The New York Women's Foundation

Empowering low-income New Yorkers with disabilities! 🌟 At Brooklyn Law School's Disability and Civil Rights Clinic, the students provide free legal services, tackling housing, healthcare, and discrimination issues. It is one of the only law school clinics in the country specializing in this area! 🔗 Click here for more info: https://lnkd.in/ejSTZy9d #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

Insights and Recommendations ⭐ We need to address the urgent needs of youth with disabilities in the foster care system through more funding, data-driven policies, and inclusive collaboration across multiple sectors. Our recommendations include expanding education and training, improving data collection, and fostering inter-agency coordination to support this vulnerable population better! 🔗 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ejSTZy9d #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

Celebrating our community partner, The Disability Champions Mentoring Network 🎉 The Disability Champions Mentoring Network aims to enhance special education transition programs for underserved youth with disabilities by creating a fun and supportive network! This initiative brings together young individuals in wheelchairs and diverse mentors, using resources to support both student and mentor champions, fostering an inclusive community. 🔗 Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejSTZy9d #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

We must call for change. 💸 ⚖️ July 9th, 2024. The day into the next year when the average Black woman must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earn in one. There is no #EqualPayNY without #BlackWomensEqualPayDay. We need stronger laws and substantial investment in: ✅ Expanding Pay Transparency Laws ✅ Making child care accessible to all ✅ Fair Pay for Care workers ✅ Expanding Paid leave ✅ Bringing women into higher paying roles

Did you know...? 📣 Only one penny of every ten dollars of grantmaking in the U.S. goes towards disability rights and social justice — and an even smaller amount goes to disability on the regional and state levels. 🔗 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ejSTZy9d #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

Community Partner Spotlight: The Borealis Philanthropy ✨ The Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) at Borealis Philanthropy supports U.S. groups led by people with disabilities to drive transformational change and combat ableism. It prioritizes funding for disability-led organizations, especially those run by BIPOC, queer, gender non-conforming individuals, and women, and uses a participatory grantmaking model to ensure the community's involvement in decision-making processes. 🔗 Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ejSTZy9d #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

Celebrate Disability Pride Month with The New York Women's Foundation! ✨ Stay tuned to hear more about our findings from the 2023 Disability Justice Report and our incredible Disability Justice community partners. #DisabilityPride #RadicalGenerosity

Uplifting, amplifying, and creating change 🌟 Community partner TransLash Media is a Black trans-led nonprofit championing trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals through uncensored content and collaborations. They craft and share stories, advocate for human rights, and amplify trans voices in the face of adversity. Through journalism, personal narratives, and partnerships, TransLash creates impactful content, including award-winning podcasts, short films, newsletters, social media, resource guides, and other exciting initiatives in development. 🔗 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eFxKRRcG #PrideMonth #RadicalGenerosity #LGBTQSupport #NYWF #CommunityPartner

From the spark at the Stonewall Inn in 1969, where LGBTQ+ individuals rose up against police raids and discrimination, to the wildfire of LGBTQ+ liberation spreading globally. The Stonewall Riots marked a turning point, igniting a movement for equality, dignity, and rights. Their impact reverberates through generations, shaping laws, culture, and attitudes toward LGBTQ+ communities worldwide. The New York Women's Foundation recognizes the Stonewall Riots Anniversary and celebrates the ongoing push for LGBTQ+ liberation! #NYWF #Stonewall #PRIDE #History #OnThisDay

Tuesday, June 25th is Primary Election Day! Your vote is your voice. Make it count in the NYC primary elections and shape the future of our city. 🗳️ For more information, head to: https://www.nycvotes.org/ #UseYourVoice #NYCPrimary #NYWF