|
Welcome to the summer edition of the WFN newsletter. This space is to highlight the great work of the network, provide meaningful content, and centralize the most pressing issues in the our sector. The newsletter will return in the fall to kick off the Women Funded 2021 Conference!
|
|
|
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
How is feminism changing the future? Join us Thursday, September 23 for Women Funded 2021: The Feminist Factor — a virtual conference of gender justice funders and allies exploring the impact of the feminist factor in our organizations, our governments, and our philanthropic practices.
|
|
|
|
The Women's Foundation of Colorado (WFCO) Annual Luncheon special guest, Robin Arzón, has a message to share! WFCO’s Annual Luncheon on October 21, 2021 is the largest fundraiser in the state on behalf of Colorado women and their families. This year’s theme – the Superpower of Community – will shine a light on the collective power we have as a community to create change when we show up as our authentic selves.
|
|
The Iowa Woman's Foundation CEO Dawn Oliver Wiand is a member of the Governor's taskforce in Iowa tackling long-term solutions to fixing the childcare crisis in Iowa. She published an op-ed in the Des Moines Register with her community-based recommendations: Iowa's economy needs lasting child care solutions.
|
|
|
|
|
The Global Fund for Women is hosting part two of their Zoom series, Planning Ahead to Maximize Your Philanthropy. Maria Núñez, tax and estate planning attorney and Global Fund for Women and Chris Clarkson, Director of Wealth Strategies at Bernstein Private Wealth Management, will discuss tax efficient charitable giving and describe strategies for maximizing giving.
Aug 19, 2021 | 10:00 AM
|
|
|
The Wallace Foundation has updated their highly popular guide, Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out. The guide highlights 33 program models that can help educators integrate SEL into school culture and build students’ skills. The update expands to include pre-K programs, and includes two new chapters, which offer guidance on practicing equitable SEL and trauma-based SEL.
|
|
|
|
Created by the Dugdale Trust for Women & Girls (of which the Victorian Women’s Trust is Trustee), The Trap is a harm prevention podcast. Hosted by Jess Hill, this podcast looks deeply at abuse that happens in private, and in public, searching the world for answers to the questions that continue to confound us.
|
|
Episode 1, titled Setting the Trap, features social workers from the Brisbane Domestic Violence Service, Geraldine Bilston, Dr Torna Pitman, Dr Janja Lilich, Karina Hogan, Lisa Aronson Fontes.
Episode 2, titled Young Love, features Chanel Contos, Maree Crabbe, Richie Hardcore.
|
|
OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
|
|
|
The Women's Voice and Leadership (WVL)-Caribbean team, along with consultant Alicia Mondesire, has completed the first phase of the study aimed at exploring the feasibility of creating a Caribbean women’s fund for gender justice. The WVL-Caribbean team is inviting interested in the above-mentioned research and the creation of a Caribbean fund for gender justice to participate in a public forum.
September 2, 2021 | 10:30am-1:00pm EST | Register here
|
|
|
- Sign this petition: Fight abortion bans and help stop Texas SB 8, one of the most extreme abortion bans this country has ever seen.
- Email Congress and demand to Build Back Better: Join We Demand More in calling for an infrastructure package that prioritizes women and families.
- Share your story: The United State of Women wants to know what the Child Tax Credit payments mean to you and your family! Your stories will help us inspire more parents to sign up for the benefit and to push for a permanent expansion of this credit.
|
|
|
Presented by Supermajority, The 19th Represents Virtual Summit is back! Join them for a week of powerful conversations exploring why representation matters in democracy, sports, business and culture.
August 16-20, 2021 | 12:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. ET | Register here
|
|
|
RespectAbility, a disability advocacy and leadership development nonprofit, is using a new $75,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to nudge foundations to hire people with disabilities and make any accommodations needed so they can perform to the best of their ability. To learn more about their work, click here.
|
|
|
|
Mensah-Stock has become the first Black U.S. women's wrestler to win an Olympic gold. - ESPN
|
|
|
|
A new report finds that the NCAA has treated women's games unfairly, both undervaluing and underfunding them for years. - NPR
|
|
|
A federal class action lawsuit was recently filed against Brown University, claiming the university has systematically and repeatedly failed to protect women from rape and other sexual misconduct.
- ABC News
|
|
|
Barbie is honoring six women who are "modern-life heroes of the pandemic" with one-of-a-kind dolls made in their likeness as part of its #ThankYouHeroes program.
- USA Today
|
|
|
|
Women in South Korea are reclaiming short hair. - BBC News
|
|
|
|
|
WATCH: Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to encounter childbirth complications than white women — Dr. Elizabeth Howell breaks down why that is and how we can work to fix it.
|
|
What do you think of today's newsletter?
Loved it
It was okay
I have ideas to improve
|
|
If you have a story to share, email Ellen at
[email protected]
|
|
|
|
|
|
