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Viewpoints: Put focus on women for state prison reform
Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California Published in the Sacramento Bee, April 9, 2011 How […]
A Candid Conversation About Change
Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California As seen on the RE: Philanthropy blog on April […]
Strengthening Policies through Women’s Solutions
By Northern California Grantmakers Snapshots of Philanthropy February 18, 2011 Women and girls are a critical voice too often missing […]
It’s Time to Turn Down the Volume on Elections that Polarize
Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of California, as seen on the Huffington Post November 10, 2010 […]
Foundation Launches Effort to Strengthen California’s Domestic Violence Service Providers
“Strong Field Project” Names 20 Inaugural Leaders, 15 Organizations to Build a Stronger Domestic Violence Field in California “Strong Field […]
Open Forum: Budget cuts reduce opportunities for California’s women and families
Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California and Sande Smith, Director of Communications at the Women's […]
To Balance California’s Budget, Share the Burden
Judy Patrick, President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of California As seen on Huffington Post May 13, 2010 – […]
Our Nation Must Aim Higher to Address the Barriers Confronting Low-Income Women
Shelley A. Davis, vice president of programs and advocacy, Chicago Foundation for Women, and Surina Khan, vice president of programs, […]
Gutted Health Care Bill Ignores This Nation’s Best Opportunity for Reform
Judy Patrick and Karla Rodriguez As seen on HuffingtonPost.com December 21, 2009 – The stripped health care “reform” bill fails […]
A Low-Income Woman’s Nation: How a Green Economy Can Help Those Struggling Most
Judy Patrick and Shelley A. Davis As seen on Grist and Change.org October 23, 2009 – This past week Maria […]
Actor and Advocate Geena Davis Joins the Women’s Foundation of California to Honor Great Leaders
The Women’s Foundation celebrates 30 years and raises money to fund programs in the Bay Area October 23, 2009 – […]
Disposable Income: How gender and sexuality don’t add up to equal pay
John Caldon as seen in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Huffington Post June 28, 2009 – June marks Pride […]
Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Cuts Hurt Elderly, Hungry, Disabled
Judy Patrick as seen in the Sacramento Bee and the Huffington Post June 14, 2009 – At noon on Sunday […]
New Hope for Women and Girls from Washington DC
Judy Patrick as seen on Huffington Post March 13, 2009 – On Wednesday, President Obama signed an executive order creating […]
Women can lead the way to recovery
Chris Grumm, Judy Patrick, Kavita Ramdas from the San Francisco Chronicle March 9, 2009 – This year, National Women’s History […]
Women can lead the way to recovery
Chris Grumm, Judy Patrick, Kavita Ramdas from the San Francisco Chronicle March 9, 2009 – This year, National Women’s History […]
Economic Recovery: Fairness for low-income families
By Judy Patrick and Surina Khan As seen on the Huffington Post, December 3, 2008 Blanca cleans houses. She has […]
Change Begins At Home
By Victoria Chan I’ve always wanted to travel the world. When I was a child, my mom would read me […]
Pulling Families Back from the Edge
When will we realize that supporting women’s ability to work and excel is a key factor in lifting our state’s […]
Take Action with MissRepresentation.org
The first event of the Amazing Women, Inspiring Stories speaking series left many people in the audience asking, “What’s next?” At […]
Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Dr. Kathy Maglioto Featured in New Speaking Series
By Emma Mayerson, Development Assistant “I decided to be an actress and moved to Hollywood. When I got there, an […]
Amazing Women, Inspiring Stories
By Emma Mayerson, Development Assistant In high school I traveled to Guatemala with Where There Be Dragons, a study abroad program . For […]
It’s Time to Raise the Cost of Human Trafficking
By Daphne Phung, Executive Director & Founder of California Against Slavery This June, I went on a police undercover sting that […]
California Not Ready to Relocate Inmates from State Prisons to Counties
By Emma Mayerson, Development Assistant Kim Carter, Founder and Executive Director of our grant partner the Time for Change Foundation, is passionate […]
WPI Fellows Strive to End Shackling of Pregnant Women
By Emma Mayerson, Development Assistant Tamaya Garcia has been fighting for Assembly Bill 568 for two years with our grant […]
Aging Justice Team Scores Victory for Elders
By Emma Mayerson, Development Assistant We are thrilled that Governor Brown just signed SB 897 into law. The Women’s Policy […]
Women Need More Than the Vote
By Judy Patrick, CEO & President, Women’s Foundation of California A couple weeks ago, I celebrated the 91st anniversary of US […]
It’s Time to Redefine Generosity
by Michelle Dench, guest blogger I’ve just returned from a retreat focused on Generosity. The theme of the retreat was […]
Join Warren Buffett’s Call to Stop Fueling the Wealth Gap
by Judy Patrick, CEO & President, Women’s Foundation of California I recently wrote a piece for the Huffington Post in […]
Women’s Foundation of California: Get to Know Us
People often ask us who we are and what we do. Well, we do a lot. We strive to improve […]
Girls and Gangs Helps Girls Realize Potential for Greatness
Robyn Burleson, Intern, Women’s Foundation of California I recently spoke with Dawn Brown, Executive Director and CEO of Girls and […]
Help Transform Public Policy
By Robyn Burleson, Intern, Women’s Foundation of California Each year, the Women’s Foundation of California trains 30 women activists through […]
Grant Partner Victory
Congratulations to Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice and our grant partners whose savvy coalition-building led to the removal of 60 […]
Community Water Center: Clean Water One Grant at a Time
By guest blogger Ruwani Ekanayake “How do you learn about the problem and the power you have to bring about […]
Taking Down Billboards, Building Up Trust
By Karla Rodriguez, Program Officer, Women’s Foundation of California Every time I hold my baby girl in my arms, now […]
2011-12 Annual Report
In 2011-12 we departed from our usual way of working. We took a good, hard look at the desperate economic […]
Living up to Liberty’s Promise
By Edissa Nicolas, Smart Cookie Program Associate, Women’s Foundation of California I don’t remember coming to this country; I was […]
News Update: Judy Patrick on California’s Budget
As of today, Democrats and Governor Jerry Brown have negotiated a deal for California’s budget, which is expected to pass […]
We Can All Make a Difference: Momentum Awards 2011
On May 20, 2011, we honored incredible women leaders at the Momentum Awards in Beverly Hills. Each of our honorees—Jacqueline […]
Walmart Decision Raises the Question, How Will Women Achieve a Fair Workplace?
By Judy Patrick, CEO and President, Women’s Foundation of California One of the first news items I heard on Monday […]
Grant Partners in the News
Congratulations to our grant partners who have been in the news recently! We are proud to support the ground-breaking efforts […]
Rosenberg Foundation presents Justice in California
Our colleagues at the Rosenberg Foundation recently published a series of thought-provoking essays by some of California’s leading visionary activists […]
From Victims to Leaders: the Groundbreaking Work of Banteay Srei
By Ruwani Ekanayake, Research Intern, Women’s Foundation of California When you hear the phrase “sexually exploited minor” (SEM), what comes […]
How to Invest in the Future, Even When Living on a Shoestring: Inspiration for California
By guest blogger Gwendy Donaker Brown Like millions of its residents, the State of California is going through lean times. […]
Battling the Princess: Motherhood and Girly-Girl Culture
By Shailushi Ritchie, Development and Communications Officer Once upon a time, not that long ago, I was a little girl. […]
Building Momentum for Women and Families in California
On Friday, May 20th, almost 300 people joined us in LA at the Momentum Awards! The energy in the room was […]
Women Give San Diego at the Capital
“And while I have written countless lessons on “How a Bill Becomes a Law” or “How Local, State, and National […]
Beauty Tips from the Non Profit World
By Sarah Miller, Intern, Women’s Foundation of California You might think that we Ivory soap lovers here at the Women’s […]
From Idea to Influencer: the story of ACT for Women and Girls
By Ruwani Ekanayake, Research Intern, Women’s Foundation of California Like a lot of bright ideas, ACT for Women and Girls […]
How Do You Know If You Are In Menopause?
By guest blogger Celia Bernstein, Director of Development at the Westside Family Health Center Question: How do you know if […]
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