womenwonder: Amy Poehler

“As you navigate through the rest of your life, 

be open to collaboration. 

Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, 

spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”

Amy Poehler

Besides being a phenom in the entertainment world, she is a passionate and leader in empowering women and girls, and spearheading and supporting many social and political causes.  She is a serious womanwonder.

As much is known of her contributions to TV and film, I have featured her social and political achievements here: 

Amy Meredith Poehler  is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. 

In September 2008, Poehler and Meredith Walker and Amy Miles. founded Smart Girls at the Party, an online community and digital web series aimed at empowering girls.^[6][130] The first season premiered online on November 17, 2008, with Mattel's Barbie signed on as the lead sponsor.^[131] Smart Girls at the Party returned in 2012 as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative that focused upon the creation of new content. The new Smart Girls at the Party YouTube Channel went live on July 2, 2012, including new episodes of the series along with additional shows by Poehler, Walker and Miles.^[132]

Four years after the launch of Smart Girls at the Party, digital network company Legendary Entertainment acquired ownership of the project. Poehler said in a statement, "We at Smart Girls are excited to be working with Legendary and look forward to providing funny and inspirational content for all of the goofballs out there."^[133] By the time of the deal, over five million views were registered on its YouTube channel and over 550,000 fans had liked the initiative on Facebook.^[133] On the Smart Girls YouTube channel, viewers have the opportunity to ask for life advice from Poehler in segments called Ask Amy.^[134] Smart Girls celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2018.^[135]

Poehler has also publicly championed a number of social and political causes.^[5] In 2012, she collaborated with the National Domestic Workers Alliance to film a public service announcement (PSA) to draw attention to the proposed California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.^[136][137] The law, providing overtime pay to domestic workers, was signed into law the following year.^[138] Poehler also supported One Fair Wage, a campaign to require New York businesses to pay tipped workers the general minimum wage.^[139] Poehler has served as a celebrity ambassador for Worldwide Orphans Foundation, traveling to Haiti in 2013.^[5] The following year, Poehler joined Michelle Obama in Miami to celebrate the four year anniversary of her Let's Move! youth health initiative.^[140]

Poehler's memoir, Yes Please, was published on October 28, 2014.^[141] She explained in a promotional interview with National Public Radio (NPR) that she was "used to writing in characters and not really writing about myself ... it was easier to share the early parts of my life rather than my own current events." Topics covered in the book include body image, parenthood, and learning about the limitations of physical appearance.^[142] The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best-Seller list.^[2]

In 2011, Poehler was included on Time's "100 most influential people in the world".^[143] She also delivered the Class Day address to Harvard University's class of 2011.^[144] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited Poehler to become a member as part of its 2017 class.^[145]

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