Elaine Brown became, in 1974, the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party. Today, as an activist, writer and popular lecturer, Brown upholds the original vision of the Panthers and the survival programs they developed like the Free Breakfast Program for Children, free health clinics, Senior Services, among others. She lectures on the vision of an inclusive and egalitarian society, focusing on resolving problems of race, gender oppression and class disparity in the United States.