial equity, workplace civil rights, and economic security. Presently, Raghu serves as the national director, protecting and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion initiative at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Erica González Martínez, vice chair of the Women's Media Center, delivered introductory remarks.
Vicki, Maya and Erica are all graduates of the Women's Media Center Progressive Women's Voices training program.
At the Women's Media Center, it's our job to make sure the positions, perspectives, and priorities of women and girls are heard.
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