About | The Collective Rising

To Facilitate

exposure, discovery, recognition and advancement for women globally.

To Eradicate

the negative stigma attached to discussing one’s self, one’s goals, one’s achievements, and one’s career on digital and social media.

To Motivate

educate, support and celebrate women throughout their career journeys.

To Empower

women to legitimize their own voice and take a proactive approach towards establishing and strengthening their personal brand.

To Create

opportunities for women to have authentic and genuine conversations about their accomplishments.

To Encourage

our members to foster meaningful connections both online and in-real-life with other members and between brands and companies that have demonstrated their commitment to the advancement of women.

The Collective Rising emerged from the flames ignited by This Girl Can Run The World.

This Girl Can Run The World, which began as an opt-in editorial platform designed to celebrate women throughout their career journeys, took off instantaneously after its soft-launch in October of 2018.

9 weeks, and 6500+ submissions later, This Girl Can Run The World’s founder, Kitty Schur, realized there was a demand for something far bigger than the company’s current offerings.

This Girl Can Run The World quickly captured the attention of an ambitious, dedicated and loyal fanbase of career-oriented women. These women were influential, but not stereotypical “influencers” in the digital realm, rather they were leaders, business women, entrepreneurs and creatives.

Make no mistake – this was not a homogenous group. These women worked across a myriad of industries, came from diverse backgrounds, lived around the globe

and ranged in age from their early twenties throughout their late fifties.

Despite the audience’s diversity, it became clear that these women were seeking the same things.

They wanted to feel seen, be heard and share their accomplishments and achievements online, with ease and without the fear of judgment, not for the sake of self-promotion, but rather to open themselves up to opportunities for discovery, recognition and professional advancement.

Realizing that true empowerment only occurs when opportunity, visibility and choice intersect, Kitty Schur went on to develop what is now The Collective Rising.

Kitty Schur
is the founder of
The Collective Rising.

Kitty has a thorough background in creative development, brand and content strategy and digital media, specifically pertaining to social activism and women’s issues. She has worked as creative director, brand consultant, as well as a personal branding coach to numerous prominent individuals, helping them curate and craft a tasteful and discoverable online presence.

After graduating top of her class from The University of Southern California, where she studied Film and Public Relations, Kitty went on to work with a number of the decade’s most notable female empowerment initiatives.

A firm believer that your digital reach shouldn’t limit your potential for impact, Kitty helps members of The Collective Rising establish a meaningful personal brand that stands out amongst the clutter of today’s mass-commercialized and over-commodified digital landscape.

Kitty seeks to create more opportunities for discovery, recognition and advancement for marginalized groups, and is passionate about re-defining influence and highlighting today’s true tastemakers and game changers.