We are excited to announce our winner of the Mom+Social Sweepstakes as part of the Global Mom Relay. Congratulations to Chelsea Kidd winner of two tickets to Mom+Social in New York City. We had a chance to talk to Chelsea about what inspired her to join the Global Mom Relay. How did you learn about the Global Mom Relay?Someone in a Facebook parenting group shared Amanda Peet’s post, and from there I started reading the

Yesterday, more than 4,400 people from around the world gathered in person and online to discuss motherhood as part of Mom+Social, the first-ever event focused on motherhood and the role of social media, technology, and philanthropy to improve the health of moms and children everywhere. Some of the brightest and most passionate people working to improve child, maternal, and reproductive health including Carolyn Miles, Christy Turlington Burns, Jennifer Lopez, Lynda Lopez, and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek

The United Nations Rio+20 Conference last year called for urgent action to put the world on a more equitable and sustainable development path. Countries agreed that systems and behaviors that worsen poverty and inequalities, exclude women and marginalize others, are pushing our planet to its limits and must change. Sustainable energy yields benefits beyond the environment. It enables children to study at night, allows health clinics to store needed vaccines, and frees women from backbreaking

For more than 60 days, from International Women’s Day to Mother’s Day, we have been celebrating and sharing messages inspired by motherhood. The Global Mom Relay has brought together the famous and the unknown. It’s brought together men and women and girls. It’s brought together experts and advocates. And in the process it’s sparked almost 100,000 social media actions and unlocked nearly $500,000 in donations for health and education solutions for children and women around

What brings together individuals and organizations such as Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student shot by the Taliban for her outspoken support of girls’ education, front-line polio workers, the global action campaign 10×10, and GE Africa? The answer: courage and a determination to work for a better world. The four will also come together in New York City to be honored at the 2013 Global Leadership Awards Dinner in New York City this November. Malala’s shooting