Reflecting on a Year of Impact and Looking Ahead
At WISE (Women in Showbiz Everywhere), 2024 has been a year of breaking barriers, amplifying voices, and driving progress through storytelling. From historic collaborations to transformative programs, we’ve made incredible strides—and it’s all thanks to supporters like YOU.
As we celebrate Giving Tuesday, we’re excited to look back at our accomplishments this year and invite you to join our growing community by becoming a WISE member. Together, we can continue empowering women and non-binary artists, storytellers, and changemakers in the entertainment industry.
2024: A Year to Remember
Here’s just a glimpse of what we’ve achieved this year:
🎙️ Brown & Brilliant Podcast Launch
In collaboration with Rukus Avenue Radio and iHeart Radio, we launched our inaugural podcast series, Brown & Brilliant, a historic moment for South Asian representation on mass commercial radio. This groundbreaking series uplifts and amplifies the voices of South Asian women and non-binary artists, storytellers, and executives. Hosted by our founder, Vineesha Arora-Sarin, we have featured amazing guests, both emerging and established, like Fawzia Mirza, Sujata Day, Deepa Mehta, Kiran Rao, Maureen Bharoocha with Ramona Young, Sujata Murthy, Pooja Kohli, Natasha Chandel, Sundeep Morrison, Anjali Bhimani, Karen David and Manisha Koirala!
📽️ Lost Ladies Screening at USC
We co-hosted a special screening of Lost Ladies featuring Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, filling every seat (and even the aisles!) at USC. The post-screening Q&A inspired attendees with insights into storytelling and filmmaking.
🎥 I Wear Pink Shoes: Women-Led Anthology
We announced our first short film anthology, I Wear Pink Shoes, which highlights contemporary women’s struggles and triumphs through the lens of women and non-binary filmmakers.
🎭 Workshops with Icons
We announced our Workshops with Icons series that will feature established and influential women in showbiz. These sessions provide direct connections to creative luminaries while empowering participants to hone their crafts. We look forward to beginning these workshops in filmmaking, music and composition, acting, theatre, directing and comedy.
🌿 WISE Wellness
Our wellness initiative offered women from all backgrounds a space to focus on mental and spiritual growth. We’re excited to expand these transformative experiences in 2025.
How You Can Help This Giving Tuesday
To continue our vital work, we need your support. This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us by becoming a WISE member. Every tier of membership helps sustain programs like mentorships, fellowships, film production, and wellness spaces & retreats—while also growing and strengthening our incredible community!
Membership Benefits Include:
✨ Discounts on workshops and events
✨ Access to exclusive member-only gatherings
✨ Opportunities to connect with a growing community of artists, storytellers & executives and many more!
"To move forward, you have to give back." – Oprah Winfrey
Your membership ensures we can continue amplifying diverse voices and creating platforms for meaningful change.
Don’t Miss Our Cyber Week Sale!
As part of our Yearly Membership Drive, we’re also hosting a Cyber Week/ Black Friday Week Sale featuring exclusive WISE merchandise and discounted workshop tickets. Every purchase helps us drive progress through storytelling.
Let’s Make 2025 Even Bigger!
Together, we’ve accomplished so much in 2024. With your support, we can do even more in the coming year—from producing groundbreaking films to empowering more women and non-binary creators through mentorship, workshops and wellness programs.
Join the WISE community today and be part of the movement.
With gratitude and excitement,
The WISE Team
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