And then about a year later eBay jumped onto the scene so I can fill up a whole hour of these near misses of what the vision was and how excited I was about technology.īut back in the ‘90s it was really cool because I thought this would be really wonderful to be able to bring good programming documentaries that could reach the corners of the world. So I was really excited about seeing what was under the hood of what was going on what the worldwide web was what email was what all kinds of you know the inventions that were coming out.Īnd one of the side stories that I love to share is that I was with a group of friends and this one guy had this great vision and we became a board of directors and I got really close to getting US funding and the investors stepped away from the table and said ma I don't know if we want to really go down that path because I don't think anybody is going to really want to do an online auction and it ended up being this company that we called Rose Coie. about five years previous to 1993 and a friend of mine Amy Simon said there there's this new industry that's happening and you're a great writer and a producer and maybe you can come and play in this wild wild west as we called it back then and there was very few women in industry. Tess Cacciatore: So technology is really interesting I just moved to L.A. In the ‘90s, you were working in the tech industry so what did you learn during that time that sort of bridged the cultures through technology. And I think that it's really important to be able to be able to have that story to heal you know what is our individual stories how can we be compassionate for others how can we be compassionate towards ourselves. National disasters what's happening in our world in many levels. But why I think it's really important about right now is because there is such turmoil going on in the world. So everything's been this small little building blocks these small stepping stones and some of them big leaps and some of them been drowning in water and coming back up around the cycles that we all have in life. So I think the timing and the juncture of vision meets technology and the awareness that people have in the world is right now. But when you talked about virtual classroom and social impact inside of the entertainment industry back in the 90s people pretty much looked at me with my own like I had two heads. I came back all the way up into the 90s where I had this vision of having an interactive multimedia platform of programming for social impact.

Tess Cacciatore: Well Global Women's Empowerment Network started off as a 501 c3. I think once we have that self-love we're going to make better decisions about who we bring into our life and bring better awareness of what's happening around us and hopefully do better in our lives.Īmy and Nancy Harrington: Talk a bit more about how you've translated that passion into what you do for a living. And through that turn of events I'm hoping to be able to inspire self-love. We have a hash tag revealed the hill which is all about how can we get vulnerable and share stories. Everyone has a story to share and I think it's really important. But I think the most important message that I'm trying to get out there right now is about people to have the courage to share our stories. Tess Cacciatore: Well that's a loaded question because it varies as we talked about earlier today. Thank you so much for having me on.Īmy and Nancy Harrington: Thank you so much for being here.

So please welcome to the show Tess Cacciatore. She covers important topics like human trafficking, early childhood marriage, domestic violence and clean water initiatives. Tess is an award winning producer, director, writer, and editor creating content that focuses on social impact. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and today we're talking to Tess Cacciatore, co-founder of Global Women's Empowerment Network, which is dedicated to the advocacy and activism of human rights.

Read more about The Passionistas Project.Īmy and Nancy Harrington: Hi and welcome to the Passionistas Project Podcast. She covers important topics like human trafficking, early child marriage, domestic violence and clean water initiatives. Tess is an award-winning producer, director, writer and editor creating content that focuses on social impact. Tess Cacciatore is CEO of Global Women's Empowerment Network, an organization dedicated advocacy and activism for human rights.

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