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WOMENS WAY's 2nd Annual Women's Issues Summit
Friday, June 30, 2006
- WOMENS WAY
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Kane-Weiss Alexandra@toplin.com 215-793-4666
WHAT DO AREA WOMEN AND FAMILIES NEED?
WOMENS WAY’s 2nd Annual Women’s Issues Summit Brings Together 60-Non Profit Leaders to Identify the Underserved
WHAT/WHO: Roughly 60 leaders from a wide range of greater Philadelphia region non-profits serving women, girls and families convene for the WOMENS WAY (WW) 2nd Annual Women’s Issues Summit – to identify vital community needs not being filled due to lack of resources and/or funding. Findings from the event will help WW pinpoint programs to support through its Community Women’s Fund – designed to address these critical, unmet and underfunded issues.
Last year’s summit identified diverse, underserved needs that translated into grants for affordable housing for low-income women and children, violence prevention programs for potential young women offenders, and bilingual self-defense training for teen girls, among other programs. WHERE: Friends Center
1501 Cherry StreetRufus Jones Room Philadelphia
WHEN: June 30, 20069:30 – 11:30 a.m. -- Group breakouts to identify underserved populations/needs 12:30-2:00 p.m. -- Reporting about underfunded issues
CONTACT: Prior to the event -- Alexandra Kane-Weiss, 215-793-4666 Day of event -- Tamela Luce, Manager of Development, 215-696-0305
BACKGROUND: Nearing its 30th anniversary, WOMENS WAY (WW) is the nation’s oldest and largest women’s funding federation, raising money and public awareness to fight for and achieve women’s equality, safety, self-sufficiency and reproductive freedom through women-centered funding, advocacy and education. WW supports 30+ organizations in the region, touching the lives of more than a quarter-million women and families.
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