When life gives you lemons, you’re supposed to make lemonade.
And that’s exactly what the kids in our new video did. But when it came time to get paid, they got a real life lesson about the gender pay gap:
Watch Lemonade Stand: Lessons in Equal Pay from Corporate America…and Pretty Much Every Other Workplace, our web video produced in partnership with award-winning writer and producer Issa Rae (you might know her from her hit web series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and her new HBO series Insecure), and starring Anika Noni-Rose (of Dreamgirls and Disney’s The Princess and the Frog fame) and Gabriel Mann (a familiar face from Revenge and The Bourne Supremacy).
Then head on over here to learn more about the gender pay gap and how it’s impacting you personally (yes, you). It’s time to stop being polite and start asking questions.
Make It Work is the education arm of our campaign working to advance economic security for women, men and families across the country. America is ready for common sense workplace policies and ambitious solutions that will help people across the country “make it work.” To that aim, Make It Work is changing the conversation about work and family in this country.
Make It Work Action (MIWA) is the nonpartisan advocacy arm of Make It Work. MIWA engages in activities, including voter education, candidate “birddogging” and impacting public policy.