• Women’s March 2020: Zoom to the Polls

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    Women’s March Chicago and partners from around the state are holding a virtual “Zoom to the Polls!“ event. Women and our allies will gather together virtually, post pictures, videos, and make a commitment to vote—and motivate others—in this critical election. You will get information that will help you make a plan to vote. There will […]

  • Women’s March 2020: Zoom to the Polls

    Via Livestream , United States

    Women’s March Chicago and partners from around the state are holding a virtual “Zoom to the Polls!“ event. Women and our allies will gather together virtually, post pictures, videos, and make a commitment to vote—and motivate others—in this critical election. You will get information that will help you make a plan to vote. There will […]

  • Women’s March 2020: Zoom to the Polls

    Via Livestream , United States

    Women’s March Chicago and partners from around the state are holding a virtual “Zoom to the Polls!“ event. Women and our allies will gather together virtually, post pictures, videos, and make a commitment to vote—and motivate others—in this critical election. You will get information that will help you make a plan to vote. There will […]

  • HALF-PAID HEROES: Working Women, COVID-19, and #LatinaEqualPay Day

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    While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

  • HALF-PAID HEROES: Working Women, COVID-19, and #LatinaEqualPay Day

    Via Livestream , United States

    While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

  • HALF-PAID HEROES: Working Women, COVID-19, and #LatinaEqualPay Day

    Via Livestream , United States

    While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

  • HALF-PAID HEROES: Working Women, COVID-19, and #LatinaEqualPay Day

    Via Livestream , United States

    While on average, women earn 82¢ for every $1.00 men earn, women of color routinely experience much wider wage gaps due to the compounding effects of gender and racial discrimination. COVID-19 threatens to widen those disparities. Join us on #LatinaEqualPay Day, the last equal pay day of the year, for a virtual event with Chicago leaders […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

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    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

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    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

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    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

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    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

    Via Livestream , United States

    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • 2020 Virtual Girls Summit

    Via Livestream , United States

    This October, the Status of Women and Girls Working Group, in partnership with the Chicago Foundation for Women, will host the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit. This free virtual summit will bring together young women, girls, trans and non-binary individuals ages 13-24, from across our city to discuss the issues most important to them.     […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

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    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

    Via Livestream , United States

    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

    Via Livestream , United States

    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

    Via Livestream , United States

    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

    Via Livestream , United States

    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Charting Illinois’ Path to Racial Equity in Higher Education

    Via Livestream , United States

    Like many states, Illinois suffers from alarming racial achievement gaps in higher education, which we must address if we hope to achieve equity for all. Join Women Employed and education experts for an important conversation about the gaps that exist, the importance of addressing them, and how we can advance racial equity in higher education at a statewide level. Women Employed’s President and CEO Cherita Ellens will share our latest policy recommendations and engage in a conversation with education leaders and policymakers about successful efforts and promising practices in other states, […]

  • Marketing Council Meeting

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    If you have professional marketing and communications experience, and you’re passionate about building a better future for working women, we’re ready to put you to work. Our Marketing Council advises on digital strategies, event promotions, word-of-mouth marketing, outreach, and more. RSVP required to Judy Miyashita at jmiyashita@womenemployed.org.

  • Marketing Council Meeting

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    If you have professional marketing and communications experience, and you’re passionate about building a better future for working women, we’re ready to put you to work. Our Marketing Council advises on digital strategies, event promotions, word-of-mouth marketing, outreach, and more. RSVP required to Judy Miyashita at jmiyashita@womenemployed.org.

  • Marketing Council Meeting

    RSVP for Virtual Log-In Details

    If you have professional marketing and communications experience, and you’re passionate about building a better future for working women, we’re ready to put you to work. Our Marketing Council advises on digital strategies, event promotions, word-of-mouth marketing, outreach, and more. RSVP required to Judy Miyashita at jmiyashita@womenemployed.org.

  • Marketing Council Meeting

    RSVP for Virtual Log-In Details

    If you have professional marketing and communications experience, and you’re passionate about building a better future for working women, we’re ready to put you to work. Our Marketing Council advises on digital strategies, event promotions, word-of-mouth marketing, outreach, and more. RSVP required to Judy Miyashita at jmiyashita@womenemployed.org.

  • Marketing Council Meeting

    RSVP for Virtual Log-In Details

    If you have professional marketing and communications experience, and you’re passionate about building a better future for working women, we’re ready to put you to work. Our Marketing Council advises on digital strategies, event promotions, word-of-mouth marketing, outreach, and more. RSVP required to Judy Miyashita at jmiyashita@womenemployed.org.

  • A New Benchmark for American Progress: Centering Black Women

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    Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

  • A New Benchmark for American Progress: Centering Black Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

  • A New Benchmark for American Progress: Centering Black Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

  • A New Benchmark for American Progress: Centering Black Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    Janelle Jones of the Groundwork Collaborative, has proposed a new framework for economic, healthy, and education outcomes analysis that elevates and centers Black women in our worldview. “Black Women Best” posits that when the outcomes for Black women improve, everyone else will benefit, particularly now as the nation thinks about rebuilding from the fallout from […]

  • Rising Above the Shecession: Concrete Steps to Ensure Women Emerge Stronger

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    The latest jobs report shows that in December, 140,000 working people lost their jobs—and ALL of them were women, overwhelmingly Black and Brown.Join the Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens and leaders from five Chicago organizations working in different arenas to put women on sound economic footing for a virtual panel event followed by smaller breakout sessions. […]

  • Rising Above the Shecession: Concrete Steps to Ensure Women Emerge Stronger

    Via Livestream , United States

    The latest jobs report shows that in December, 140,000 working people lost their jobs—and ALL of them were women, overwhelmingly Black and Brown.Join the Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens and leaders from five Chicago organizations working in different arenas to put women on sound economic footing for a virtual panel event followed by smaller breakout sessions. […]

  • Rising Above the Shecession: Concrete Steps to Ensure Women Emerge Stronger

    Via Livestream , United States

    The latest jobs report shows that in December, 140,000 working people lost their jobs—and ALL of them were women, overwhelmingly Black and Brown.Join the Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens and leaders from five Chicago organizations working in different arenas to put women on sound economic footing for a virtual panel event followed by smaller breakout sessions. […]

  • Rising Above the Shecession: Concrete Steps to Ensure Women Emerge Stronger

    Via Livestream , United States

    The latest jobs report shows that in December, 140,000 working people lost their jobs—and ALL of them were women, overwhelmingly Black and Brown.Join the Chicago Tribune’s Heidi Stevens and leaders from five Chicago organizations working in different arenas to put women on sound economic footing for a virtual panel event followed by smaller breakout sessions. […]

  • Advocacy Council Meeting

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    The Advocacy Council is WE’s volunteer activist group that meets on a monthly basis to mobilize, advocate, inform, and “friendraise” and fundraise to advance the movement for women’s economic equality.  RSVP required to Amanda Sousa at asousa@womenemployed.org for the virtual meeting details.

  • Advocacy Council Meeting

    RSVP for Virtual Log-In Details

    The Advocacy Council is WE’s volunteer activist group that meets on a monthly basis to mobilize, advocate, inform, and “friendraise” and fundraise to advance the movement for women’s economic equality.  RSVP required to Amanda Sousa at asousa@womenemployed.org for the virtual meeting details.

  • Advocacy Council Meeting

    RSVP for Virtual Log-In Details

    The Advocacy Council is WE’s volunteer activist group that meets on a monthly basis to mobilize, advocate, inform, and “friendraise” and fundraise to advance the movement for women’s economic equality.  RSVP required to Amanda Sousa at asousa@womenemployed.org for the virtual meeting details.

  • Addressing Job Quality and Equity in a Time of Crisis

    Via Livestream , United States

    Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact of this situation on families was immediately evident as we saw unprecedented food lines emerge overnight, as we watched essential workers shoulder health risks to […]

  • Addressing Job Quality and Equity in a Time of Crisis

    Via Livestream , United States

    Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact of this situation on families was immediately evident as we saw unprecedented food lines emerge overnight, as we watched essential workers shoulder health risks to […]

  • Addressing Job Quality and Equity in a Time of Crisis

    Via Livestream , United States

    Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact of this situation on families was immediately evident as we saw unprecedented food lines emerge overnight, as we watched essential workers shoulder health risks to […]

  • Addressing Job Quality and Equity in a Time of Crisis

    Via Livestream , United States

    Even before the pandemic and associated economic fallout, one in four working adults in the US earned a wage insufficient to lift a small family out of poverty. The impact of this situation on families was immediately evident as we saw unprecedented food lines emerge overnight, as we watched essential workers shoulder health risks to […]

  • Shecession: The Impact of a Pandemic Recession on Working Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    According to the Center for American Progress, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs during the pandemic—nearly 1 million more job losses than men. Women are burdened with the hard decision of working outside the home to financially provide for their families or leaving the workforce to personally and physically provide for them. […]

  • Shecession: The Impact of a Pandemic Recession on Working Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    According to the Center for American Progress, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs during the pandemic—nearly 1 million more job losses than men. Women are burdened with the hard decision of working outside the home to financially provide for their families or leaving the workforce to personally and physically provide for them. […]

  • Shecession: The Impact of a Pandemic Recession on Working Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    According to the Center for American Progress, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs during the pandemic—nearly 1 million more job losses than men. Women are burdened with the hard decision of working outside the home to financially provide for their families or leaving the workforce to personally and physically provide for them. […]

  • Shecession: The Impact of a Pandemic Recession on Working Women

    Via Livestream , United States

    According to the Center for American Progress, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs during the pandemic—nearly 1 million more job losses than men. Women are burdened with the hard decision of working outside the home to financially provide for their families or leaving the workforce to personally and physically provide for them. […]

  • Getting Less Than Minimum: Ending a Legacy of Slavery

    Webinar

    For most of us, tipping after a meal is second nature. But what you may not know is that workers who earn tips are paid a subminimum wage, which is direct legacy of slavery, and a major factor in alarming rates of harassment and wage theft experienced by women—especially Black and Brown women—in service industries. […]

  • Getting Less Than Minimum: Ending a Legacy of Slavery

    Webinar

    For most of us, tipping after a meal is second nature. But what you may not know is that workers who earn tips are paid a subminimum wage, which is direct legacy of slavery, and a major factor in alarming rates of harassment and wage theft experienced by women—especially Black and Brown women—in service industries. […]

  • Getting Less Than Minimum: Ending a Legacy of Slavery

    Webinar

    For most of us, tipping after a meal is second nature. But what you may not know is that workers who earn tips are paid a subminimum wage, which is direct legacy of slavery, and a major factor in alarming rates of harassment and wage theft experienced by women—especially Black and Brown women—in service industries. […]

  • Getting Less Than Minimum: Ending a Legacy of Slavery

    Webinar

    For most of us, tipping after a meal is second nature. But what you may not know is that workers who earn tips are paid a subminimum wage, which is direct legacy of slavery, and a major factor in alarming rates of harassment and wage theft experienced by women—especially Black and Brown women—in service industries. […]

  • Behind the Lens: A Night of Women-Directed Short Films and Conversation

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    Join the Women Employed Advocacy Council and Cinema/Chicago associate board as we close out Women’s History Month 2021 with an evening celebrating women in film to advance the missions of both organizations. Proceeds will benefit access to cinema for Chicagoans and CPS students, as well as advancing opportunity and economic security for working women. Attendees […]

  • Behind the Lens: A Night of Women-Directed Short Films and Conversation

    Via Livestream , United States

    Join the Women Employed Advocacy Council and Cinema/Chicago associate board as we close out Women’s History Month 2021 with an evening celebrating women in film to advance the missions of both organizations. Proceeds will benefit access to cinema for Chicagoans and CPS students, as well as advancing opportunity and economic security for working women. Attendees […]

  • Behind the Lens: A Night of Women-Directed Short Films and Conversation

    Via Livestream , United States

    Join the Women Employed Advocacy Council and Cinema/Chicago associate board as we close out Women’s History Month 2021 with an evening celebrating women in film to advance the missions of both organizations. Proceeds will benefit access to cinema for Chicagoans and CPS students, as well as advancing opportunity and economic security for working women. Attendees […]