GreenLight Women: Helping Females Over 40 Get Ahead in Hollywood

When NextTribe hosted its sold-out “Out Loud” event in Los Angeles recently, we were thrilled to donate a portion of the profits to GreenLight Women. Why? Because it’s a fantastic alliance of accomplished creative and business professionals age 40 and over. These bad asses have united to “champion women and promote diverse perspectives in media” in a town and industry that has long been obsessed with one particular vision of female life—all too often about being young, white, straight, and sexy.

More than 20 women in Hollywood founded the nonprofit, and now it works in an array of amazing ways. It shines a spotlight on professional networking and support as successful, often award-winning entertainment professionals gather and share their expertise with others. Specifically, they mentor those in need of guidance in such realms as career transition, peer-to-peer teamwork, and script consultation. As their website puts it, “Imagine women at the top of the ladder empowering each other and then giving a hand up to those who follow.” And, we’d add, then imagine the impact on the media created if these are the women calling the shots!