ATLANTA— State Representative Kimberly Alexander (D-Hiram) recently participated in the National Foundation for Women Legislators’ (NFWL) 2017 Office Depot Foundation Backpack Program. This annual program brings NFWL women together with children from their communities and helps them to distribute backpacks and supplies to children and schools in need. “This is an excellent program by the […]
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September 2017 Newsletter
View this email in your browser September 2017 Newsletter: Back to School and Back to Action In this Issue: Annual Conference | Bylaws Women of Excellence | Policy with Pew Policy Spotlight | ODF Backpack Program Hidden Figures | Wisconsin Fall Symposium Civility Article | Keeping up with NFWL Register Now: Annual Conference The agenda […]
Read Full Post >>Leading with Civility
Here’s a fun fact: almost one American in ten thinks that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. Only four in ten are pretty sure our Civil War was fought over slavery. Three-quarters (just) are confident that the earth revolves around the sun, or that the U.S. got its independence from Great Britain. But 95% of […]
Read Full Post >>Rep. Morgan passes out backpacks at Horgan
WEST WARWICK — Incoming kindergarten students at John F. Horgan Elementary School were treated to new backpacks, notebooks and other school supplies last week courtesy of Rhode Island House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan and the National Foundation for Women Legislators in partnership with the Office Depot Foundation Backpack Program. Morgan (R-Dist. 25 Coventry, Warwick, West […]
Read Full Post >>Marblehead Extends a Helping Hand to Lynn
LYNN — Nearly three dozen girls at Girls Inc. of Lynn took home backpacks, pens, and pencils to get them ready for a new school year. State Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead) handed out the bags and school supplies to the girls who needed them most Monday afternoon. Ehrlich, who pushed a shopping cart full of […]
Read Full Post >>Freeholder Haines To Lead As NJ Director Of National Foundation For Women Legislators
BRINGING YEARS of public service and leadership experience to the position, Ocean County Freeholder Virginia E. Haines has been selected to lead the nation’s oldest non-partisan organization addressing the needs of elected women at all levels of government. ‘It’s a privilege to serve as the 2017 New Jersey State Director for the National Foundation for […]
Read Full Post >>Backpack giveaway gets kids ready for school
The National Foundation of Women Legislators (NFWL) and the Office Depot Foundation teamed up on Saturday to distribute backpacks to children of the community by way of a new backpack giveaway initiative. With the help of high school volunteers and The Boys & Girls Club, the Old Town Newhall Library hosted the giveaway for children […]
Read Full Post >>Student backpack program supports local children
DERRY — Hundreds of children in town are packed and ready to head back to the classroom. Children participating in programs at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Derry received new school packs last week, as part of a program to help students get much-needed school supplies. State Rep. Phyllis Katsakiores, R-Derry, along with […]
Read Full Post >>Meridian mayor to hand out school supplies during farmers market
Meridian Mayor Tammy de Weerd will hand out 150 free “sackpacks” with school supplies to students on Saturday at the Meridian Youth Farmers Market. Families and children, especially those in grades K-3, who need the supplies are encouraged to pick one up. Only one per person will be distributed. The event is from 10 a.m. […]
Read Full Post >>Indiana Black Legislative Caucus calling for state hate crime law
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus is renouncing the racial hatred and violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend and renewing its push for hate crime legislation in the state. IBLC Chair Cherrish Pryor, D-Indianapolis, released a statement Tuesday labeling the violence as domestic terrorism that caused the death of one woman, two police […]
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