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The Fund for Women and Girls‘ Inaugural Champions of Change Summit Inspires Local Business Community to Embrace Inclusive Leadership and Elevate Women in the Workplace

Presentation by Dr. Katrina Sawyer
Thursday, April 8, 2021
... - The Fund for Women and Girls hosted its first Champions of Change Summit: Bringing All Voices to the Table on Friday, ... Services Counsel. Dr. Laurie Bernotsky , Executive Vice President and Provost at West Chester University (WCU), ... stems from Madeline Wing Adler who was the first female president of WCU, saying that “there were people actively ...
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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
... for Women and Girls will host its sixth annual Champions of Change Event on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from ... receive The Fund’s sixth annual Gladys Black ‘Woman of Distinction’ Award, named in memory of The Fund’s late ... of Dr. Michelle Burroughs, who now serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer. Dr. Burroughs has almost ...
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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
WEST CHESTER, PA_ Results of the #ChescoKnows Workplace Sexual Harassment survey, ... The survey results also note that nearly two-thirds of people, or 62 percent, reported to have witnessed or ... few to be done in any community,” said Wendy Leeper, President of the Chester County Women’s Commission and ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Bids Farewell to Current Executive Director, Announces Interim Appointee, and Looks Ahead to Diverse Executive Search

Mary Beth Morrissey
Thursday, September 16, 2021
... Michelle expressed her deep gratitude for their support of her over the past six years, five as Executive Director: ... partnerships.” The Fund’s Board of Directors has appointed Mary Beth Morrissey as Interim Executive Director. ... through the transition period. The Board has also appointed a Search Committee comprised of current Board ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Awards $15,600 to Create Change

Girls with Cheyney University's Period Poverty Project
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
... recipients in this grant cycle were the Black Women of Chester County in Action ($3,000 for a Bakers Dozen ... a Path , its comprehensive research report on the state of women and girls in Chester County. Cheyney University - ... College and University (HBCU). Twenty-five percent (25%) of Cheyney students are from households in the bottom 20% of ...
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The Hardest Hit by COVID-19? Women and Girls

Woman in mask
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
... act In 2017, the world laughed when the young children of a professor burst into his home office during his  live interview with the BBC . The clip of flustered parents, a strutting four-year-old, and the ... children, according to a  study from the Kaiser Family Foundation . The closure of schools, childcare centers, small ...

Chesco Residents Gather to Reflect on Lessons Learned and Strategies for Sustaining a Female-Led Cultural Movement

Friday, February 2, 2018
... shifts happening in Chester County, with women at the helm of the movement. Sixty women and men from all ends of the county gathered at Women on the Rise: Stories from a ... Fund for Women and Girls is a grantmaking and education foundation that addresses needs of women and girls in the ...
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A Working Mom on Back-to-School Life in COVID

Sanchez family
Thursday, September 3, 2020
... Sanchez Back-to-school shopping lists and “First Day of School” photos look a bit unusual these days. Face masks ... academic year in sweatpants. I totally get it. As a mother of five (a rising high schooler, a rising middle schooler, ... and three rising kindergartners), I am in the throes of this alternative reality we never could have imagined. My ...

The Fund for Women and Girls Hosts 16th Annual Making a Difference Luncheon Celebrating 25 Years of Impact

Making a Difference luncheon
Monday, May 24, 2021
... 24, 2021) – The Fund for Women and Girls marked 25 years of serving local women and girls at the 16th Annual Making a ... keynote speaker Uva Coles . Uva is the founder and CEO of Inclusiva, a consulting firm aimed at developing and ... Abbott; Marguerite Adams; Carol Cunningham; Shiel Family Foundation; Barbara Jo Spellman; Lee Ann Sullivan; Carol ...
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The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia Awards Grants Designed to Increase Projects in STEM and Inspire Black, Latinx and Female Students

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
... PA—(June 17, 2021)— The Fund for The School District of Philadelphia has announced 16 winning public-school ... and U.S. headquarters at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Some of the grant-winning projects include: A program using flying ... and the career options," said Donna Frisby-Greenwood, CEO of The Fund for the School District. "We have so many ...

The Fund for Women and Girls to Honor Matrie Johnson with Kitchen Table Award

Matrie Johnson
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
... through service and/or philanthropy to improve the lives of women and girls through her own time, talent or resources. It is named in celebration of the genesis of The Fund in 1996: the many conversations ... will also feature keynote speaker Renay Loper, Vice President of Program Innovation at PYXERA Global . Renay ...
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