Karen Mulhauser

Radicals & Revolutionaries Lab

This week’s revolutionary is, Karen Mulhauser. Karen is the President of Mulhauser and Associates. Karen’s worked as a leader, advocate and consultant for over 30 years. She’s held various leadership roles at a number of non-profit organizations advocating for women’s rights, abortion rights, education, voting rights, peace and equality. Known for being a master of coalition building and collaboration, a space she says she works best in, she’s also the founder of America's Impact, Consulting Women, LLC, Trusted Sources and helped form the Women’s Information Network (WIN).

Karen takes on us a journey through her life, her path as a leader and her passion for this work. She’s a testament to being open to life, the power of community and, as she says, “knowing what you care about and what keeps you up at night.” Throughout her life, Karen has allowed her career to evolve with her passions and she encourages us to “take advantage of opportunity, take some risks and find the community you want to be with.” The recipe for this totally fascinating (unplanned) life.

Some Questions I Ask:

• About Karen’s experience with the disconnect of between being taught she could do anything and the reality of the substantial challenges? (2:47)
• How Karen overcame her shyness? (11:18)
• What tips did Karen share during a speech about self care, taking care of yourself in your professional life? (21:39)
• How did WIN come to be? (29:34)
• About a time when Karen felt like she experienced a failure,how she overcame that and found success? (43:40)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Karen, and 3 other students, convinced their college to give them co-op credit for hitchhiking around the Mediterranean - an experiential learning experience (6:43)
• In 1967/68: some questions her students asked about sexuality, consent, contraception and abortion (13:02)
• That risk and failure are inherent to success (22:41)
• WIN’s 30th Anniversary and NARAL’s 50th Anniversary (33:10)
• Compelling Voter Registration Messaging (42:43)

Host: JIllian Foster

Guest: Karen Mulhauser

Resources:

• NARAL
• WIN

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