Women's Foundation Updates
Seven Day Rule Makes Cameo Appearance in the “The Good Wife”
By Sheila Kuehl, former California Legislator and author of California’s “Seven Day Rule” If you’d seen Sunday’s (January 17, 2013) episode […]
Leaning in to Leadership Takes Practice
By Fabiola DeCaratachea, Program Officer The recent article by Nick Kristof titled “She’s (Rarely) the Boss” has a lot of […]
Why child care cuts hurt us all
On Wednesday, SF Gate published an article that puts a face behind the poverty numbers in California. This article, titled […]
El Pueblo Fights Back Against Toxic Waste
Kettleman City is in the news again. But it’s not good news. This community of 1,500 Latino families is once […]
How an Idea Becomes a Bill
By Nayantara Mehta, Alliance for Justice This article was first published on bolderadvocacy.org Working in coalitions requires patience, an ability […]
In Memoriam: Victoria Erteszek Foote
It is with a profound sense of loss that the family and friends of Victoria Erteszek Foote (1944–2012) announced her […]
Initial Response to the Governor’s Budget
— Judy Patrick, Huffington Post, January 11, 2013 Yesterday, Gov. Brown released his budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year. The […]
Initial Response to the Governor’s Budget
by Judy Patrick, President and CEO, Women’s Foundation of California and Patty Siegel, former Executive Director at California Child Care […]
Growing New Leaders
The terror of the Cambodian Killing Fields lives on long past the end of the war. 40 years after they’ve […]
California Partnership: Joining Our Strengths
In California, one out of three families headed by single mothers is living in poverty. That’s not acceptable to the […]
Lia Saeteurn Volunteers 500 Hours/Year
Without fail, Lia Saeteurn volunteers 500 hours of her time every year. And that’s no small feat considering that she […]
Childcare subsidies saved me
By Clarissa Doutherd, Parent Voices I was living on the brink of homelessness when I first applied for California’s welfare-to-work […]
Taking on Goliath
Many of us have been to Kettleman City at one point or another. Located halfway between Los Angeles and San […]
Expanding Our Choices
In 2011, anti-choice organizations launched a series of billboard campaigns targeting Latino and African American communities in Los Angeles. Imagine […]
Michelle Cale Educates a New Generation of Women Philanthropists
“People always think that only rich men like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are philanthropists. I believe that if you’re […]
Why women and children are on the fiscal chopping block (and why I’m not surprised)
by Katie Egan, Program Assistant When I read Bryce Covert’s article about the effects of the fiscal cliff on low-income […]
Medi-Cal Numbers Don’t Reveal Our Faces
by Leila Pree, Coro Fellow I recently started interning at the Women’s Foundation of California. One of my tasks is to assist […]
New Annual Report Features Girls’ Leadership, Donor Circles, and More
Our 2011-12 annual report is now available online. In it, you will read beautiful stories about some of our grant […]
In Honor of Jan Tuttleman, Generosity Warrior
The world lost a great warrior for justice and philanthropy on October 29. Our board member, Jan Tuttleman passed away […]
On this first Giving Tuesday, I’m grateful for you
What are you grateful for this year? I am grateful for many things, but most of all, I am grateful […]