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Resources
Blue Suit Mom
The Blue Suit Mom newsletter and web site offers advice on balancing career and family, as well as information on health, finance and travel. The organization’s founder, Maria Bailey, also offers a link to her MomTalk radio show.
Parent's Guide to Family Friendly Work
Women Work! is featured among many other useful resources in this new book from an Ohio Women Work! member Dr. Lori K. Long. The Parent's Guide to Family Friendly Work: Finding the Balance between Employment and Enjoyment also includes tips and success stories on finding a career that allows time for both work and family. To learn more about the book, visit www.familyfriendlywork.net.
Addressing the Income Gap
Inequality.org provides a variety of approaches to the issue of the income gap and supplies an accompanying reading list.
Women: A Celebration of Strength
This new publication of Legal Momentum offers an array of essays, including award winning authors Anna Quindlen and Edwidge Danticat, and the fifty most important cases in the histroy of the women's rights movement. To learn more about the book visit www.legalmomentum.org.
Funding Opportunities
Community College Excellence Award
Two colleges that effectively help underserved populations succeed in postsecondary learning will receive a $30,000 award and national recognition from The MetLife Foudnation and Jobs for the Future. Any public, accredited community college can apply. Visit the Jobs for the Future website for more information and to apply online.
US Airways Education Foundation
The US Airways Education Foundation places a high value on educational programs that respond to social issues, especially those that directly or indirectly strive to improve education or increase skills for its participants. To this end, the US Airways Education Foundation, Inc., will consider providing grants up to $5,000.00 to non-profit organizations that submit grant applications describing educational programs that include any of the following criteria:
- Educational programs that respond to the special needs of disadvantaged or disabled individuals
- Educational programs that teach or enhance social responsibility
- Educational programs that facilitate parental and/or community involvement
- Educational programs that enhance academic achievement
For more information visit the web page of US Airways Community and Education Foundations for more information. Application deadline: August 1, 2007.
What's New at Women Work!?
Work Your Image! This Fall
Tips on body signals, clothing choices, make-up and more are available FREE through the Work Your Image! program. Help your clients present a professional appearance and look their best this fall at upcoming interviews or as they head back to the classroom with this easy to use curriculum. Also available, is a guide on talking with kids about the importance of appearance on the job. For more information on Work Your Image! and to place your order today, visit www.womenwork.org.
New Program for Life Transitions
Women Work! member, Linn-Benton Community College, has created a program for single parents, displaced homemakers and others experiencing a major life transition called Turning Point Transition. Participants develop their resumes and interview skills while exploring educational and training opportunities. They also raise self-esteem and learn to deal with stress and anger. For more information on the Turning Point Transitions program, visit www.linnbenton.edu.
HI Non-Traditional Career Info
Women Work! member organization, the Career and Technical Education Center in Honolulu, has created a straightforward yet detailed guide outlining opportunities available to Hawaii women to enter non-traditional trades. Building Careers in Construction: Information about Career Opportunities in Hawaii's Construction Industry provides information and contacts on trades ranging from bricklaying to tile setting. To explore this resource visit www.hawaii.edu/cte.
Featured Web site: Women Work!'s network of organizational members are doing great work.
Check out this month's featured web site to learn how our network is bringing economic justice to women across the country. |
New Organizational Member
Women Work! welcomes its newest organizational member who joined during the month of June.
Turning Point Transition Program at Linn-Benton Community College, OR
What's New at www.womenwork.org?
Women Work! on MySpace
The brand new Women Work! MySpace page now offers daily news blogs, an event slide show, and staff profiles. The page is a great way to introduce young friends, clients or family members to Women Work!. Come visit us on MySpace at www.myspace.com/womenwork.
Upcoming Events
To find contact information for any of the following events or to submit your own event, visit the Women Work! Online Calendar.
July 10
Maryland Women Work! meeting - Arnold, MD
Maryland Women Work! will be holding its general meeting.
July 11
Nebraska Women Work! Summer Meeting - Omaha, NE
Nebraska Women Work! will meet to discuss and strategize the release of “How's Your Work Life” a survey collected this year, in which over 1,000 women provided information about the challenges and opportunities they face in the workplace.
November 1-2
Diversity Best Practices Network and Affinity Leadership Conference (NALC) - Washington, DC
Diversity Best Practices and Working Mother Media will present the first annual Network and Affinity Leadership Conference (NALC) at the Hilton Washington in Washington DC . The event will offer training to individuals who are responsible for developing, or reinvigorating their network and affinity groups.
November 1-2
Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Summit & Gala : Examining Critical Issues & Exploring New Opportunities - Washington, DC
Diversity Best Practices and Working Mother Media will present the first annual Network and Affinity Leadership Conference (NALC) at the Hilton Washington in Washington DC . The event will offer training to individuals who are responsible for developing, or reinvigorating their network and affinity groups.
in the News
Banning the Word Rape in a NE Courtroom - Jeffre Cheuvront, a Nebraska district judge, granted a motion by defense attorneys that bars the use of the words rape, sexual assault, victim, assailant, and sexual assault kit from the trial of Pamir Safi, accused of raping a woman in late 2004.
Liz Claiborne Dies at 78 - Liz Claiborne died earlier this week due to complications from cancer. Claiborne defied a male dominated field to become America 's most successful designer of women's apparel. In 1986, Liz Claiborne Inc. became the first company founded by a woman to enter the Fortune 500 and was one of few to have female chief executives.
35th Anniversary of Title IX - Although the 1972 landmark legislation is usually associated with the advancement of athletic programs for women, complaints have also been filed under Title IX regarding math and science education and health care facilities.
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