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Chester County Women’s Commission and Chester County Fund for Women and Girls Partner on County-wide Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Thursday, November 15, 2018
... sexual harassment WEST CHESTER, PA (November 14, 2018) As the number of workplace sexual harassment claims continue ... environments for all. The survey deadline is December 21, 2018 ; findings will be released in the spring of 2019. ...
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CCFWG’S 4th Annual Champions of Change Event Leaves Chester County Business Community Inspired to Elevate Women in the Workplace

2020 COC Collage
Thursday, November 12, 2020
... employees. The program opened with virtual networking, as attendees had the opportunity to meet and connect with ... encouraged to share contact information in the Zoom chat as a way to continue conversations and foster collaboration ... and mid-level positions.’ These are our focal areas as we strive to ensure women have opportunities for growth ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Grants Allocation Committee Awards $219,000 in Grants

Monday, June 18, 2018
... Phoenixville, North Star of Chester County (formerly known as Interfaith Housing) and Parkesburg Point. CCFWG also ... to Men. BWCCA received $6,000 to launch the Aya Health Project, a network of Black women to connect and support each ... gender-based violence and promote healthy masculinity. “As CCFWG enters our third decade of serving Chester ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Susan Elko with Kitchen Table Award

Thursday, January 25, 2018
... assisting women faced with homelessness – to her role as Board President of The Barn at Spring Brook Farm, a ... for women and girls throughout Chester County. As a former board member and co-founder of CCFWG’s Girls ... Excellence and Entrepreneurship. She also formerly served as an executive committee member for the Homeless Single ...
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WOMEN’S WAY Receives Grant to Advance the Financial Health of Women in the Philadelphia Region

WOMEN'S WAY Gender Wealth Institute
Thursday, April 13, 2023
... by providing access to personalized financial coaching, as well as the WOMEN’S WAY  Gender Wealth Index , a large-scale ...

CCFWG Unveils Women’s Suffrage Mural Before Election Day to Inspire Community to Get Out and Vote

CCFWG Suffrage Mural
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
... of CCFWG, reminded the crowd. “Though a public art project is new for CCFWG, what is not new is being a beacon ... be here presenting this beautiful mural to our community as it captures it all.” Cheryl Mile s, Founder of BWCCA, ... GirlGov Chester County program, shared her impressions as a young woman. “Art is a necessity - a necessity of both ...
02Jun2022

The End of Roe: How Should Philanthropy Respond?

Thursday, June 2, 2022
10:00am - 11:30am
Video Conference
... that decision made abortion legal in the United States. As we await the official decision, philanthropy needs to ... Fund of PA Carol Tracy , executive director, Women’s Law Project Recording Resources Slide Deck:  The End of Roe:  ... Sharing Abortion Stories Means Investing in Storytellers as Leaders - by Renee Bracey Sherman, NCRP A WORLD WITHOUT ...

A Peek Inside the CCFWG’s Girls Advisory Board

CCFWG Girls Advisory Board
Friday, January 31, 2020
... Board. I had never heard of this organization or this project, but I loved the idea that I might personally be able ... a program like GAB involves learning how to work together as a group to gain consensus. CCFWG selects girls with a ... women about their concerns, as well as their careers in nonprofits and social work. In one instance, I personally ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls to launch 2022 Blueprint Report on September 13th

2022 Blueprint Report
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

WEST CHESTER, PA (August 17, 2022) – The Fund for Women and Girls will host its 2022 Blueprint Report Launch on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, from 5pm-6pm at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville. Published every five years, the Blueprint Report is the first and only comprehensive needs assessment of women and girls in Chester County.

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Leeway Foundation Introduces Immediate Relief Funds for Individual Artists in the Launch of the 2021 Community Care Fund

Leeway Foundation Community Care Fund
Thursday, February 4, 2021
... Public Media Foundation (IPMF) , the Samuel S. Fels Fund , as well as the William Penn and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations as part of their joint relief and recovery support effort for ...

Chester County Fund for Women and Girls’ Hosts "Yes, All Women!" Dialogue

Yes, All Women!
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
... women-related issues to work on. It’s clear that women as a collective should use our power to make a greater ... of the videos discussed on social media or through email as a starting point. “Tonight reflects the heart of our organization as women of all ages, races and backgrounds, come together to ...
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Chesco Women’s Commission & Fund for Women and Girls releases findings of survey on sexual harassment in the workplace

Wednesday, July 10, 2019
... County Fund for Women and Girls and other key non-profits, as well as the county’s universities and high schools to begin ... us that people experience a range and breadth of impacts as a result of sexual harassment, with some perceiving it as ...

The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... once. With women performing, on average, more than twice as much unpaid caregiving as men, the reality is that more women can directly relate to ... professional or personal responsibilities, women’s role as default caregivers put them on the front lines of this ...

Women’s work is, and always has been, “essential” work. It’s time to value it.

Gender Justice_Photo by Josh Howard on Unsplash
Friday, May 8, 2020
... Department of Homeland Security are dominated by men such as the building trades. Essential jobs are those that are too vital to be halted, even as cities and whole states are on lockdown. A majority of ... inequities. Provide unrestricted, multiple-year funding to nonprofits that are advocating for systems-level changes that ...
22Apr2020

Weekly COVID-19 Funder Briefing #6

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
10:15am - 11:15am
Video Conference
... all taking the necessary steps to stay safe and healthy.  As this unpredictable situation continues to unfold, ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Fredda Maddox and WSFS Bank at Sixth Annual Champions of Change Event

Fredda Maddox
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
... late friend and committed Board member Gladys Black. As a business leader and supporter of women and girls in ... Fredda Maddox has broken glass ceilings. She started as a Pennsylvania State Trooper in Chester County, then moved ... and desire to protect abused women and children by working as an attorney with the Domestic Violence Center of Chester ...
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