Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever
Co-written by Josh Maxwell, Vice Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
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Co-written by Josh Maxwell, Vice Chair of the Chester County Board of Commissioners, and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls (CCFWG) has awarded $219,000 in grants to 24 non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in Chester County.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges faced by working mothers, but it has also provided an opportunity to not only address longstanding inequities but to strive for healing and change of systems that have consistently put women at a disadvantage.
The Fund for Women and Girls recently awarded $15,600 in grants to two local organizations – Cheyney University and Mighty Writers El Futuro Kennett – for projects that advance women and girls in Chester County.
In the new reality spurred by the COVID-19, women are on the frontlines of the pandemic which puts them at increased risk of infection, economic hardship and gender-based violence.
With the deep and ever-widening economic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 crisis, it's time we come together to invest in strategies and policies that decrease and eventually eliminate the gender and racial wealth gap.
One member of the 2019-2020 class of CCFWG's Girls Advisory Board (GAB) reflects on her experience with this program that educates and empowers girls to make a difference through philanthropy.
The Alliance for Health Equity's new Judy Spangler Memorial Scholarship will support an African American high school female student who wants to pursue a college degree at any institution.