The Recap: BAM Book Jam with Hitha Palepu

Here's what we covered.

On December 2, our latest BAM Book Jam featured "We're Speaking," a book written by Hitha Palepu about Kamala Harris's norm-shattering ascent to Vice President of the United States. Hitha is a woman of multitudes--a feminist, a lifelong politics enthusiast, a daughter of immigrants, and a mother raising feminist sons. These multitudes spill into her multi-hyphenated career as an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker. Hitha answered questions about her book for 60 minutes straight. Be sure to watch the recording below. Thank you to everyone for your questions and participation!

Let's go live.

Here are some of the top BAM Book Jam tweets and words of advice from Hitha Palepu. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar above. 

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Live from our #bambookjam “I've never been able to be neatly defined. I've always been the one and only in a lot of rooms I've been in. The youngest person, the only woman, the only person of color.” - @HithaPalepu on rejecting the notion of boxes.

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: @HithaPalepu recounts one of her favorite quotes by @VP, “Do not be burdened by what has been when you can create what should be.”

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “That helps them embrace a growth mindset. It helps them cultivate resilience. It's also a reminder about who they are and not to internalize what other people do.” -@HithaPalepu on the power of asking children how they reacted to a negative experience.

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “In a lot of ways this is exactly the book I needed, especially early on in my career. If I needed this book, I thought to myself, how many other people needed it as well? And how many people still need it?” - @HithaPalepu #WereSpeakingBook

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “That ‘we’ is very purposeful… every woman has been in that position where she’s had to say ‘I’m speaking.’ It was a rallying cry for anyone who has been in that position.” - @HithaPalepu on the title of #WereSpeakingBook

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “If we are getting careful detailed feedback, we owe it to ourselves to put a filter on and think about what we can gain from it.” - @HithaPalepu on the power of critical feedback

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “I really want women to stop defining themselves by the narratives that society pushes on them, to own their multitudes.” - @HithaPalepu #WereSpeakingBook

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021

 

Live from our #bambookjam: “The greatest moment of my life… She has that Bill Clinton energy where she makes you feel like the only person in the room.” - @HithaPalepu on meeting @VP for the first time. #WereSpeakingBook

— BAM (@BAMtheagency) December 2, 2021