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Don’t Become a Feminist
By Surina Khan, Vice President of Programs for the Women’s Foundation of California. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 46. It was the beginning of 1982 and I was in my first year...
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Toxic Toes
By guest blogger Rebecca Bauen, associate director at Somos Mayfair. Before our weekly staff meeting at Somos Mayfair begins, I look around the room at my mostly female colleagues. With more than 300...
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The Power of Public Policy
Each year, the Women’s Foundation of California trains up to 30 women on how to impact change in California through public policy. Our Women’s Policy Institute fellows learn how to write a bill,...
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Eveline Shen Honored by Women’s eNews
Congratulations to Eveline Shen, executive director of Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, a Women’s Foundation of California grant partner. Chosen as one of Women’s eNews’ 21 Leaders for the...
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Photoblog: Women Sowing Change in the Central Valley
“25 Stories of the Central Valley” is a compelling, interactive online exhibit – “a window into the little-known lives of people who are making the Central Valley safer for everyone.” Through photos,...
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Organizing for Clean Water in the Central Valley
The Women’s Foundation of California has long been concerned about the quality of water in our state. Hundreds of thousands of people in the San Joaquin Valley are served water contaminated by...
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Environmental Toxins in the Central Valley
By Surina Khan, vice president of programs, the Women’s Foundation of California Rosenda Mataka remembers a time when pesticides were used less frequently. Now in the small California Central Valley...
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Clean Water – A Privilege Or A Right?
By Ellen Sloan, Board Member of the Women’s Foundation of California Water is a huge issue in the Central Valley. You don’t have to go to India or Africa to find families drinking unsafe water. It is...
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Kettleman City: Mothers Demanding a Healthy Future
By Ellen Sloan This is the third blog post by Board Member Ellen Sloan, who attended Sowing Change 2010, a funder’s tour of the Central Valley. We walk into the community room at Kettleman City...
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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 again asked to take one for the team. They’re asked to continue accepting treated human...
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