Podcasts about women's fund

Today we are discussing what has, unfortunately, become controversial over the new health standards that have been put forth by the Nebraska department of education. The controversial parts mainly surrounding gender identity and sexuality. Ferial Pearson is joining me as my co-host today with Christon and Lisa Shultz from Women's Fund of Omaha. Ferial was the GAS leader which is the gay-straight alliance that supports LGBTQIA students and their heterosexual allies within the schools they attend. Truth is the kindest thing we can give folks. Kids are dying. Kids are taking their own lives or are subject to violence when we do not educate everyone on the harms caused by withholding information, education, and acceptance. We want what is best for our kids in our communities to thrive. Adults are barriers. Adults are bringing their own misinformation and ignorance to fight against these conversations because adults are uncomfortable. Our young people deserve honesty, truth, and information to lead their best lives. Silence, secrecy, and fear allow violence and abuse to flourish. Research-based education empowers young people. When we know better, we can do better. We ask that each of you share this with one person. There are powers that are trying to shut down this conversation and are opposing these health standards, so our best action is to spread the evidence. Empower others to understand the issue and speak up for it in their own lives in their own way. Influence and educate the people around you to combat the misinformation spreading. Dr. Ferial Pearson Women's Fund of Omaha Lisa Shulze- EDUCATION AND TRAINING MANAGER Christon MagTaggart- FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE PROJECT DIRECTOR Women's Fund NDE landing page (sign the petition, write your board member, learn more!): https://www.omahawomensfund.org/nde-health-standards/ Access Granted: Recommendation reading list: https://getaccessgranted.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Access-Granted-Recommended-Reading-List.pdf Door Openers vs. Door Closers: https://getaccessgranted.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Door-Openers-vs-Door-Closers.pdf Insta: @access.granted (best way for young people to reach us) Women's Fund Freedom from Violence:https://www.omahawomensfund.org/our-work/ending-violence/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/midwest-misfits/support

On this episode, we speak with the Interim Executive Director at the Women's Fund Miami-Dade, Marya Meyers, who shares with our listeners about their work in our community to make an impact in combating human trafficking. Learn how you can be come more involved in the anti-trafficking movement in your community! 

The Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne is teaming up with Purdue Fort Wayne's Community Research Institute on a project to establish a Women's Fund. The last report on the status of women locally was released in 1974 to guide the development of what became the Fort Wayne Women's Bureau. In August 2019, WBOI's Julia Meek sat down with Alison Gerardot, the Foundation's Vice President of Philanthropic Services and Rachel Blackman, director of the Community Research Institute, to talk about the scope of the project, its time frame, and the impact it could make on the community. WBOI Artcentric is brought to you by WBOI's own Julia Meek and Ben Clemmer. Our theme music is “Me voy pal campo'' by KelsiCote. Our administrative assistants are Olivia Fletter and Keegan Lee. Our production assistants are Monica Blankenship, Steve Mullaney, and Sydney Wagner.

Jennifer Pope Baker of the Women's Fund of Central Indiana joins Chris Spangle to discuss the challenges women face, especially in communities of color, during the pandemic, and how they help solve them. Visit their website at https://www.womensfund.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice and known feminist Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I felt compelled to find ways to help uplift and empower women just like her. And if the stories of her life and the recent news headlines are making you feel like you want to help make this world a better place, there is a way to make an impact! It's with the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee. They are committed to activating philanthrophy to advance the equity for women. I spoke with their Executive Director, Lisa Attonito, about their upcoming event "Game Changers, Driving Equity Forward" on October 23rd and the other ways your support can help women in our community. For more info visit WomensFundMKE.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following a year and a half long study, the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne has unveiled its Women's Fund to the public. Led by the belief that families and communities truly thrive when women are economically and physically secure, safe and healthy, the project, as its subtitle indicates is working to "move what matters." WBOI's Julia Meek sat down with Greater Fort Wayne's Vice President of Philanthropic Services and project coordinator, Alison Gerardot, to discuss the fund's major points, how COVID drove its formulation and the impact it will have on the entire community. WBOI Artcentric is brought to you by WBOI's own Julia Meek and Ben Clemmer. Our theme music is “Me voy pal campo” by KelsiCote. Our administrative assistants are Olivia Fletter and Brittany Smith. Our production assistants are Monica Blankenship and Mikaela Veltum.

George interviews Donna Haghighat, CEO of the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts and discuss the mission and program provided by the organization including the LIPP program, Young Women's Initiative, and the Peace, Power, and Prosperity event and how the pandemic has effected women, and women-owned businesses.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George interviews Donna Haghighat, CEO of the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts and discuss the mission and program provided by the organization including the LIPP program, Young Women's Initiative, and the Peace, Power, and Prosperity event and how the pandemic has effected women, and women-owned businesses.

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My guest for this episode is Jan Berthold. Janice is a Senior Vice President with Heffernan Insurance and one of the few brokers who works with clients on a "Referral Only" basis. Prior to merging her firm with Heffernan, Janice was President and CEO of J. Berthold Insurance Service Inc. and a Principal of All West Insurance Brokers, one of the top five closely held insurance brokerage firms in Silicon Valley. She has over 25 years of commercial insurance experience and holds the insurance designations of Professional Workers’ Compensation Advisor, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, Chartered Life Underwriter, and Chartered Financial Consultant.  She has been an Advisor for the California State Senate Committee on Insurance and is a featured writer for the Business Journal. Janice has received numerous awards. In 1999, she was named Small Business Owner of the Year by the San Jose Mercury News and the Women's Fund. In addition, The Business Journal named her Enterprising Woman of the Year in 2003.  In 2016 she was the YWCA’s Silicon Valley 2016 Tribute to Women Honoree Janice is a graduate of the University of San Francisco. She sits on Santa Clara University Board of Fellows, Opportunity International Board of Governors and Housing Industry Forum Board & Advisors. Today we tap into Janice’s extensive expertise and experience working with nonprofits on insurance. Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let me know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook. To get the free guide I created for you go to: How to Engage Your Board in Fundraising To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.hilandconsulting.org. You can connect with Janice via email: janiceb@heffins.com.  

Kelly Nevins, Executive Director of Women’s Fund Rhode Island is back on the podcast with some great news about the Voter Registration Training happening on August 26 to celebrate the 19th Amendment which granted women the Right to Vote. Also coming up: all sorts of cool events designed to make the state a better place to live in by giving women and girls fair representation and focusing on issues that affect all the people of the Ocean State.

Kelly Nevins is the Executive Director of Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, a non-partisan organization that teaches and encourages women to run for office. Kelly is also instrumental in educating women on how to create ballot initiatives, seek grant money for empowerment projects, and she disseminates current research affecting women and girls on the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island website. If we want to smash the patriarchy, sisters, like most things in life, we are going to have to do it our own damn selves. So listen in and get on it!

Isla Vista Youth Projects, which provides childcare and many other services to families in Isla Vista and the Goleta area, is the recipient of a $55,000 grant from the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara. KCSB's Lisa Osborn speaks with IVYP executive director Lori Goodman to find out how IVYP will be using the funds, and the ways in which IVYP has been serving local residents of all ages for nearly 50 years.

Kelley Griesmer, the CEO of the Women's Fund of Central Ohio, has always been a dreamer. Griesmer went from wanting to be a journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, to being a trial lawyer for 15 years, to helping kickstart the $200 million nonprofit Peletonia to becoming the face of the largest foundation for women and girls in Columbus. On this week's episode of the Women of Influence podcast, Griesmer talks the times in her career when that dreamer mentality and "warrior spirit" was met with enthusiasm. But there were also times when it wasn't fully understood. We also talk about the good stuff, like wearing a red pantsuit to an interview, taking career risks, the truth behind gender bias and how everyone should get a law degree – even if they never end up practicing law.

Gail Ball invests in women founders. She's the Managing Partner of Chestnut Street Ventures and the Senior Partner of the AVG Women's Fund. She sat down with the Wharton Alumnae Founders & Funders Association in San Francisco to share her experience. In this candid conversation, we discuss: -Gail's unlikely road to venture capital and what's made her successful -The movement to invest in women and the power of female LP's -The mistakes she sees female founders make when fundraising, and how to avoid them -What the VCs stay about you after you've left the pitch room -Where confidence comes from and how to get more of it Enjoy, and let us know your questions or feedback at whartonaffa@gmail.com

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Gail Ball, is a Senior Partner at Alumni Venture Group.  During Gail’s long career at global financial services firms, she has served in decision-making posts as a banking executive, regulator, service provider, and board member.  Both funds which are the focus of this episode are investing in high growth startups. The Women's Fund, invests in startups with female leadership, and their Social Impact Fund, invests in startups aligned with a subset of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals generally around environmental matters. Why did AVG decide to build these funds? Listen in as Gail shares her story.  Heart Stock Radio is a production of KBMF 102.5 and underwritten by Purse for the People

In this episode, I talked to Dellwyn Stuart the former CEO of Auckland Foundation and founder of New Zealand's first women's fund. With a spellbinding passion for women's questions she shares her experience from meeting hundreds of women that want to help others, collaborate and lift each other up. It is a great episode about equality, how women differ from men and how our societies and businesses can benefit from embracing these differences.

Jo talks with Dellwyn Stuart, a leading advisor on generosity and philanthropy and CEO of The Auckland Foundation and The Women's Fund. Jo Brothers interviews phenomenal women in the Giant Sisters podcast series. We are celebrating phenomenal women as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of women's suffrage in New Zealand. https://aucklandfoundation.org.nz ☆ Giant Sisters: http://www.giantsisters.com ☆ Jo Brothers: http://www.jobrothers.com ☆ Contact Jo Brothers: jo@jobrothers.com

Listen to Michelle Obama speaking at a Women's Fund of Central Indiana event the evening of February 13, 2018. WGRE's Hanna Swarm was there reporting for the station. https://www.womensfund.org

Human trafficking is a serious subject demanding immediate attention. This disturbing and dark secret in many communities affecting many of our neighbors is addressed in this interview with Meghan Malik, the trafficking project manager at the Women's Fund of Omaha.

Hear from two Executive Directors: Diane Wilish of Cerebral Palsy of Georgia and Rachel Wasserman of Jewish Women's Fund.

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Buffet on the phone. She will be the speaker this Friday at the power of the purse luncheon. The Women's Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is hosting Jennifer Buffet to inspire and encourage women in our community to make a difference, and to invest in the women and girls of Middle Tennessee.Here is a link to listen to our conversationhttp://ftp.wrlt.com/production/tunedin/10/100419JenniferBuffet.mp3 Here is a link to the free Tuned In podcast on ituneshttp://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tuned-in-blog/id356852223 For 11 years, the Power of the Purse® Luncheon and tribute book have celebrated and honored women, raising more than $1 million for The Women's Fund. Since the inception of the Fund, hundreds of Middle Tennessee nonprofits have received grants to help women and girls in need.Here is a write up about the event, including how to get ticketshttp://www.nowplayingnashville.com/event/detail/168599/The_Power_of_the_Purse_Luncheon About The Women’s FundThe Women’s Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, established in 1994, provides grants to Middle Tennessee nonprofit organizations serving the interests of women and girls through education, health and human services, victim’s support services, domestic violence intervention, drug rehabilitation, and job training. The Women's Fund was established both to raise women's awareness of their philanthropic potential and to increase and perpetuate financial support for community programs directly addressing the needs of women and girls. Past Women's Fund grant recipients include American Association of Refugee & Immigrant Women, Domestic Violence Intervention Center, Mending Hearts, The Next Door, and Renewal House, among others. Visit www.thewomensfund.com for more information, or call The Community Foundation at 615-321-4939.  Jennifer Buffett is Co-Chair and President of the NoVo Foundation (Latin NoVo: change, alter, invent), a philanthropic organization focused primarily on the empowerment of women and girls. She is responsible for the day-to-day and strategic direction of NoVo and shares Board leadership of the foundation with her husband, composer and producer, Peter Buffett.In December 2009, Jennifer and her husband were named among Barron’s top 25 most effective Philanthropists. In September 2008, Jennifer and Peter received the Clinton Global Citizen Award for their “visionary leadership and sustainable, scalable work in solving pressing global challenges.” Presenting the award to the Buffetts, former President Bill Clinton said, “The Buffetts are leading an inspirational campaign to improve the status of women and girls across the globe. Their innovative approach to philanthropy has leveraged the capacity of existing organizations to affect real, positive change.”  NoVo Foundation’s approach is to invest in long-term strategic initiatives that lead to systemic change rather than short-term small granting.Among various investments, NoVo partners with the Nike Foundation on a $100 million effort, The Girl Effect, which is focused on bringing more resources to adolescent girls as the solutions to alleviating poverty worldwide. The Girl Effect aims to prove the critical and transformative power of an adolescent girl and affect large institutional change on behalf of girls. NoVo also supports strategic work globally to strengthen the movement to end violence against women and to support women and girls in conflict and post-conflict settings.In the U.S., NoVo works to support strategies addressing Work-Life family balance policy, Title IX, gender justice and empowering women and girls in the most marginalized situations. NoVo aims to infuse social emotional learning (SEL) in school cultures nationwide as a strategy to revitalize learning, end violence, and nurture a generation of competent and creative citizens. The Foundation views evidence-based SEL as the way to move schools towards becoming more nurturing and supportive places that give students a sense of well being, meaning, and healthy relational capacities for fulfilling, positive, and productive lives.Jennifer’s work in philanthropy began in 1997 when her in-laws, Susan and Warren Buffett, placed Jennifer and Peter in charge of a charitable fund. Her early work was focused primarily on social services in Wisconsin. During this time, Jennifer helped launch the Wisconsin Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association to advance practice and policy around healthy social and emotional development for young children. In 2006, Warren Buffett sparked a major increase in the foundation’s assets with a pledge of $1 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock, and the Buffetts commenced a strategic planning process that led to a targeted set of initiatives.Jennifer earned her way through college and a BA in journalism and communications at the University of Wisconsin. She is a Board member of the Nike Foundation, V Day and serves on the International Center for Research on Women Leadership Council.