Title
Honoring
the inaugural graduating class of eight fellows of WOMEN'S WAY
Change the Narrative Fellowship Program, an initiative of
the Women's Economic Security Initiative (WESI).
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WHEREAS, WOMEN'S WAY is
the region's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to
the advancement of women, girls and gender equity; and
WHEREAS,
The Women's Economic Security Initiative (WESI) is a long-term, systems-level collaborative initiative centered around
the shared vision that all women in
the Philadelphia region attain financial well-being for
themselves and
their families; and
WHEREAS,
The Change the Narrative Fellowship Program is a 6-month program that empowers women who are currently experiencing economic hardship to share
their personal stories through professional-level audio, visual, and print production; and
WHEREAS,
The purpose of
the Fellowship Program is to generate awareness of racial and gender inequities in economic opportunity and spur actions among three target stakeholders-media, philanthropy and policymakers-that address
the root and systemic causes of
the gender wealth gap and improve
the economic security of women in
the region; and
WHEREAS, Changing
the predominant
narratives from ones that stigmatize and blame women for
their economic status to ones that highlight
the contributions and aspirations of women with lived experiences is critical to promoting systems-level
change and achieving gender and racial equity; and
WHEREAS,
The Fellowship Program provides
the fellows with opportunities to build and streng
then
their advocacy skills and deepen
their knowledge of
the many ways
they can challenge and disrupt damaging
narratives and create new empowering ones; and
WHEREAS, All of
the graduating fellows will film short video versions of
their stories which will be widely distributed so that our target audiences and
the general public can learn from
their first-hand experiences of economic hardship; and
WHEREAS, We recognize First Person Art...
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