Women Donors Network | Economic Justice Archives

Topic: Economic Justice

We Just Directed $2.4M to 27 Movement Organizations

In our most recent round of grants, we sent $2.4M to 27 organizations dedicated to creating safer, healthier, and more just communities for all. This latest round of support maintains our commitment to existing partnerships, explores new catalytic opportunities, and meaningfully backs a wide ecosystem of change-builders.
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a portrait photograph of a farmworker. They wear a bandana over their face and a hat and reach for a bunch of grapes

Grantee Spotlight: Building Power for the Women Who Feed Us All

Farmworkers are perhaps the single most essential workers in our communities. Without food, nothing else matters. And yet, farmworkers often toil under backbreaking conditions and for poverty wages. Roughly 50% of farmworkers are undocumented, leaving them at risk of deportation and exploitation by employers.
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WDN Moves $2 Million Start of Pandemic

We know that these are frightening times. We’ve all been worrying about the health and safety of those we love and the communities we hold dear. In the face of that fear, our network has stepped up to the moment. In the midst of this pandemic, we’re proud to share that the WDN community has moved $2 million to the field.
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Women’s Agenda Policy Hub Building Community Power, Gender Justice, and Economic Security in 2020

Equal Rights Advocates’ Women’s Agenda Policy Hub is live!

In 2019, Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) came to the Opportunity and Equality Impact Collective with a vision of creating an online hub where advocates from across the country could share model legislation to advance women’s economic security. WDN was an inaugural funder and now we’re thrilled to report that the online hub is here!
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WDN named a Gender Justice Champion by Equal Rights Associates

Last Friday, Equal Rights Associates (ERA) honored WDN for our early support of their Stronger California Advocates Network, which launched in 2015. Stronger California’s goal was to create a legislative agenda that improved the economic security of millions of Californians while influencing other states across the country with bold policy reforms to help women and families build assets, access affordable child care, and thrive in safe, fair, and family-friendly workplaces.
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