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We work to improve our community for women and girls with these components.
Grants to area NFP organizations.
Convening the community around interesting and important topics.
HER Scholarships provided to women who are non-traditional students pursuing their first Bachelor’s degrees.
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Plant Rental . Thank you Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
Plant Rental! Thank you Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
Please join us in congratulating Foley’s Betsy Stone for being recognized as a 2022 Feminist Honoree by the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee.
Betsy, a litigation associate in our Milwaukee office, was honored last week at an event the organization hosted. She’s pictured below surrounded by several Foley attorneys and friends who attended to celebrate her well-deserved recognition.
The Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee is a nonprofit with a mission to activate philanthropy that advances equity for women. The 2022 Feminist honorees were recognized for advocating for gender equity, being committed to challenging the systemic barriers, and creating social change.
Thank you Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee for giving me this amazing chance to share and reclaim feminism!
Don't forget to tune into this week's episode with host Marina Franklin and fabulous friends Marilka Vélez & Lisa Attonito of Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee ! Listen to the episode, "Reclaiming Feminism With The Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee"!
Link to listen and subscribe here! 💗
http://ow.ly/zz2S50Jr4NE
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The F word: Feminism. What does it mean to you? That’s the question that the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee is taking on in their annual event today.
http://ow.ly/woYJ50LH5IC
Because we stand by our pillars of Education and Leadership Development, that includes staff learning to improve agency operations, too! We’re here at the Planned Giving Council of Eastern Wisconsin Annual Conference. Our colleague, Lisa Attonito of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee, serves on the Board of Directors, and encouraged us to attend. Looking forward to a day of learning at Carroll University’s Center for Graduate Studies.
As we prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S., we’re especially grateful for Margaret Henningsen.
Margaret first learned about Juneteenth from her grandmother, who lived in Georgia. By 1971, Margaret had become a key member of Milwaukee’s first Juneteenth planning committee. Today, Milwaukee hosts the oldest known and longest-running Juneteenth celebrations in the nation, according to VISIT Milwaukee. This year’s event, held on June 19, will feature vendors, food, a parade, and activities to honor Father’s Day.
Beyond Juneteenth, Margaret has dedicated her career to fighting for—and serving as a mentor to—the citizens of Milwaukee. After seeing the impact of discrimination against women and minorities in real estate and banking, she co-founded Legacy bank. It was the first time a woman started the process to charter a commercial bank in the state of Wisconsin.
Margaret also served as executive director of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee, was chairperson of the Board of Directors for the I Have a Dream Foundation – Milwaukee, and generously served as an FCI Community Advisor, connecting those who sought our services with resources, technical assistance, and a helpful ear.
As Margaret prepares to retire, we want to thank her for decades of leadership, mentorship, and inspiration. Read more about Margaret:
https://bit.ly/3GiLxsA
Eager to share that, via our annual 5% royalty initiative and holiday merch sale proceeds, we've been able to donate $65,000 to several partners. We continue to support them in their work to amplify gender equity, and to center survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
During this particularly tumultuous time for gender equity, and in an election year, we believe it is important to empower these 13 organizations as they further nondiscriminatory public policies, programming, and education.
We are honored to call each organization a partner; show them some love.
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Utah Domestic Violence Coalition
Memphis Area Women's Council
Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV)
Women's Foundation of Oregon
Oklahoma Women's Coalition
North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The New York Women's Foundation
Nevada Coalition to END Domestic and Sexual Violence
Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence
ACADV
Thank you to the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee for inviting us to their “Celebration of Impact” to share how their seed funding grant allowed us to grow and add paid staff to our roster of organizers!
Program Director, Amy Lynn Zwart presented a summary of our camps to the fund on how the grant has impacted our organization. Amy and Sarah, board member, connected with many of the Women's Fund members and answered more questions after the presentation.
Girls Rock is so appreciative of the generosity of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee and all who contribute.
The Women’s Fund is a community foundation working to ensure there are always resources available to strategically support initiatives to advance equity for women and girls. Learn more about the fund at
www.womensfundmke.org.
Join our giving community! Visit
www.girlsrockmke.org/donate contribute to the growth of our organization by signing up for a monthly gift or one-time donation.
We are so grateful for the assistance of the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee 💕
Meet our International Women's Day Indoor Marketplace Vendors!
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee is activating philanthropy to advance equity for women. Since 1986, supporting solutions that result in a shift in attitude, behavior, culture. They work to improve the world for women and girls through two primary channels:
• Grantmaking programs, which provide the backing for social change initiatives.
• Capacity Building programs, which build the social change capacity in our community.
Join them tomorrow for Jeopardy!
Had the privilege of attending the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee "Disruptors" luncheon today and catching up with my favorite"Disruptor" and blood donation champion, the beautiful and amazing Melissa Nicole Allen 😍😍😍
Privileged we were able to sponsor and attend another exciting event of the season- Disruptors: Changing the Power Dynamics, presented by the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee. These passionate women speakers opened up the discussion about gender, race, and the impact of intersectionality for women in Milwaukee (Dr. Joan Prince pictured sitting on the left, Abby Phillip pictured sitting on the right).
We continue to feel inspired and motivated by the support we've seen for women driven success in our communities. Thank you Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee for uniting women leaders and inspiring many.
