Young Women's Initiative Alumnae Spotlight Hot off the press! Read the Springfield Young Women's Initiative Blueprint for Action 2021 As the new school year begins, we took the opportunity to...
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Young Women's Initiative Alumnae Spotlight The Young Women’s Initiative will be underway starting on Tuesday, November 17th with 18 Degrees back at the helm. In anticipation of the new program...
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Young Women's Initiative 2020 Grantmaking The Set-Up: Task Forces With guidance from the facilitators of 18 Degrees, the young women of the Young Women's Initiative divided themselves into four task...
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#ShePersists in LIPPI and YWI to advance gender equity in Western MA. Perhaps we should say #TheyPersist because all of the women, girls, and men who work together to make...
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The Young Women’s Initiative (YWI) identifies themes of barriers to success that they and their peer groups encounter. This exercise in identifying barriers is a key step in the YWI...
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Springfield Young Women's Initiative 2019-2020 Springfield YWI 2020 has begun! In partnership with 18 Degrees, the Women’s Fund launched this year’s cohort on October 8, 2019. This year's cohort is made...
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”Give a wo/man a fish, and you feed them for a day. Teach a wo/man to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime. That's how the old proverb goes,...
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Artist: Alana Seltsam (Read more about Alana) We are excited to announce a new partnership with 18 Degrees, formerly known as Berkshire Children & Families. Stephanie Steed, Vice President of...
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See the photos from the LIPPI & YWI Graduation Ceremony in our Women's Fund Facebook Album.
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Young Women's Initiative 2019 Grantmaking Young Women's Initiative Task Forces The Young Women's Initiative (YWI) members identified three topic areas for change in Springfield. The topic areas they chose to...
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