Sitting in a quiet conference room in a sunlit Austin hotel, Bellamy Young radiates warmth and enthusiasm. It’s International Women’s Day, and just hours before she takes the stage at Female Quotient’s event at SXSW, she’s here to talk about her latest project: “She Leads With Care,” a new podcast amplifying the voices of women worldwide.
Best known for her role as Melody “Mellie” Grant, the fictional first lady-turned-president on ABC’s “Scandal,” Young is no stranger to narratives about women in leadership. But this time, she’s not playing a role — she’s telling real stories, elevating the lived experiences of women tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
While Young may not hold the Oval Office in real life, her work as a CARE ambassador has placed her in rooms where real change happens. “It couldn’t be a more important time for us all to remember what it means to care about each other,” she says.
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Kate Warren is the Executive Vice President and Executive Editor of Devex, where she leads a global team of journalists, event producers, and communications and marketing professionals to drive conversations around the most pressing and urgent issues of our time, including climate, global health, food security, philanthropy, humanitarian crises, and foreign aid funding. Through live journalism — via in-person and virtual events — along with insider news, analysis, podcasts, content series, and special reports, Kate and her team ensure the most important ideas, voices, and debates reach an influencer audience to drive impact and make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
