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| | Dear John, As 2025 comes to a close, I want to recognize how hard this year has been. Day after day we’ve been bombarded by difficult news, often affecting our communities, our families, ourselves. This isn’t the future any of us dreamed of for this country. And yet, even in the heaviness, we have continued to show up. If you’ve spent time with me, you’ve likely heard me say that everyone can’t do everything, but everyone can do one thing. This year, our community, our grantee partners, our movement allies, have done things every day–big and small–that move us towards justice. This year taught us that showing up can be hard, but is essential. As we approach the new year, I encourage all of us to take a moment to show up for ourselves–for gratitude, rest, and restoration. We need it. Because in 2026, the work continues, and we will meet it together, grounded in community and in our shared commitment to creating a true democracy that works for all. In solidarity,  |
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Candid Op-Ed by Teresa C. Younger
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Ms. Foundation in the News
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Ms. Welcomes Jazmin Segura
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9 Things We’re Grateful For
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Grantee Partner Spotlight
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| Candid Op-Ed by Teresa C. Younger In a recent op-ed for Candid, President & CEO Teresa C. Younger reflected on what leadership means in feminist philanthropy after 12 years at the helm of Ms. Foundation. "What I know now is this: leadership is the art of creating space. Space for people to be seen. Space for ideas to breathe. Space for joy, grief, curiosity, conflict, and rest. And perhaps most importantly, space for ourselves—to pause, to imagine, to evolve." Read the full piece HERE. |
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| | Ms. Foundation in the News Ms. Foundation Board Chair Charline Gipson was named to New Orleans Mayor-Elect Helena Moreno’s leadership team, where she will direct and supervise the city’s legal affairs as city attorney. You can read more about the appointment in Axios. "I am extremely honored by Mayor-Elect Moreno's confidence in me to serve the people of New Orleans as their next City Attorney and lead with a culture of innovation, urgency, and trust," she said in a press release. Charline has served on the Ms. Foundation Board of Directors for four years, and this is her second year as chair. |
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| | Ms. Foundation Welcomes Jazmin Segura We're excited to welcome Jazmin Segura to Ms. Foundation as the Senior Director of Grantmaking & Capacity Building! Jazmin has nearly 20 years of experience in immigrant rights and social justice activism. In her words, "this work taught me that lasting change requires moving resources directly to frontline communities advancing their own bold visions, not controlling them." On our blog, read about Jazmin's feminist inspo, advice she'd give to her younger self, and more. |
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| | 9 Things We’re Grateful For 2025 brought both profound challenges and profound triumphs in the movements for gender and racial justice, and we at Ms. Foundation found joy and power in community, in laughter, in rest, and in struggle. We asked Ms. Foundation staff what they're grateful for this year—read what they said on our blog. |
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| | Grantee Partner Spotlight: Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center When Dr. Basra was a young girl, her experience with a social worker transformed everything for her. That connection sparked a lifelong passion to make a difference in the lives of those around her. Today, she serves as president & CEO of Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center, an organization aiming to advance the rights of girls, young women and gender-expansive youth through research, advocacy, training, and model programming. Learn more about how the Center is making a national impact in our latest grantee partner spotlight. |
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|  | Join the resistance fighting for a more equitable future for us all! Thanks to a generous donor, all donations will be matched until the end of the year. Your support helps Ms. Foundation continue building collective power across the U.S., at a time when we cannot afford to back down. |
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