Meena Harris never had to look far for inspiration.
An immigrant grandmother who earned a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and devoted her life to cancer research.
A mother who, at the age of 29, became a law school dean -- and went on to become a leading policy advisor for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
So, it’s hardly surprising that Meena Harris graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School; that she became an attorney fighting for consumer protections; a successful entrepreneur; an activist for gender parity, reproductive health and healthcare equity; or that she has spread the lessons she learned from the women who raised her in the bestselling children’s books Kamala and Maya's Big Idea and Ambitious Girl.
That’s inspiration!
In conversation with Abigail Pogrebin.
About the series:
Women Inspiring Women
Who inspires the women who inspire us?
When you’re afraid you’re not brave enough to take that risky step, whose image do you conjure up to give you courage?
Who do you turn to — literally or figuratively — when you need the strength to say yes, or no, to a challenge, an opportunity or a proposal?
Whose story galvanizes you to be your best self?
We all have our role models, heroines and influencers who help us keep setting our bars higher and higher, who inspire us to take risks, who serve as our bulwarks against social pressure. But who plays that role in the lives of some of America’s most successful women?
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center has invited a series of intriguing and multifaceted women from dramatically different backgrounds to answer that question, to explore the role of “heroines” in their lives and to talk about how they’ve helped them become the women they are.
Tuesday, January 26
7:30 PM EST
Natalie Portman
Tuesday, February 9
11:30 AM EST
Nina Totenberg
Tuesday, March 2
11:30 AM
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Thursday, March 11
11:30 AM EST
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Tuesday, March 16
11:30 AM EDT
Meena Harris
Monday, April 5
11:30 AM EST
Mayim Bialik
*All events in the series are free