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WESC Wake Up Wednesday Call

 

Members of the Women’s Economic Security Campaign will provide an overview of the recently released report Aiming Higher: Removing Barriers to Education, Training and Jobs for Low-Income Women, highlight new advocacy and engagement tools, and talk together about strategies being utilized by women’s funds to increase awareness of and investment in efforts to improve economic security for low-income women.

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Erica R. Waples

Member

Member Fund: 
The African-American Women's Fund of the 21st Century Foundation
Erica Waples

Erica R. Waples hails from a tiny town in rural Delaware and she currently is a Donor Services Officer at Twenty-First Century Foundation (21CF). Prior to joining 21CF, Erica served in a wide variety of roles, including: Community Organizer with New York Unemployment Office; Development Associate with Coro New York Leadership Center; Graduate Assistant at the NYU Research Center for Leadership in Action; and Policy Analyst with the City of New York.

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Open Positions at Institute for Women's Policy Research

The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation.

Member Fund: 
Institute for Women's Policy Research (Associate Member)

Learn about open positions at the IWPR Employment page.

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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No Tackling, but a Girls’ Sport Takes Some Hits

By: 
Katie Thomas
Source: 
New York Times
05/15/2010

New York Times: Flag football, long relegated to family picnics and gym class, has quietly become one of the fastest-growing varsity sports for high school girls in Florida.

Read the full story here (offsite link)

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Women, Start Your Campaigns

By: 
Swanee Hunt and Kerry Healey
Source: 
The Boston Globe
01/28/2010

The Boston Globe, Opinion: Amb. Swanee Hunt, president of Hunt Alternatives Fund, says a critical mass of women in politics is necessary in the U.S., despite a few recent high-profile national and state-level losses.

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Gail Collins Explores Women's Rapid Revolution

By: 
Chris Vognar
Source: 
The Dallas Morning News
10/28/2009

The Dallas Morning News: American women have indeed entered a new world in the last 50 years – so different that it's difficult to fathom the old one.

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Health Care Plan Must Address New Issues Affecting Women

By: 
Becky Sykes
Source: 
Dallas Morning News
10/26/2009

Dallas Morning News Opinion: New research compiled by the Dallas Women's Foundation shows, our region's women are among those most acutely affected by a lack of health insurance coverage.

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Funders Concerned About AIDS

Today we face the greatest global economic crisis in 80 years and AIDS continues to devastate disadvantaged communities on every continent. Join the first annual gathering of Funders Concerned About AiDS and meet face-to-face with funders from across the country. Talk about the latest issues in AIDS philanthropy. Explore ways we can work together!

Register today at www.fcaaids.org 

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