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Hi John,
Happy Women’s Equality Day!
Join us here at the Ms. Foundation in an ongoing celebration and reflection on the complex history of the 100 years since the 19th Amendment was adopted to the US Constitution.
Today, our President and CEO Teresa C. Younger and Co-Founding Mother Gloria Steinem issued a statement honoring women of color who fought for suffrage, yet were excluded from the 19th Amendment as well as our history books.
On Thursday, Teresa will be continuing her weekly Instagram Live series on the importance of philanthropic giving to women and girls of color. This week, she’ll be sitting down with New York City Council candidate Seth Rosen!
Mark you calendars for the second event in the Women + Power digital series, ECONOMIC POWER, on September 9th.
Learn more about these Ms. Foundation updates and events below.
WOMEN EQUALITY DAY
 “On Women’s Equality Day, we at the Ms. Foundation for Women wish to remember the works of activists whose contributions have outlived their names or notability. Their accomplishments serve as the inspiration for our work, and the basis for the crucial on-the-ground efforts that our grantee-partners carry out across the country.
“The stories of women like Elizabeth Piper Ensley, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Jovita Idár, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, and Zitkala-Sa deserve just as much weight in conversations about the historic fight for equality as those that are better known. To carry on the legacies of these astounding women, and so many countless others, the Ms. Foundation proudly supports our grantee-partners, whose consistent and resilient efforts remain dedicated to fighting systemic inequality.”
Read Teresa C. Younger and Gloria Steinem’s full statement here.
POCKET CHANGE LIVE featuring SETH ROSEN
TOMORROW, August 27, 3:00 pm ET
 Tomorrow, our Pocket Change Instagram live series hosted by Ms. Foundation CEO and President Teresa C. Younger, continues. This week’s guest is New York City Council District 6 candidate and Ms. Foundation donor Seth Rosen. He began his career as an attorney with the City of New York, but later began working in the nonprofit sector. He’s also held leadership positions at some of New York City’s most admired human rights organizations, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Amnesty International USA, and Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the world’s first HIV and AIDS service organization. Seth is currently the Director of Development with the National LGBT Bar Association, which works to further equality in and through the law.
For our conversation, he’ll be discussing his work, candidacy, and reflections on our new report, Pocket Change, How Women and Girls of Color do More with Less, which we produced in partnership with Strength In Numbers Consulting Group. Released last month, Pocket Change, reveals that total philanthropic giving per woman and girl of color was just $5.48 in 2017. For our accompanying IG live series, Teresa is in conversation with leaders on how we can ensure that women and girls of color on the frontlines are receiving the support they desperately need.
Learn more about the Pocket Change report and don’t miss this conversation on our Instagram page.
Women + Power: ECONOMIC POWER
September 9, 7:30 pm ET
Free Admission
Sallie Krawchek, Teresa Younger, and Tsedale Melaku
Register here.
Throughout the fall, Ms. Foundation for Women and Brooklyn Historical Society will peel back the layers of the women’s fight for equality with a multi-part virtual series on our collective journey. Women + Power will reflect on the triumphs and shortcomings of the passage of the 19th Amendment, with discussions on the relationship between gender, power, and the ongoing struggle for equality.
Join us for the second conversation ECONOMIC POWER with Sallie Krawcheck, founder and CEO of Ellevest and one of the most powerful women to have worked on Wall Street, and Teresa C. Younger, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, about the vast gains that still need to be made in the name of economic power. Moderated by Tsedale Melaku, author of You Don’t Look Like A Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism.
Register here.
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