May is Mental Health Awareness Month May is also Asian Pacific American Heritage Month The statistics around mental health in the United States are striking, especially in the context of...
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Looking for Leadership Advice? Here's Perspective from C-Suite Leaders. Missed us on International Women's Day? Watch Perspectives from the C-Suite: Women's Leadership Panel In partnership with MassMutual, the Women’s Fund...
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Springfield Young Women’s Initiative Career Conversations We are happy to announce the 4th annual Career Conversations for the Young Women’s Initiative (YWI) during January, national mentoring month! Career Conversations is…
Partnership for 413Cares: Connecting People with Resources Webinar 413Cares.org is an online community portal where residents of Western Massachusetts can access available resources from housing to healthcare, early education, and…
Tune into Your Career Desires and Claim Your Value Notes from Dr. Nayla Bahri I work with clients from many industries, lived experiences, and corners of the globe. In my...
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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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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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Young Women's Initiative 2018 Grantmaking Young Women's Initiative Task Forces In the past year, the Young Women’s Initiative participants were charged with identifying and researching issues that are barriers to...
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In December the Young Women’s Advisory Council highlighted the intersection of gender, politics and economic empowerment. Women currently hold less than 20% of Congressional seats and voter turnout is steadily…