The first time I met Eve Ensler, I knew right away that I wanted to commit my time, talent and resources to helping her launch and sustain what she later named the V-Day movement — a movement with the audacious goal of ending violence against women and girls (read more).

In this photo I'm with Eve and a group of fellow V-Day activists.

One rainy Sunday afternoon in 2004 I got a call from my good friends Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. They invited me to come to Gloria’s apartment for a conversation about what to do about the under-representation and misrepresentation of women in media. Within weeks, we had launched the Women's Media Center (read more).

In this photo I'm at the Women's Media Center Awards with two of its founders, Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan.

I met the CEO of Acumen, Jacqueline Novogratz, at the Skoll World Forum, and was inspired, as many are, by her work with that organization, which she founded in 2001 after leaving a career in international banking. Acumen raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders, and ideas that are changing the way the world tackles poverty (read more).

In this photo Jacqueline is speaking at TEDWomen.

Barefoot College is one of the most amazing communities I’ve ever visited. It was started by a remarkable Indian leader, Bunker Roy, who had a vision for a new way to address rural poverty in India: a school that was built by, and exclusively for, the poor (read more).

In this photo, taken during my visit to Barefoot College, Bunker is showing me the book that tells the stories of the nearly 1,000 grandmothers from more than a dozen countries that he has trained to become solar engineers.