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Realizing the Potential of an Equitable Economy: Centering Black Women’s Upward Mobility in the Cincinnati Region
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Through leadership, research and policy advocacy, the Women’s Fund works to identify and address employment barriers affecting working women and their families.
Our mission is to ensure the economic self-sufficiency of women in the Greater Cincinnati area and ignite a shared desire to improve it. We focus on child care, employment, living wage, and training and education interventions for women and their families at a systems level.
Our Impact
2019 IMPACT REPORT
The Women’s Fund activated 2019 by empowering all segments of our community to speed the pace of change on gender equity.
Learn MoreWhy Women?
Women are disproportionately affected by poverty, as they tend to hold jobs in low-paying sectors and bear greater responsibility for caregiving in their family. In our region, nearly 18% of women are living in poverty and 69% of the children in poverty reside in a single female-headed household. The Federal Poverty Level is not a true representation of who is struggling financially as families continue to be economically vulnerable until they reach self-sufficiency levels (generally 200%-250% of the Federal Poverty Level) or more. We believe, and research shows, by improving the circumstances for women, the entire community will benefit.
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We are excited to be a cohost for this Southwest Ohio legislative delegation meeting. We need all hands-on deck to demonstrate to our delegation that their constituents want and need expanded access to high-quality child care.
Register for the event: www.bit.ly/31zF09B
The Women's Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation is joining with our partner organizations to host a virtual briefing for members of the Southwest Ohio Legislative Delegation. We want to remind our Senators and Representatives of the importance of investing in quality early learning programs so our families can go to work, and our children are prepared to succeed in school and life. Please join us to meet your legislators, find out what is being proposed in the state budget and show your support for public policies that support children and their families.
Please join us, register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LMnjXen2SkOqb5qAVMKkEg
There are still spots available for our research release on Monday, April 12th at 2 p.m. The presentation of the second phase of our Black Women’s Economic Mobility project will include an overview of the research and a panel of community leaders and experts.
The preview? Our economic system has been developed with intentional barriers meant to hinder the economic output of Black women. The key findings in this report illuminates the outcomes of these barriers in the Cincinnati region. It will take bold, intentional policy interventions to dive change.
Register Today!
https://www.gcfdn.org/events/womens-fund-black-womens-economic-research-phase-2-webinar/
We are so excited to be part of Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's GROW NKY’s Workforce Wednesday! Join us April 21st from 9-10 am to learn more about the programs and initiatives aligned to our collective regional goals.
Register today!
https://app.cerkl.com/org/story.php?oid=2278&id=12707708#
We joined Paid Leave for All and 400+ organizations to call on Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McCarthy, and Leader McConnell to work with the Administration to pass #PaidLeaveForAll. We need it now and we need it permanently. See the full-page ad in Washington Post and take action at https://paidleaveforall.org
Join us on Monday, April 12th at 2 p.m. for the presentation of the second phase of our Black Women’s Economic Mobility project. The University of Cincinnati Alpaugh Family Economics Center’s Co-Director of Research, Chris Nicak, will present research findings. Following the presentation, we will be joined by community experts to share their thoughts on how the community can use this research to create an equitable world for all people:
Karen Bankston, PhD, MSN, FACHE, FAAN, is an expert in health care operations and the nursing field and is a retired health care executive and UC professor.
Nia Baucke, Director of Communications for Cohear. She facilities discussions with everyday experts from our region to discuss and ideate solutions on economic mobility, housing, transportation and much more.
Ellen M Katz, President and CEO of Greater Cincinnati Foundation. With a laser focus on culture and strategy, she has led the charge to invest millions in the economic advancement of women and people of color, aligning all the Foundation's activity to ensure greater racial equity and growth potential for the Greater Cincinnati community.
Register today!
https://www.gcfdn.org/events/womens-fund-black-womens-economic-research-phase-2-webinar/
We are so excited to announce the promotion of Sam Molony to Applied Research Director. Sam has provided exceptional leadership in our research function, shaping reports including the 2028 Job Reports, Cliff Effect and our Black Women’s Economic Mobility research. This research illuminates pressing issues and opportunities and provides concrete steps to help us all put equity into practice. She has also been instrumental in the Employer Toolkit and our involvement in the passing of the Salary History Ban in Cincinnati.
Please join us in congratulating Sam on her expanded role!
“Part of this demonstration in Oakland and demonstration throughout this nation is really to reckon with the fact that we understand the issue isn’t that people don’t work, the issue isn’t that people don’t want to work, the issue is that the economy does not work for people,”
Would an extra $500 be transformative for you?
Discover more about Oakland’s experiment with universal basic income here: https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/poverty/544615-oakland-will-begin-paying-500-to-low-income-families
Check out our Executive Director, Meghan Cummings and Leadership Council Member Janice Urbanik, Senior Director at the National Fund for Workforce Solutions as they talk about Job Quality in the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's Business Journal!
https://issuu.com/nkychamber/docs/v40_n4_diversity_issuu?ff