Women Donors Network | September 2021

Monthly Archives: September 2021

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Disinformation in a News Desert: My Experience in Stockton

By Summer Migliori Soto (she/her), Programs & Initiatives Manager at WDN The proliferation of disinformation on social media is something that both fascinates and horrifies me. I was born and raised in Stockton, CA, a beautiful yet complicated city scarred by decades of high poverty and racial, educational, and employment disparities.
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Rapid Response Funding to Louisiana in the Wake of Hurricane Ida

Many will remember our deep multi-year involvement in the region after Hurricane Katrina, and the hard work and partnerships that we built, focusing on grassroots organizations founded and run by women who became leaders and partners of ours for many years.
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Emergent Fund News: One Year, $3.4 Million, What’s Next?

In 2016, WDN co-founded Emergent Fund to move rapid-response resources with no strings attached to communities under attack by federal policies and priorities. Led by an Advisory Council of organizers, Emergent’s participatory model enables them to respond to communities’ needs more quickly and efficiently than traditional philanthropy, dramatically increasing resources moved to the frontlines in times of crisis.
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