Women's Opportunity Center

09/01/2026

Women’s voices matter. Women’s votes matter. 💜🗳️

Women make up half the electorate—and when women participate, our communities are stronger.

As we head toward November’s midterm election, take a few minutes to check your voter registration, learn about the candidates, and make your plan to vote.

Your voice belongs in the decisions that shape your life, your family, and your community.

Visit VOTE411.org for nonpartisan election information and voter resources.

08/31/2026

In recognition of Women’s Inequality Day, the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County honored the Women’s Opportunity Center with a generous donation of personal-care and hygiene supplies for our WOC Cares Closet. 💜

These essentials will be provided at no cost to women in our community who need them. Access to toiletries, menstrual products, and other basic necessities supports dignity, health, stability, and opportunity.

We are incredibly grateful to the League of Women Voters of Tompkins County, the Women’s Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, and everyone who helped make this donation possible.

The anniversary of the 19th Amendment reminds us how far women have come—and how much work remains before all women experience true equality.

Empowered women, empowering women. 💜

CommunityCare TompkinsCounty IthacaNY

08/31/2026

08/27/2026

✨ Opportunity Changes Everything.

A job loss. A difficult life transition. Financial uncertainty. A dream that feels impossible to pursue alone.

At the Women’s Opportunity Center, we help women recognize their strengths, rebuild confidence, develop practical skills, and create a path toward greater personal and economic independence.

Your donation helps women access coaching, career and employment support, entrepreneurship education, healthy-relationship programming, technology, financial education, and other resources they need to move forward.

When you give to WOC, you aren’t simply supporting a program. You’re helping open doors, expand choices, and build stronger futures.

💜 Every gift matters—and every gift creates opportunity.

Donate today:
https://givebutter.com/Womensopportunity

Give women the tools, support, and opportunities to build stronger futures.

08/27/2026

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08/24/2026

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08/20/2026

💙 Let's connect, Syracuse! Join Housing Visions CONNECT for a FREE Community Event — Friday, August 21, 12–4 PM at 416 W. Onondaga St (across from Seymour Elementary).

Enjoy free food, drinks, a bounce house, rock painting, bubbles 🎈🎨🫧, and giveaways like a $50 gift card, Over The 'Cuse gift card & Five Below grab bag! 🎁

Everyone's welcome — see you there! 🌟

08/17/2026

Special Fundraiser Performance of N/A at Kitchen Theatre Company
Join us on Saturday, September 19, 2026, for a special performance of N/A at Kitchen Theatre Company benefiting the Women’s Opportunity Center.
This fiery, funny, and timely play brings two brilliant women from different generations face-to-face in a battle over leadership, power, and the future of democracy. The performance begins at 7:00 p.m. Following the show, Women’s Opportunity Center Executive Director Jan Bridgeford-Smith will speak at approximately 8:30 p.m.
As the production’s community partner, we will receive 20% of ticket sales when you purchase tickets using promotional code NAWOC. Enjoy a powerful evening of theatre while supporting our work empowering women throughout our community.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Performance: 7:00 p.m.
Post-show talk with Jan Bridgeford-Smith: Approximately 8:30 p.m.
Location: Kitchen Theatre Company, 417 W. State Street, Ithaca
Fundraiser code: NAWOC
Purchase tickets and use code NAWOC

08/17/2026

Don’t forget to use code NAWOC when buying tickets and we will receive 20% of ticket sales!

08/10/2026

We all have something we’ve always wanted to learn.
Sometimes it’s fixing a leaky faucet.
Sometimes it’s understanding money.
Sometimes it’s learning AI, starting a business, or simply feeling more confident tackling everyday life.
We’re dreaming up new workshops at the Women’s Opportunity Center, but before we decide what to offer...
We want to hear from you.
✨ If you could learn one thing that would genuinely make your life easier, better, or more independent...what would it be?
Share your ideas in the comments. Big or small—we’re listening.