Pasta and pay-equity

🍝 LILLY AT I RICCHI: DC LUNCHEON SPOTLIGHTS PAY EQUITY PUSH: Washington’s historic i Ricchi restaurant played host to a high-powered luncheon this week celebrating LILLY, the new film portraying Lilly Ledbetter’s fight for equal pay — and reigniting the national conversation around gender wage gaps.

The event, co-hosted by Christianne Ricchi and Gwen K. Young, CEO of the Women Business Collaborative (WBC), brought together the film’s director and producers with policy insiders, corporate leaders, and culture-makers.

“LILLY reminds us that the struggle for pay equity isn’t history — it’s happening,” said Young. “Women still earn just $0.82 for every dollar earned by men. For women of color, the gap is even wider. At this rate, full equity won’t come until 2048.”

—> 📘 THE PLAYBOOK: WBC, a coalition of 80+ women’s business orgs, recently released its Pay Equity Playbook — a toolkit for companies serious about closing wage gaps.

—> 🎬 THE FILM’S LEGACY: LILLY revisits the 2009 passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first bill signed into law by President Obama, restoring the right for workers to challenge pay discrimination.

Former MPA CEO Dan Glickman, WBC CEO Gwen Young, restaurateur Christianne Ricchi, and BizBash founder David Adler.