Women Donors Network

Topic: Economic Justice

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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WDN Supports M4BL’s Electoral Justice Project

WDN’s Hardisty Fund is proud to support the The Electoral Justice Project (EJP), a project of Movement for Black Lives.Thanks to contributions from WDN members, the Hardisty Fund steering committee awarded $60,000 to help get this exciting project off the ground.
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2015 Grantmaking Summary, A Year of Impact

2015 marked some impressive milestones for WDN. We celebrated our 25th anniversary, we launched a bold, new Strategic Plan, and we harnessed the power of our community to support critical social change work. As we look at the successes of our 25 years, we are proud to share with you this overview of our 2015 grantmaking.
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Let’s Stop Subsidizing Inequality: Exciting Campaigns for Tax Justice

WDN’s recent webinar, Let’s Stop Subsidizing Inequality: Exciting Campaigns for Tax Justice, featured four key speakers from the field of tax justice. The first two speakers, Heather McCulloch, Director of the Tax Alliance, and Chris Brown, Co-Chair of the Tax Alliance, provided an overview of the importance of addressing our upside-down tax system.
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Introducing: WDN Pitch Forum

The First WDN Pitch Forum On September 16 in Piedmont, WDN will host its first WDN Pitch Forum, bringing together committed donors with organizations unleashing innovative strategies to address crucial and emerging social justice issues. Each WDN Pitch Forum will highlight an issue of particular relevance to a community or region.
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Make It Work: An Exciting New Campaign on Women’s Economic Security

WDN has signed on as a founding partner in an exciting new campaign called Make It Work, a national, three-year effort to change culture and policy around some key economic issues that affect all women and disproportionately impact women and low-income communities of color: equal pay, family and work, and caregiving. Make It Work will be a multi-year effort led by Vivien Labaton, Tracy Sturdivant, and Ai-jen Poo, and will bring together UltraViolet, the National Domestic Workers Alliance, MomsRising, Family Values @ Work, and other leaders working on issues of economic justice.
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Family Economic Security Requires Jobs with Employment Capital

Today WDN members heard from some leading experts in the field of economic security, Hannah Thomas and Janet Boguslaw from Brandeis University, and Sarita Gupta of Jobs with Justice. The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandeis recently released a report on employment capital, defined as job characteristics and employment-based resources that enable families to achieve and preserve economic security.
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WDN Members Celebrate Victory for California Domestic Workers

Last week, California domestic workers won a long-overdue victory when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Domestic Worker Bill of Rights into law. The bill will provide daily overtime pay to California domestic workers, who were previously exempt from overtime pay requirements.
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WDN Goes to Sacramento to Advocate for Domestic Workers

On June 24, WDN members Kathleen Barry, Kit Miller, and Sara Sanderson carpooled to Sacramento with Sara’s housekeeper, Mirna Ruano, and her cousin, Mirabel, to lobby state legislators to support the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, AB 241. The bill provides overtime pay, continuous opportunity to sleep for 8 hours, and rest periods every four hours for domestic workers who are currently exempt from federal labor laws.
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Deepak Bhargava Shares Predictions for 2013 with WDN Members

A key factor in the outcome of the political fights to come in 2013 is whether the progressive movement can sustain the recent level of organizing and activity, and sustain engagement among the newly-activated. If we can maintain the coalition that came together in 2012, including women, the young, people of color, LGBTQ folks, and others, our chances are good of winning immigration reform this year. Read More »