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** JULY 13, 2021
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Dear Colleagues,

While our weekly newsletter will continue to share resources and information, this summer we’ll be taking a break from our weekly community letters from WFN President and CEO Elizabeth Barajas-Román to focus on partner events and our upcoming conference, Women Funded 2021. Elizabeth’s weekly communication swill continue in September.

As part of this effort, we want to invite you to be a guest contributor. If you’d like to be a guest contributor to the newsletter, or have any events or information to amplify, please email WFN Communications Director Ellen Moorhouse: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
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** WFN EVENTS
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WFN President and CEO Elizabeth Barajas-Román will be speaking at Emerge PWR Hour ([link removed]) , their first ever Twitter Spaces event! The event will feature a panel of experts as they discuss the economic barriers women candidates face while fundraising and how they can overcome these challenges.

July 13, 2021 | 6:30pm ET | Register here ([link removed])


** WFN MEMBER NEWS
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Change Philanthropy partners have released a video to thank Mackenzie Scott for her recent gifts
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The Women's Fund of Colorado had a successful 2021 Legislative Season ([link removed]) . The Women’s Foundation’s top-three priority bills and 21 of 22 that the Foundation took positions on passed. WFCO’s priority bills will bring more flexible and holistic resources to women and their families, especially those most vulnerable to systemic inequities.

Other bills that WFCO supported can broadly be categorized as supporting women’s economic equity in three areas: Child care and meeting the needs of families with young children; Reproductive healthcare access; and resources to meet basic needs, including education and employment.
The Women's Fund of Rhode Island scored some major policy wins for women and girls in the state, including:
* Feminine Products: This bill requires all public schools to provide feminine hygiene products at no cost to students.
* Perinatal Doula Reimbursement Act: This bill provides for medical assistance health care for expectant mothers and establishes medical assistance coverage, reimbursement rates for perinatal doula services.
* Fair Employment Practices (aka Fair Pay Act): This bill provides new protections and possible remedies for employees who have faced wage discrimination based on gender.
* Raise the Minimum Wage: This bill ensures that Rhode Island's minimum wage will be $15 an hour by 2025.

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Early Childhood Funders Collaborative will be releasing the Championing Equity for Children in Our Communities Toolkit ([link removed]) for early childhood funders seeking to invest in immigrant children and other bilingual or multilingual children.

Join them on July 15, 2021 from 3:00-4:00pm E.T.

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Apply for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation's Program Analyst Fellowship ([link removed]) , where next generation leaders can get the opportunity to engage with philanthropic and nonprofit leaders and work with a grantmaking team serving diverse issues and populations.

The fellowship begins November 1, 2021 and ends October 31, 2023. Click here ([link removed]) to view the job posting.


** OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
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Even after the Fourth of July has ended, The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) calls on all of us to continue reflecting about the current state of America ([link removed]) and what the last year has taught us about racial equity. Celebrating the promise of America on a holiday like July 4th doesn't absolve us from continuing to explore the impacts of the wrongdoings America has done in the name of doing right.

Check out some of their resources:

Debra Watkins of A Black Education Network ([link removed]) offers her perspective on how to navigate working with funders ([link removed]) to better resource Black-led nonprofits and shares 4 pieces of advice for nonprofits ([link removed]) asking for increased funding.

NCRP Field Director Ben Barge discusses why the Brooklyn Community Foundation’s recent announcement ([link removed]) is an unprecedented and important leap forward ([link removed]) in explicitly funding Black communities and what other community foundations can do to have a similarly powerful impact.
The USOW Encourages You to Take Action
* Take Action: Tell your member of Congress ([link removed]) that paid family leave, child care, and health care must be included in the infrastructure package.
* Make your Principal Demands: Contact your local school officials ([link removed]) to close the book on the criminalization of Black girls.
* Learn More: Visit our list of steps you can take to fight structural racism ([link removed]) today and make it a more prominent part of your activism moving forward.
* Explore: Small actions have big impact. Find more actions here ([link removed]) .

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Join The Women's Forum G20 ([link removed]) as a Virtual Delegate!

The forum will represent a unique opportunity to foster the dialogue between international private and public high-level decision makers, and aims to bring women’s contribution to ensure a truthful She-covery for all: with women as key players co-creating along with men the new world that humanity needs.

October 17-19, 2021 | Sign up here ([link removed])
RAINN ([link removed]) , the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, is hosting a fireside chat with their Founder and President, Scott Berkowitz and Ann Mukherjee, Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard North America. Scott and Ann will discuss how companies can take an active role in shaping the narrative around sexual violence.

The event will premiere on RAINN's YouTube ([link removed]) on 7/28 at 11:00 am PT.


** WEEKLY READ
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** What We're Reading

With the economic recovery failing women, now is the time to act on gender equality ([link removed])

by Melinda French Gates

Nikole Hannah-Jone's full statement about declining to come to UNC-Chapel Hill ([link removed])

by Kate Murphy
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The Biden administration has the narrowest gender pay gap of any administration since 1995, where women earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men. - The 19th ([link removed])
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A new report finds that female CEOs took a 30% pay cut during the peak of the pandemic in the U.S., while their male counterparts received a 2% pay bump. - Kruze Consulting ([link removed])

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Big tech companies, such as Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok have collectively pledged to put an end to "a pandemic of online abuse against women and girls." However, history suggests they'll come up short. - Forbes ([link removed])
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Although a city with a notorious history of racism, Boston for the first time has four top mayor candidates who are all women of color. - Seattle Times ([link removed])

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Last week at the Generation Equality Forum, The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity. - WHO News ([link removed])
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The Ukranian army is facing criticism for making women march in heels, prompting a widespread debate in Ukraine over the broader failure of the military to better integrate women in the armed forces. - New York Times ([link removed])



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The Women's Institute is featuring a trans woman member on the cover of its magazine for the first time. - BBC ([link removed])
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WATCH: Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech at the Generation Equality Forum about how gender equality is crucial for democracy. "Democracy is stronger when everyone participates."
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