Erie County Commission on the Status of Women

Erie County Commission on the Status of Women Connecting women with the resources they need to reach their full potential.

Please join us on Thursday, December 5th for the 4th Quarter Symposium of Women of Color & Allies: Amplifying Equity and...
11/25/2024

Please join us on Thursday, December 5th for the 4th Quarter Symposium of Women of Color & Allies: Amplifying Equity and Upward Mobility for All. For more information or to register visit www.positivestepsny.com

Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Native women in New York working full time, year round, are paid 54¢ to every $1 ...
11/21/2024

Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. Native women in New York working full time, year round, are paid 54¢ to every $1 a white non-Hispanic, white male earns. & !

Another successful 1st Amendment, 1st Vote event! Thank you to our WNY Student Cohort, who participated in this year's f...
10/22/2024

Another successful 1st Amendment, 1st Vote event! Thank you to our WNY Student Cohort, who participated in this year's fall seminar. A very special thank you to our summer interns for their presentation and the roundtable discussion participants; Deputy County Executive Lisa Chimera; Leah Halton-Pope, Buffalo Common Council Majority Leader; Holly Park, Hamburg Village Trustee; Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, NYS Assembly Leader; Karen McMahon, NYS Assembly Member; Lynne Ruda, Mayor of the Village of Lancaster; and Angela Marinucci, Commissioner of Senior Services and Town Councilmember for the Town of Amherst.

10/22/2024
Last week the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women held another great Roundtable Discussion - Allyship in Actio...
10/21/2024

Last week the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women held another great Roundtable Discussion - Allyship in Action! Thank you to our community partners; Say Yes Buffalo, Eleversity, the Women of Color Summit and our panelists; David Rust, Kelly Dumas, Ray Ganoe, Maggie Hooper, Shannon Cleverly-Thompson and Matt Giordano, for all your hard work!

ARE YOU A WAGE-EARNING WOMAN IN ERIE COUNTY?Cornell University and the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women are...
10/14/2024

ARE YOU A WAGE-EARNING WOMAN IN ERIE COUNTY?

Cornell University and the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women are conducting an Erie County-wide study on women and work.

Today, October 3rd, is the day into the next year when the average Latina must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men...
10/03/2024

Today, October 3rd, is the day into the next year when the average Latina must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earn in one. We must call for change. Join us for Day! PowHer NY Erie County, NY

Register to Join on Tuesday, October 1, 2024at 12PM ET - RSVP NOWhttps://shorturl.at/8dY2P
09/25/2024

Register to Join on Tuesday, October 1, 2024at 12PM ET - RSVP NOW
https://shorturl.at/8dY2P

You're Invited! 🌠 Join PowHerNY & Legal Momentum online for an important conversation in recognition of 💰 and to for Wage Equity! We will discuss pay transparency, paid leave + other ways we can work to move forward.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 12PM ET
Free RSVP 🎟 bit.ly/PTVWage

Featuring:
Nataly A., Worker and Worker Leader
Dr. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga, Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin American and Latina/o Studies at The City College of New York (CUNY).
Diane Cantave, Organizer at Long Island Jobs with Justice
Lía Fiol‑Matta, Senior Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF

PowHer NY & Legal Momentum will host an online panel in the lead up to Latina Equal Pay Day on October 3rd in recognitio...
09/25/2024

PowHer NY & Legal Momentum will host an online panel in the lead up to Latina Equal Pay Day on October 3rd in recognition of the significant pay gap for Latinas in New York and across the country.

Join on Tuesday, October 1, 2024at 12PM ET - RSVP NOW
https://shorturl.at/8dY2P

09/05/2024
Today, August 28th, is Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Women’s Equal Pay Day! (NHPI) women working full-time...
08/28/2024

Today, August 28th, is Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Women’s Equal Pay Day!

(NHPI) women working full-time, year-round, are paid 66 cents, and all earners (including part-time and seasonal) are paid 60 cents for every dollar paid to non-Hispanic white men.

Erie County, NY

Celebrating the Trailblazing Women of WNY Monument Project!How fitting to commemorate and celebrate on August 26,  , the...
08/26/2024

Celebrating the Trailblazing Women of WNY Monument Project!

How fitting to commemorate and celebrate on August 26, , the placement of our three TBW at Old County Hall! It was a momentous day that included a land acknowledgment from Dr. Lori Quigley, remarks from Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and EC Chairwoman, April Baskin, a beautiful performance from the Newtown Longhouse Women’s Singers and a touching memorial to fellow TBW steering committee member Gail Wells that included the release of monarch butterflies! A perfect Day!

During their sixth week, the 1st Amendment - 1st Vote interns met with the Deputy Commissioner of Parks Kate Hilliman, N...
08/15/2024

During their sixth week, the 1st Amendment - 1st Vote interns met with the Deputy Commissioner of Parks Kate Hilliman, Nicole Fox from Personnel, and Kim Johnson from the Probation department. On Tuesday, they had insightful meetings with Andrew McLaren from the EEO office and Deputy Press Secretary Dan Meyer.

The 1st Amendment - 1st Vote interns completed their fifth week of the internship. Today, they observed family court wit...
08/08/2024

The 1st Amendment - 1st Vote interns completed their fifth week of the internship. Today, they observed family court with Assistant County Attorneys Jennifer Hemming and Robin Engler. They also finished hosting their focus group and began organizing their research report. Erie County, NY

🕑 TODAY at 2 PM: Join PowHer NY online to raise awareness for  !Go to: PowHer NY
08/07/2024

🕑 TODAY at 2 PM: Join PowHer NY online to raise awareness for !

Go to: PowHer NY

Today is . In New York, full-time working mothers earn only 78¢ to every $1 working fathers earn.

Join us online TODAY at 2PM ET -- Check out our toolkit for posts + graphics at https://bit.ly/MomsEPD24!

In New York, full-time working mothers earn 78¢ to every $1 working fathers earn     Erie County, NY
08/07/2024

In New York, full-time working mothers earn 78¢ to every $1 working fathers earn Erie County, NY

Our third Trailblazing Woman is here - Mary Burnett Talbert has arrived! ECCSW has changed the landscape of WNY with the...
08/02/2024

Our third Trailblazing Woman is here - Mary Burnett Talbert has arrived!

ECCSW has changed the landscape of WNY with the installation of the Trailblazing Women Monument Project at Old County Hall.

Learn more about the project at our website: https://loom.ly/Sv6bDSU

Please stay tuned for updates on this exciting, groundbreaking project!

Erie County, NY

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