14. Amy & Nancy Harrington - Women’s Empowerment Activists and Podcasters
Meet Amy & Nancy Harrington! Amy & Nancy are Women’s Empowerment Activists and Podcasters, Amy and Nancy live in Los Angeles and they’re sisters on a mission. Amy had a long and successful career in film & television, where she worked her way up the post-production ladder at Warner Brothers, to eventually become the first woman in the history of the film industry to hold the position of Vice President of Post Production and Visual Effects at a major studio. And Nancy is a serial entrepreneur who built a successful graphic design business and theater company in the heart of Boston before she moved to L.A. While Amy was at Warner Brothers she oversaw work on over 250 films, including the early Harry Potter movies and the Matrix franchise. When Nancy first got to L.A. she took on her first, and only office job at an agency where she worked on Academy Award campaigns for Miramax and Paramount Classics. In response to the #MeToo & Time’s Up movements, Amy and Nancy decided they wanted to strike out on their own and start a new adventure. They felt a calling to become advocates for women’s empowerment and find a way to become activists for positivity, change, and passion… and The Passionistas Project was born. In, 2020 they started the Passionistas Project Women’s Equality Summit, and on September 21st – 23rd of 2022, Amy & Nancy will host the third annual Power of Passionistas Summit to empower women to create a world in which there is equality for all. Now, I’m so excited to bring you my chat with Amy & Nancy. Not only do we chat about what it’s like to be a woman in the Industry, but we talk about so much more, including how important it is to support one another as women and how meaningful working as an advocate in the women’s empowerment space can be.
Connect with Amy & Nancy on Instagram & Twitter
Check out the Passionista Project and the Summit on its website
Learn more about the Blissful Spinster Podcast and connect with Cris on the website
Amy & Nancy’s Bio -
Amy and Nancy Harrington founded The Passionistas Project to shine a light on women who are following their passions to inspire other women to do the same. The project started with The Passionistas Project Podcast and expanded to include The Passionista Project Pack — a quarterly subscription box filled with products made by women-owned businesses and female artisans to encourage women to follow their dreams. In September 2022, they will host the third annual Power of Passionistas summit to empower women to create a world in which there is equality for all.