Check out some of our 2023 legislative wins, read about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision and how you can continue to advocate for equity and diversity, learn about President Biden’s new student loan forgiveness plan, and more in the July 2023 issue of Blackboard.

Check out Women Employed’s 2023 full legislative agenda, share your student success stories with us, register for College Changes Everything 2023: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, stay updated with which new employment laws are in effect as of January 1, 2023, save the date for The Working Lunch, submit a nomination for an honoree, and more!

Women Employed staff member Corinne Kodama, who formerly worked in MSIs, talks about what we can learn about racial equity and supporting students of color as institutions adapt to post-pandemic challenges for community college students, student parents, and Students of Color, learn what’s next for the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation, watch the Forum for Excellence, where Shawnee College, Almy Education, and Women Employed discussed what we are learning and doing on the journey to increasing equity, access, and student success in developmental education, and more!

Register for the 2022 Forum for Excellence, learn what’s on the agenda for the Equitable Funding Commission, read about the Biden Administration’s announcement of federal student debt cancellation, join us for Silenced No More and learn your rights related to sexual harassment, and more!

Register for the College Changes Everything conference, read about the far-reaching impacts of Title IX, tell us your experience balancing work and school, read the report on COVID’s impacts on women in the workforce in Chicago, and more!

Learn about the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, find out about our 2022 legislative wins, tell us your developmental education story, join us at College Changes Everything, and more!

Check out WE’s 2022 Legislative Agenda, find out if your student loans could be forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, read our new Intersecting Barriers report, and more in this issue of Blackboard!

Happy holidays from Women Employed! In this issue, we take a moment to thank you for your support and commitment to improving the lives of working women. Plus, hear from former summer intern Reyna Moreno, and read about an exciting job opportunity at Women Employed for a Senior Career Pathways Manager!

Learn about our recently-launched ASPIRE Project and the ten colleges partnering with us to rethink and rework developmental education, see what happens when student parents can’t find child care, help us better support Illinois’ Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) by taking our survey, learn about HB 12—a new law which makes more education support staff eligible for family and medical leave, and more!

Watch a recording of our July 21st event with Chicago State University on their recently released “Equity Working Group for Black Student Access and Success in Illinois Higher Education” Action Plan.” Plus, learn about our higher ed wins in Springfield, take our survey to help survivors of domestic violence, share your insights on supports that Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) need, and more!