Women's Foundation Updates
Our 2023 California Feminist Policy Wins!
We’re all winners when California laws are deeply rooted in our intersectional feminist values. This legislative cycle, we are […]
Investing in Transgender and Gender Expansive Communities
We take pride in prioritizing grants for organizations supporting the Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (TGI) community. Recipients include the […]
Celebrating Empowered Youth: Highlights from SLI 2023 🌟
photo caption: SLI 2023 participants gathered in Sonoma That’s a wrap for our 2023 Summer Leadership Institute.🌟 This year’s SLI was […]
Thank You, Surina
From her start in community-based publishing to her influential roles as CEO of the Women’s Foundation California, Director at the […]
Apply Now and Shape Our Feminist Future like SPI Alum Héctor
What moves our movement forward? Our Solís Policy Institute alums like Héctor T. Plascencia. Héctor is a movement consultant, community […]
Solís Policy Institute Invites Applications for its 2023-2024 Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2023 Media Contact: Marisol Franco marisolf@womensfoundca.org Solís Policy Institute Invites Applications for its 2023-2024 […]
The Meaning of Mentorship with SPI alum Adrianna
We believe those closest to the problem are the best equipped with the solution. This grounding principle serves as the […]
Apply to SPI and become a Catalyst for Change
The main reason you should apply to SPI? To meet incredible changemakers like Claudia Gonzalez. Claudia is one of our […]
Policy & Pride: 5 Reasons to Apply to SPI!
As Pride month comes to an end, our Solís Policy Institute Reproductive Justice X Trauma Justice Team is just getting […]
Opinion: Predatory price gouging on basic needs like soap, tampons must end in California prisons
UPDATE: SB 474, BASICs Act, Passes Assembly Public Safety Committee to Reduce Markups in Prison Canteen. Read Press Release here. […]
Dear Philanthropy: Step Up for Reproductive Justice by Backing Black Women and Black-Led Nonprofits
By: Surina Khan and Janette Robinson Flint, Guest Contributors This year marks 50 years since the right to choose was […]
Lessons from SPI Local
photo of SPI Local Class of 2022 To achieve collective liberation through local policy, we need the strength of organized […]
One year after Dobbs: Take Action & Support Reproductive Justice
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned our constitutional […]
Opinion | The Onslaught of Anti-Trans Legislation Demands a Crisis Response From Philanthropy
photo caption: People rally against anti-trans bills, but LGBTQ+ nonprofits get less than 1 percent of all charitable giving. MICKEY […]
Juneteenth: Honoring Freedom, Feminism, & Culture
Women’s Foundation California staff are out of the office today in observation of Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end […]
Celebrating 20 Years of the Solís Policy Institute
When I close my eyes, I can still see the California Museum courtyard aglow with the beautiful faces of Solís […]
Support SPI Bills: Cross the Finish Line Together!
Our Solís Policy Institute fellows have worked tirelessly during the legislative season to advocate for two bills that have now […]
Take Action: Support Feminist California Bills
As the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Women’s Foundation California Solís Policy Institute (SPI) gets underway, we are proud to […]
Sacramento Bee – Letter to the Editor: Time to Fight
TIME TO FIGHT “Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race,” (sacbee.com, April 6) The result of the Wisconsin Supreme […]
Women’s Foundation California CEO Surina Khan to Step Down, Board of Directors Names First Latina CEO
Read the official press release here For Immediate Release March 8, 2023 Media Contact: Kamika Dunlap Kamikad@womensfoundca.org Phone: (510) 740-2500 OAKLAND, […]
Destination: JOY
Introducing Intersection, our first-ever zine. A collection of writing and art, Intersection celebrates pieces of our collective story and our […]
3 Ways We Can Lead With Joy Together
We are so grateful to the over 100 folks who attended our literary lunch hour conversation with Akaya Windwood and […]
Sundance, Pose Actor Hailie Sahar and more!
photo caption: actor Hailie Sahar with activist Sir Lady Java Sundance supports an abundance of beautiful communities, conversations, and storytelling, reminding […]
Returning to Sundance!
photo caption: poster from Culture Change Fund partner, Center for Cultural Power When was the first time you saw yourself […]
Give the gift of change
The holiday season is upon us and so is the pressure to take part in mass consumerism. This is a […]
We Choose Joy
“Joy is a choice… reclaiming joy is transgressive…it is a threat to systems of control…It allows us to move from […]
Feminist Gift Guide 2022
Our intersectional feminism takes many forms. It’s in the being and doing of our dynamo grant partners, it’s in the […]
Women’s Foundation California Statement on Colorado Springs
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your […]
Attitude of Gratitude
photo caption: Bia Vieira and Mazuri Colley at this year’s WFC retreat Born and raised in Brazil, I’ve long found […]
Winning Proposition 1 and Writing the Next Chapter of CA’s Story
We are celebrating the victory of Proposition 1 with our fullest joy as we write abortion access into our California […]
Housing Opportunities STILL Mean Everything
Photo of HOME coalition member Rainbow Services team (San Pedro) Housing opportunities STILL mean everything, which is why we are […]
What You Need to Know About Prop 1
With ballots making their way to mailboxes all across California, we want to put two simple actions front and center […]
L.A. City Council: “This is about power.”
Protesters outside Los Angeles City Hall on Oct. 12. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Last weekend, a recording of the racist tirades […]
AB 2530: No More Shackles. Looking Back A Decade Later
AB 2530, passed in 2012, prevents the shackling of pregnant incarcerated people. Alums from our own Solís Policy Institute (SPI) […]
SB 24: The College Student Right to Access Act
Marj Plumb, SB 24 campaign director and Solís Policy Institute mentor, received this text from a colleague this fall: “Hi […]
Our 2022 Feminist Policy Wins
When intersectional feminist policy becomes law, we’re all winners. And we won big this legislative cycle. This year’s Solís Policy […]
Black Women for Wellness: A Case for Supporting Black-led Reproductive Justice
originally published on the SoCal Grantmakers site Within a driver’s line of vision, popping up near bus stops and train […]
Bringing Community Power Building to Wealth Building
As an intersectional feminist organization, we understand the interplay between money and power. All of you have to do is […]
Gov. Newsom Vetoes AB 2320 & Feminist Policy Making as a Continuous Conversation
Art by Micah Bazant for the fabulous crew at Forward Together We are in that brief moment of time in […]
Grants, grants, grants!
photo caption: Black Women for Wellness (left) ACCESS Reproductive Justice (right) Our grant partners are the coolest. Black Women for […]
It’s Time to Sign! Keep the Pressure on These 5 Feminist Bills
We’re so close to FIVE new pieces of intersectional feminist legislation becoming law. Our Solís Policy Institute fellows across California […]
Femme Summer Energy
As we enter the last few days of real deal summer, I want to celebrate this year’s phenomenal Summer Leadership […]
Meet SPI Local Class of 2023
We are thrilled to introduce you to this year’s newest Solís Policy Institute Local class! Meet these four incredible teams […]
Ready to be like Ruth?
During her lifetime, queer trailblazer Ruth McGuire left a part of a building to Women’s Foundation California in her will. Ruth’s […]
The Power of Cultural Organizing: A Conversation with IllumiNative
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. A quick peruse of Twitter confirms that corporations and organizations are […]
These SPI Bills Need Your Help NOW!
We’re not letting anyone stand in the way of advancing a policy agenda deeply rooted in our intersectional feminist values. Today […]
5 Reasons You Need to Know about SB 1017
We are living through the greatest housing crisis of our time. The potential of eviction and worries about next month’s […]
California’s Reproductive Justice Future | Questions & Answers
California Legislation + College Access to Medication Abortion Q: I am thankful for all the work Reproductive Justice organizations do […]
Why California is in a “ready stance”
photo via @ameliamaris California is in a ready stance.* This is not an accident or some stroke of luck. We […]
WFC’s Feminist Power Shift: New Leadership at the Helm
photo caption: Surina Khan CEO Emerita (left) and Bia Vieira CEO (right) This week, Women’s Foundation California is experiencing a […]