Elevating the Voice of Women's Funds to Dismantle
Poverty
The Women's Economic Security Campaign (WESC) was launched on Wednesday, October 21 through an informative Webinar. At that time, the WESC also released
Creating Opportunity for Low-Income Women in the Green Economy the campaign's first major policy brief focusing on strategies that will lead to greater
economic security for low-income women and their families. Learn more about the WESC and watch the Webinar at www.womenseconomicsecurity.org.
Speakers included:
Megan Uzzell, acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
(invited)
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green for All
Joan Kuriansky, Executive Director, Wider Opportunities for Women
Maricela
Morales, Associate Executive Director, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy
Jayne Vellinga, Executive Director, Chicago Women in
Trades
Women's Economic Security Campaign Leadership Team
The policy brief has already been making headlines. Articles have been published in the New Haven Register, the Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, global alliance TckTckTck and HRGuru.
To learn about WESC and local efforts for the campaign, click here.
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