Parlay House Events

Let’s talk about JUSTICE. Imagine a world in which a single mistake could cost you everything and continue following you like a dark cloud, for the rest of your life. Imagine not being able to move forward, no matter how…

When we learned that only 36% of women say they feel like they’re following their dreams, and over 60% of women are rethinking their lives during the pandemic, we knew who to call to help us explore making meaningful transitions…

This week, many of us are reeling from the death of someone who we likely didn’t even know:#NotoriousRBG. We’re reeling because she was an icon, a champion of women’s rights, and a fierce legal mind who was appointed to the…

There are many privileges beyond skin color – access to resources, wealth, geography, age, religion, attractiveness, body type, and more. Sometimes we openly accept certain privileges to cope with more hurtful ones as a way to protect ourselves from pain…

Let’s talk about Divorce – and more specifically, how to manage our finances before, during, and after this difficult life transition. We’re welcoming financial superstar and two-time Parlay House speaker, Laurie Fried of Lumina Financial back to our safe space…

Growing up in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, Shabana Basij-Rasikh and her family risked their lives to send her and her sister to underground schools. At that time, educating women was a crime punishable by death. Shabana not only became college-educated…

Want to make a difference in the world but don’t know how to start? While all transformation happens by taking a small step, very few people have walked the miles and impacted lives as deeply and broadly as civil rights…

Being a strong, successful Black woman and working mother means you broke through a lot of barriers to get to where you are. Doing it in the deep south where gender roles and racial barriers are still ever-present requires a…

For most of us, there is often a disconnection between how we look and how we feel. Being “thin” is admired, and considered the definition of health and beauty. It’s proof that we have our lives, our food, and our exercise under…