The Last Year Has Been a Tough Year, Right?

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I was in the court room march 20 20 during the oral arguments for a case around admitting privileges in the in the supreme court. I got to see justice ruth bater ginsburg in her last year on the bench. Obviously, the oral arguments are now live streamed, so i was able to watch and listen to the arguments with my colleagues in real time,. So that we could really purse through some of the questions vance of doing media. Just afterwards, we also used this as an opportunity to rally. There's no questionit. It feels like the shoe his dropped.

Faced with long odds, how do you keep your team motivated and moving forward? As a leader, Alexis McGill Johnson is focused on building hope. As the president of Planned Parenthood, Johnson is preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. But in the meantime, she’s modeling a sense of relentlessness for her team – so they can be fearless and unapologetic. Since she took over at Planned Parenthood, she’s faced both internal and external challenges. Something she learned early: "You really need to drive it like you stole it,” she says. “And don't wait for permission to make the transformations that you need to see.” She’s chosen to speak boldly, emphasizing equity and addressing the organization’s legacies of racism head on. The lessons she offers can be focused as a refusal to shy away from disappointments – and impossible dreams.

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