Dear Colleagues, 

Dear Colleagues,

Tricia Hersey writes in her new book, Rest Is Resistance, “slowing down is a way to save my life, resist the systems telling me to do more, and as a remembrance to my ancestors who had rest stolen from them.”

I hope you seized opportunities to rest and revive with family and friends over the holiday season. Also sending everyone best wishes to bring rest as a critical part of your daily practice in 2023 and beyond.

Happy New Year,

Elizabeth

Thank You!

Our network is only as strong as the people and organizations who are a part of it. Join us in appreciating our members who have renewed for 2023. If you have questions about membership or would like more information, please contact us.

Arizona Foundation for Women
Boston Women's Fund
Bulgarian Fund for Women
Eileen Fisher Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation's Fund for Women & Girls
Francene Chadwick
Funders for Justice
I Be Black Girl
iimpact
Lisa Acree
Mongolian Women's Fund
Puerto Rico Women's Foundation
Return to the Heart Foundation
Rise Up
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rockflower Partners
Roslyn Dawson Thompson
Sara Boyd
Shruthi Jayaram
Texas Women's Foundation
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The Fund for Women and Girls (Chester County)
The New York Women's Foundation
The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation
The Women's Foundation (Hong Kong)
The Women's Fund Miami-Dade
The Women's Fund of Central Ohio
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Washington Area Women's Foundation
Women's Foundation of Collier County
Women's Foundation of Montana
Women's Fund of Essex County
Women's Fund of Hawai'i
Women's Fund of Rhode Island

The Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts is hiring for a newly created position, Vice President. The Vice President will be a thought partner to the CEO and will formalize WFWM’s strategic planning processes, leading the development of strategy, and translating it for staff across functions and teams, and external partners. To learn more about the position, click here.

Join Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee for an important exploration of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Justice Geske shares insights regarding campaigning, her life on the bench, and previews what we might see from the Court in 2023 and beyond. The Women's Fund convenes community as an important part of their work. Their Community Talk Backs assemble diverse groups of people and facilitate intergenerational conversation about relevant topics to advance equity for women. They utilize a variety of venues to help set the tone for each panel discussion and have experts in each subject willing to share their insights, perspectives and opinions. These have become the backdrop for engaging conversations among attendees that prove communication is the first step in collaboration. 

Complimentary coffee and light continental breakfast. 

February 16, 2023 | 8:00am-9:30am CST | Register here

The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation takes a deep dive into understanding Black women’s economic mobility in the Midwest. This three-phase project consists of a literature review of the historical context of labor trends and systemic barriers to Black women’s employment, a quantitative analysis to understand Black women in the workforce, and a qualitative study to determine the factors fostering or deterring Black women’s economic mobility. 

• Read our first phase: Analysis of Black Women's Historical Labor Trends and Systemic Barriers to Economic Mobility 
• Read our second phase: Realizing the Potential of an Equitable Economy: Centering Black Women’s Upward Mobility in the Cincinnati Region
• Read our third phase: The Influence of Gendered Racism and Understanding Economic Fragility for Black Women in the Cincinnati Region 

The New Hampshire Women’s Foundation has released its bi-annual report: The Status of Women in New Hampshire, a data-driven report on the well-being of women in the state.

Alicia Miller, the Executive Eirector of the Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and Holly Hankinson, the Women's Fund Advocacy Director, have written an op-ed for The Cincinnati Enquirer, titled State lawmakers need to prioritize policies aimed at women in poverty. To read in full, click here.

Opportunities and Resources

The Nonprofit Quarterly will be hosing a webinar, Transgender Justice in Our Workplaces. The webinar will include both a Trans liberation movement perspective and an organizational development perspective as they explore:

• grounding in the movement to protect and advance the rights of Transgender people
• the policies and practices we can review and update in our organizations to promote equity and inclusion for Trans staff and board
• supporting and promoting Transgender leadership in our organizations and networks

January 19, 2023 | 2:00pm EST | Register here

Nominations and applications for the 2023 Oak Human Rights Fellowship, sponsored by the Oak Institute for Human Rights at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, are now open. The fellowship provides a one-semester activist-in-residence opportunity for a human rights activist operating in difficult or dangerous circumstances to come to Colby College for respite from front-line duties so they can reflect on their experiences. The focus of this year's search is Health and Human Rights.

The deadline is January 15th, 2023 for nominations, and January 31st, 2023 for completed applications. To learn more, click here.

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund is seeking a new Program Director for their Sexual Orientation Gender Identity and Expression program. The director will manage a team of seven and lead a robust grantmaking program to advance LGBTQI+ rights in the US and across the globe. To learn more, click here.

What We're Reading

What We're Watching

Black Women Leaders in Philanthropy was a powerful and insightful discussion facilitated by Dr. Gislaine N. Ngounou, interim president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, in discussion with Morgan Dawson (Co-CEO, Threshold Philanthropy), Dr. Charmaine Mercer (Chief of Equity & Culture, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), and Dr. Teresa C. Younger (President & CEO, Ms. Foundation for Women).

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