The New Balancing Acts | Breadwinning and Caregiving | New America Highlights
Channel: New America
Date: 2015-08-11

New America's Breadwinning & Caregiving Program recently brought together leading thinkers on work and family in sectors ranging from business to activism to government. In this clip, participants discuss redefining and getting beyond "having it all." They outline where are we now and what comes next if we want to make integration of work and life a reality for all Americans.  

Watch the full event: https://youtu.be/7AY19TBqw7Q?list=PLNoVefpaPtVPiAsqxjZgphHBnOaAE26R7

You can advance in the office and still make it work at home if you are just committed enough to your career. That is the mantra that many powerful women grew up with and have sought to pass to the next generation. Then, in July 2012, Anne-Marie Slaughter challenged that logic with her groundbreaking article, "Why Women Still Can't Have it All."

Women are making progress at the top, even if very slowly. But what about women in the middle and at the bottom of the income scale? In 1970 Gloria Steinem called for a feminism that would build bridges across race and class, that would lift all women. Thirty-five years later, what kind of progress have we made? Have we broadened the movement to be more inclusive of modern families? How has the conversation about work, life, family and women's leadership permeated historically inflexible offices and nontraditional work environments?

Join New America President and CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter and other experts for a discussion about how far we are from making the integration of work and life a reality for Americans regardless of race or class.

Follow the discussion online using #NewBalancingAct and following @NewAmerica.

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