--- title: Watch TIME's First 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit description: In honor of International Women's Day, TIME convened women who are building a better future, including Alicia Keys, Amanda Gorman and more. canonical: https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-03-09T01:33:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T09:45:23.554Z article:section: World og:title: Watch TIME's First-Ever 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit og:description: TIME convened influential female leaders, activists, and storytellers who are working to build a better future og:url: https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee4030a0060b7a7/698a17bf656a3f56dbbdb14c/Social_V4_Social-.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Social_V4_Social og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch TIME's First-Ever 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit twitter:description: TIME convened influential female leaders, activists, and storytellers who are working to build a better future twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee4030a0060b7a7/698a17bf656a3f56dbbdb14c/Social_V4_Social-.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch TIME's First-Ever 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit, Featuring Alicia Keys, Patrisse Cullors, Amanda Gorman and More by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 9, 2021 1:33 AM CUT  by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 9, 2021 1:33 AM CUT In honor of International Women’s Day, TIME hosted its first-ever “Voices of the Future” Women’s Summit on March 8, 2021\. The virtual event convened influential female leaders, activists, and storytellers for thought-provoking conversations about how to accelerate the women’s movement, and build toward a better future. Grammy Award-winning artist [Alicia Keys](https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736184/alicia-keys/ "undefined") and National Youth Poet Laureate [Amanda Gorman ](https://time.com/5933596/amanda-gorman-michelle-obama-interview/ "undefined")discussed the power of art to spark activism, in a live discussion facilitated by TIME senior editor Lucy Feldman. [Jane Goodall](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567774/jane-goodall/ "undefined") spoke with TIME senior editor Haley Sweetland Edwards about how women can come together to face global challenges. TIME senior correspondent Charlotte Alter welcomed Black Lives Matter co-founder and activist [Patrisse Cullors](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888228/black-lives-matter-founders/ "undefined") and United Farm Worker’s co-founder and activist [Dolores Huerta](https://time.com/5793617/dolores-huerta-100-women-of-the-year/ "undefined") to discuss building movements that shape policy. And TIME staff writer Raisa Bruner talked to Academy Award-winning actress [Cate Blanchett](http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326%5F1595332%5F1616643,00.html "undefined") and [_Mrs. America_](https://time.com/5816353/mrs-america-fx-hulu-review/ "undefined") producer Stacey Sher about how representation in storytelling can create real world change. The Women’s Summit also highlighted young, groundbreaking leaders who are inspiring the next generation, including [Black Trans Circles](https://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/14342 "undefined") founder and activist [Raquel Willis,](https://time.com/5855232/lgbtq-protest-history/ "undefined") [Freedom March NYC](https://www.freedommarchnyc.com/ "undefined") co-founder Chelsea Miller, and [Re-Earth Initiative](https://reearthin.org/ "undefined") co-founder Xiye Bastida and CEO of Hate Is A Virus and BetterBrave Tammy Cho. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/"},"headline":"Watch TIME's First-Ever 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit, Featuring Alicia Keys, Patrisse Cullors, Amanda Gorman and More","datePublished":"2021-03-09T01:33:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T09:45:23.554Z","description":"In honor of International Women's Day, TIME convened women who are building a better future, including Alicia Keys, Amanda Gorman and more.","url":"https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/","keywords":["Equality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee4030a0060b7a7/698a17bf656a3f56dbbdb14c/Social_V4_Social-.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfee4030a0060b7a7/698a17bf656a3f56dbbdb14c/Social_V4_Social-.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Social_V4_Social","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/equality/","name":"Equality"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5944955/watch-time-voices-future-womens-summit/","name":"Watch TIME's First-Ever 'Voices of the Future' Women’s Summit, Featuring Alicia Keys, Patrisse Cullors, Amanda Gorman and More"}}]}] ```