Stacie Lynn Stanley Libri

Leading While Female means working with female and male colleagues who are grounded in values for equity to confront and close the gender equity gap. Combining the first-hand experiences of female leaders with research on feminism, intersectionality, and leadership, Arriaga, Stanley, and Lindseysupport readers to explore their personal and professional cultural proficiencies. Readers will find: support to identify barriers and formulate methods to overcome them, opportunities to record their experiences following a narrative protocol for their Stormy First Draft (SFD), a writing experience derived from nine chapters of guided reflective journal entries, leadership stories and figures to provide guidance and illustrate the need for gender equity, and opportunities for males who are mentors and allies to dismantle gender bias.

"Women who are seeking (or are already in) educational leadership positions still face multiple personal and institutional barriers from unequal pay to microaggressions to blatant harassment and abuse. The purpose of this book is to surface and overcome such barriers as well as the systems of oppression that perpetuate them. Raising Our Voices will also explore intersectionalities between gender and other variables of difference, most notably race. Though female leaders (or aspiring leaders) would seem to be the obvious audience for this book and adjunct workshops, the authors urge that men must cultivate a greater awareness of gender inequities as well as actively serve as allies. As such, Raising Our Voices is a book for men and women in leadership who seek to improve opportunities and equity in the workplace for current and soon-to-be female leaders"-- Provided by publisher