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Samantha Rogers, a formerly incarcerated woman, recently spoke at a party celebrating the passage of AB 2530 (Atkins)—California’s new law that forbids the shackling of pregnant women in California’s state prisons, county jails and juvenile probation facilities. “I was one of the women inside that...
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For the last seven years we’ve held our annual Legislative Reception in Sacramento, our state’s capital. This lively evening event is our way of celebrating the incredible work of our current and past Women’s Policy Institute fellows as well as an opportunity to build relationships with our state...
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Lourdes Alarcón is a parent leader with Parent Voices, an incredible parent-led grassroots organization that works to make quality child care affordable and accessible for all families. Two weeks ago Lourdes was in Sacramento with fellow parent leaders advocating for child care and early care...
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Our first ever People’s Momentum Award contest ended at noon on March 28. Some minutes later, we announced the winner on Facebook and Twitter, and a couple of hours later we made the announcement on our website, blog and via email. The winner was Alexandria House, a nonprofit that serves recently...
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We are honored to announce the winner of our first ever People’s Momentum Award contest: Congratulations, Alexandria House! To win the contest, they garnered 3,280 unique votes from their community of supporters. A total of 45,662 votes was cast for 337 organizations. Alexandria House is an...
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On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in partnership with the California Budget Project, we released a report that shows that almost four years since the official end of the Great Recession, California’s women have not shared equally in the state’s emerging recovery. A Fair Chance: Why California...
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Today we launched our first online contest, the People’s Momentum Award. A qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the most votes come noon PST, Thursday, March 28, will take home a $10,000 grant. This contest was designed to celebrate March—Women’s History Month—and is sponsored by Wells...
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Earlier this week, the Rosenberg Foundation published their second edition of Justice in California, an online publication that features the writings of 17 visionary thinkers on critical social justice issues. You are quite familiar with two of those visionaries: Judy Patrick, our president and CEO...
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In celebration of Valentine’s Day this year, we decided to dedicate our newsletter to powerful women whose contributions changed or are changing our lives. And we decided to ask you to show your love to these women by tweeting or posting about them on Facebook. Rosa Parks is one of the three women...
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In celebration of Valentine’s Day this year, we decided to recognize powerful women whose contributions changed or are changing our lives. And we decided to ask you to show your love to these women by tweeting or posting about them on Facebook. Sarah Weddington is one of the three women we chose to...
