We all need a community to succeed: to find opportunities, get support and steerage, and to collectively celebrate our wins. Universally, industry networks create a path to opportunities and foster career growth. More often than not, these formal and informal groups are set up by and unequally stacked towards men. For women, progression becomes harder without access or inclusion to those crucial networks. Our solution is to nourish and help to grow friendships for female and non-binary strategists. We aim to warm up lives and lift up each other’s careers. We do this by creating moments to genuinely connect. These moments happen with membership to a supportive community: a thriving slack group, gatherings that encourage real friendships, and opportunities to share expertise and experiences. LWS was founded by Kim Mackenzie and is run by Kim, a lead team, and programming facilitators. Join us and apply here: https://forms.gle/UcRwDKWgAj5f5xb8A