The 2019 Makers Conference

  • CelebrityMAKERS

    Jada Pinkett Smith says 'you had to tone down your blackness' to be 'acceptable' in Hollywood

    Jada Pinkett Smith is her own woman. From the start of her acting career to marriage and motherhood, she’s never let anyone else define who she is and what she can do, enabling her to pursue acting, producing, music, philanthropy and raising a family all on her own terms. As she puts it, “It’s just a matter of really having the courage to create the life that’s specific to you and no one else.” You can’t tell me what being a woman means for me and what that looks like. You’re not allowed to tel

  • CelebrityMAKERS

    Ciara says being a single mom was 'the best thing' to happen to her: 'It made me stronger'

    Ciara was at the 2019 MAKERS conference on Thursday and said being a single mom was "something I could never imagine. I never imagined that happening to me, being in that place."

  • US PoliticsYahoo Life

    Hillary Clinton says Speaker Nancy Pelosi proves it 'takes a woman' to get things done

    Just days after videos of Speaker Nancy Pelosi sardonically clapping during President Trump’s State of the Union went viral, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out in support of the congresswoman in a special video for MAKERS. “You know the tidal wave of women and young people running for office is helping to build an America that’s not only kinder, fairer, bigger hearted, but safer, stronger and more secure,” Clinton said, during a message delivered to the 2019 MAKERS Conference. .