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2024
August: Leadership Program Inspires Women to Go ALL IN
July: WNY Women's Foundation - 716 Together, Audacy, MMS
June: Lawmakers, parents and child care providers advocate for Universal Childcare System - WKBW
May: Event listing: Women's Leadership Summit - Step Out Buffalo
May: WNY Women's Foundation Hosts 2nd Annual Women's Leadership Summit WNYPapers.com
May: WNY to Host Women's Leadership Summit WGRZ - TV
May: JCC SPREE Program Holds Pinning Ceremonies for Single-Parent Graduates - Chautauqua Today
May: WNY Women's Foundation to host second annual Women's Leadership Summit | Education - Niagara Gazette
May: Daytime Buffalo: Women's Leadership Summit - WIVB
April: We're not making enough progress': Let's talk about the wage gap in WNY - WKBW
April: Buffalo leaders visit Montgomery Legacy Museum - Niagara Frontier Publications
April: Daycare drought impacting parents in Niagara County - WKBW
March: Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab Live Stream Press Conference - Cornell ILR buffalo Co-Lab
March: Compensation fund could boost NYS child care industry - Cornell Chronicle
March: WNY Women's Foundation CEO Reflects on International Women's Day - WGRZ
March: Seneca Councilor named to Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Advisory Council - Salamanca Press
March: Difference Makers: Seneca councilor named to Smithsonian American Women's History Museum panel - Olean Times Herald
March: Status of child care in NYS report to be released - Niagara Frontier Publications
March: Buffalo Sabres Hometown Hero - Buffalo Sabres
January: Another Voice: Access to affordable child care is urgently needed by New York's working women - The Buffalo News
January: CEO Sheri Scavone was invited to the White House for the event "Communities in Action: Building a Better New York." This event is part of a White House series spotlighting local elected officials and community leaders actively working to create opportunities and advance the lives of people in their communities. - Buffalo News
January: Dr. Allison Brashear Leads School to New Levels of Patient Care - Buffalo News
2023
December: Governor Hochul announces new initiatives to address critical childcare shortages - WKBW
December: 'We're dealing with so many things': WNY community advocates and elected leaders speak at White House - WIVB
December: "Such an amazing resource": The Bridge Project helping mothers make ends meet - Learn More
December: We're dealing with so many things: WNY community advocates and elected leaders speak at White House - Learn More
December: Zeneta Everhart and WNY Women's Foundation CEO Sheri Scavone visit the White House - Learn More
December: Governor Hochul announces new initiatives to address critical child care shortages - Learn More
December: Gail Johnstone, 82, planner who envisioned waterfront revival, medical campus - Buffalo News
October: WNY Women's Foundation Releases Study on Child Care Shortage Around the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus - Press Release
October: Sheri Scavone of WNY Women's Foundation - Buffalo Business First
September: Entrepreneur: Siobhan Smith of Catapult - Buffalo Business First
September: September 20, 2023 - Daytime Buffalo
September: Corporate Executive: Carmen Snell, Highmark BlueCross BlueShield of WNY - Buffalo Business First
July: Organizations file complaint over City of Buffalo's handling of American Rescue Plan funds - WGRZ
May: Roswell Park CEO Dr. Candace Johnson Names Diversity and Inclusion Leader Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney as Senior VP - Roswell Park
March: Jody Briandi: People on the Move in Buffalo - Buffalo Business First
February: Addressing the Pandemic's Impact on the Gender Wage Gap - The Daily Gazette
February: Emergency Preparedness Event - WKBW
February: Child Care Concerns - Town Hall Segment
2022
December: Lenora Foote-Beavers & Girl Scouts of WNY, 2023 IDEA Award Winner - Buffalo Business First
December: Business People: Sheri Scavone, WNY Women's Foundation - The Buffalo News
November: Child Care: What are the Issues and How Can We Support Solutions? - Ask A Better Question podcast
November: Virtues of community-based participatory research lauded - UBMD News
November: Traversing the 'child care desert' - The Echo (United University Professions)
November: Business People: Angela Blask & Kim VanDerLinden, WNY Women's Foundation - The Buffalo News
November: Behind the Scenes: 2022 Fall in Fashion Runway Show (Photo Gallery) - The Buffalo News
October: Lancaster resident joins team at WNY Women's Foundation - Lancaster Bee
October: Tonawanda resident joins WNY Women's Foundation - Ken-Ton Bee
October: Buffalo Business Report - WBEN Radio
October: Getzville resident named to serve on leadership council - Amherst Bee
September: WNYWF E-newsletter - Save the Date: Fall in Fashion 2022
September: Childcare crisis: what's being done to improve wages - WKBW-TV, Channel 7
September: Women still exhausted, burnt out by COVID-era workforce challenges - Times Union
September: Business People: Suzanne D'Amico, WNY Women's Foundation - The Buffalo News
August: WNYWF E-newsletter - Women at the Polls: Download Our 2022 Voter Guide
August: D'Amico named director of development at WNY Women's Foundation - Amherst Bee
August: Buffalo Business Report - WBEN Radio
August: Building a Better Buffalo: Alice Jacobs strives to be a community change agent - Buffalo Business First
July: WNYWF E-newsletter - Support Women's Empowerment Through Give 716
July: Cheektowaga family trying to make ends meet - WKBW-TV, Channel 7
July: Town Hall: Child Care - WGRZ-TV, Channel 2
June: WNYWF E-newsletter - mPower'ing Women to Learn, Earn, and Lead
May: Women's Funds After the Pandemic - Stanford Social Innovation Review
May: Salary transparency laws a small step in fight for pay equity - Times Union
May: Single-parent students honored at JCC - Chautauqua Today
May: WNYWF E-newsletter: Coming Together as a Community
May: Monday Town Hall: Child Care Crisis (Live Interview with WNY Women's Foundation CEO, Sheri Scavone) - WGRZ-TV, Channel 2
May: Search continues for a sustainable child care funding solution - WGRZ-TV, Channel 2
May: Rally focusing on child care crisis - WKBW-TV, Channel 7
April: WNYWF E-newsletter: Join us for What She's Made Of 2022
April: State budget funding to improve child care crisis - WKBW-TV, Channel 7
April: Building a Better Buffalo: Rosa Gonzalez says everyone deserves a chance - Buffalo Business First
March: Bigger cities are closing the gender pay gap, can Buffalo? - WKBW-TV, Channel 7
March: WNYWF E-newsletter: Taking the lead in statewide advocacy for child care
March: "Another Voice: Equal Pay Day reminds us of women's unfair burden," by WNY Women's Foundation CEO, Sheri Scavone - The Buffalo News
March: Board Member Spotlight: Meet Natalie Fischer
March: Board Member Spotlight: Meet Catherine Earle
February: WNYWF E-Newsletter: Where are they now? Recent grads share their stories from education to employment
January: WNYWF E-Newsletter: How these local companies went ALL IN on equitable workplaces
January: What women want from Hochul in her first State of the State - NPR/WBFO
2021
December: WNYWF E-Newsletter: It's not too late to make a difference
December: WNYWF E-Newsletter: How you can stand up for women in WNY
November: ALL IN Employer Partner M&T Bank Achieves POWER Certification - Press Release
November: Bills WR Stefon Diggs' first turkey giveaway in Buffalo centers on single moms - The Buffalo News
November: WNYWF E-Newsletter: Go ALL IN on gender equity in the workplace!
October: WNYWF E-Newsletter: Join changemakers, innovators, and visionaries at 2021 Leadership Summit
September: WNYWF E-Newsletter: Join the movement
September: Daycares struggle to rebound from pandemic - WKBW Channel 7
September: Highmark Blue Fund awards $2.45 million in grants - The Buffalo News
August: WNY Tonight! with the WNY Women's Foundation - LCTV
August: In New York, New Hope that Gov. Hochul's Pledge to Support Families Will Extend to Child Welfare - Imprint News
August: WNYWF E-Newsletter: How you changed thousands of women's lives in 2020
August: Kathy Hochul Will Be New York's First Woman Governor - Imprint News
August: The disproportionate pandemic strain on women - The Buffalo News
July: New affordable childcare pilot program launches in Western New York - Spectrum News
July: WNYWF E-Newsletter: Support women this #716Day!
June: Childcare businesses forced to close, still waiting for CARES Act funding - WKBW Channel 7
June: Western New York child care post-pandemic: what parents need to know - WKBW Channel 7
June: WNYWF Newsletter: A small amount each month makes a big difference!
June: Higgins shares details on expanded Child Tax Credit - Niagara Frontier Publications
May: State-appointed task force calls on lawmakers to overhaul child care system - WKBW Channel 7
May: WNYWF Newsletter: Thanks to you, a What She's Made Of success!
May: Think your workers are coming back to the office? Not if they can't find childcare. - Buffalo Business First
May: The challenges for women going back to the workforce - WKBW Channel 7
May: Concerns over high demand childcare impacting the workforce - WGRZ Channel 2
April: WNYWF Newsletter: You're Invited to What She's Made Of
March: Buffalo Women-Owned Business Feature - AM Buffalo (WKBW)
March: One year of COVID-19: How virus has impacted WNY - WBFO (NPR)
March: WNYWF Newsletter: Spring Women Forward
March: Launch of WNY Women-Owned Business Directory - Buffalo Rising
March: Relief plan is more than just stimulus check for families - WKBW Channel 7
February: Program connects students, community organizations for nonprofit board development - UBNow
February: WNYWF Newsletter: Announcing our 2021 "Pathways to Progress" Speaker Series
February: Pandemic has forced more than two million working moms out of jobs - WKBW Channel 7
January: WNYWF Newsletter: This January, resolve to take action for all women
2020
December: WNYWF Newsletter: Will you step up for women like Julia?
December: WNYWF Newsletter: Will you step up for women like Kara?
December: Women leaving the workforce to care for children at home - WKBW Channel 7
December: WNYWF Newsletter: Shop Local, Support Women
November: Families shifting back to remote & child care dilemma - WKBW Channel 7
November WNYWF Newsletter Buffalo Women's Economic Mobility Hub Launches
October: WFN to Presidential Candidates: Speak Now for Women and Girls - Philanthropy Women
October WNYWF Newsletter: Fall in Fashion 2020: Shop Local, Empower Women
October: COVID-19 Recovery Task Force Advocating for Issues Impacting Women - Spectrum News
September WNYWF Newsletter: Vote for Candidates Who Support Women
September WNYWF Newsletter: Securing Child Care Support for Working Mothers
August: Where to find the survey on Erie County childcare - WKBW Channel 7
August: State lawmakers, advocates urge Cuomo to release remaining CARES childcare funds - WBFO (NPR)
August: As Buffalo schools go remote, the need for affordable childcare increases - WKBW Channel 7
August WNYWF Newsletter: What She's Made Of success
August: Female Political Leaders To Share Their Stories on 'What She's Made Of' Panel - Rise Collaborative
August: Buffalo Open for Business Feature - WBLK Radio
August: Native American Community Services launches GIRLBOSS (feature about Impact Grants-funded program) - Buffalo Rising
July WNYWF E-Newsletter #3: The Power of Women's Voices
July: Child care providers face challenges before they reopen - WKBW Channel 7
July: Gillibrand Pushes for Federal Funding for Child Care Industry - Spectrum News
July WNYWF E-Newsletter #2: You're Invited to What She's Made Of!
July: Pandemic forces closure of 39-50% of daycares in Western New York - WKBW Channel 7
July: "This is an explosive situation" Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul on child care and the pandemic - WKBW Channel 7
July WNYWF E-Newsletter #1: What is Advocacy?
June: Buffalo selected for regional women's economic mobility hub - Clarence Bee
June: Buffalo Selected as Regional Women's Economic Mobility Hub - Rise Collaborative
June: Buffalo selected to develop women's economic mobility hub - Buffalo Business First
June WNYWF E-Newsletter: Solidarity, Workforce Support, and Innovation in Isolation
June: WNY Women-owned business directory - WKBW Channel 7
June: Statement of Solidarity and Condemnation of Police Brutality - Women's Funding Network
May: In Solidarity: WFMN A Statement on the Death of George Floyd - Women's Foundation of Minnesota
May: From 'crisis' to 'decimation': What happens when a pandemic hits child care - WBFO (NPR)
May WNYWF E-Newsletter: Supporting Single Mothers During COVID-19
May: Help for women-owned businesses facing unprecedented challenges - WBFO (NPR)
May: New WNY Women-Owned Business Directory celebrates 120-plus listings - Ken-Ton Bee
April WNYWF E-Newsletter #3: Working hard for WNY
April: Daycare scholarships available for children of essential workers - Olean Times Herald
April WNYWF E-Newsletter #2: Taking Care of Yourself While You Conquer Your World
April: WNY Women's Foundation adds tool to lift women-owned business - Buffalo Business First
April: How Gender Lens Funding Can Improve COVID Response - Philanthropy Women
April WNYWF E-Newsletter #1: Supporting Local Women-Owned Businesses + COVID-19 Child Care
March: COVID-19 pandemic bringing 'gender inequalities' to the forefront - WBFO (NPR)
March: Our Response to COVID-19
March: Finding childcare for kids home from school - WKBW Channel 7
March: International Women's Day March E-Newsletter
March: Foundation awards $8.5M in grants to help improve life for those in need - The Buffalo News
March: Women's Mentorship Program Relaunched - Buffalo Healthy Living
February: WNYWF E-Newsletter
February: Money available through Erie County to help pay for daycare - WKBW Channel 7
January: New daycare built to help staffers at Niagara Lutheran Health System - WKBW Channel 7
January: State task force looking to Quebec for help solving daycare crisis - WKBW Channel 7
January: Did Governor Cuomo ignore child care in the Executive Budget? - WKBW Channel 7
January: WNYWF E-Newsletter
January: "Pink Tax" ban included in Cuomo's State of the State address this week - WIVB Channel 4
2019
December: The Rise of Women-Only Spaces - Buffalo Magazine
December: Nonprofit news: 16 nonprofits get poverty grants - Buffalo Business First
November: WNYWF E-Newsletter
October: WNYWF E-Newsletter
August: WNYWF E-Newsletter
July: WNYWF E-Newsletter
June: WNYWF E-Newsletter
June: State Senate Expands Workplace Sexual Harassment Legislation - WIVB-TV
May: WNYWF E-Newsletter
April: Women Use Equal Pay Day to Urge Support for Pay History Bill - Spectrum News
April: WNYWF E-Newsletter
March: Marking International Women's Day in Western New York - WKBW-TV
March: WNYWF E-Newsletter
January: WNYWF E-Newsletter