[Scpg] Women's Economic Security Campaign & the Green Economy Webinar Oct 21

[Quail Springs]

Elevating the Voices of Women's Funds to 
Dismantle Poverty: 
The Launch of the Women's Economic Security Campaign

 

Join CAUSE, our state and national partner organizations for a webinar to
launch the Women's Economic Security Campaign (WESC) and to release Creating
Opportunity for Low-Income Women in the Green Economy -- the campaign's
first major policy brief focusing on strategies that will lead to greater
economic security 

for low-income women and their families.

 

October 21, 2009
9:30 -- 10:45 a.m. (PST)
 
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15102064&msgid=265809&act=HCDM&c=
188467&admin=0&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.gotomeeting.com%2Fregister%2F3
49650547> Please click here to register.

Speakers: 

 

Megan Uzzell, acting assistant secretary for policy, U.S. Department of
Labor (invited)

Phaedra Ellis -Lamkins, CEO, Green for All

Joan Kuriansky, executive director, 
Wider Opportunities for Women

Maricela Morales, associate executive director, 
Central Coast Alliance United for A Sustainable Economy

Jayne Vellinga, executive director, Chicago Women in Trades

Women's Economic Security Campaign 
Leadership Team    


CAUSE Green Jobs Green Economy Project: In January 2009, CAUSE and the
Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County (EDC-VC) prepared a
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15102064&msgid=265809&act=HCDM&c=
188467&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coastalalliance.com%2Fimages%2Fs
tories%2Fpdf%2Fcause-green-economy-policy-brief.pdf> "Green Collar Jobs in
the Green Economy" policy brief that included an article, "the Pink in
Green" describing the under-representation of women in the growing green job
sectors. Recently, CAUSE brought Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. and the Irvington
Covenant Community Development Corporation to present their successful
models of recruiting, training, placing and retaining women and people of
color in the green construction workforce. CAUSE continues to advocate with
the County of Ventura and local cities to adopt Project Labor Agreements
(PLA) as a frequently used policy tool to increase the number of women and
people of color that are trained and hired in the green construction trades.
CAUSE is pleased to be invited to participate in the launch of the
nationwide Women's Economic Security Campaign on Wednesday, October 21."

The Women's Economic Security Campaign (WESC) is a joint effort of four
regionally diverse women's funds -- Chicago Foundation for Women, Washington
Area Women's Foundation, the Women's Foundation of California and the
Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis. Working in collaboration with the
Women's Funding Network, WESC seeks to harness the voice and power of
women's foundations nationwide to improve the lives of low-income women.

Creating Opportunity for Low-Income Women in the Green Economy explores the
growing need and interest in educating and training a diverse set of
workers, including women, to participate in the developing green economy.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act opened up substantial opportunity
to prepare workers for green sector jobs. But challenges still exist and
much work remains to be done for public, private and philanthropic partners
to ensure that women can train for, be placed in, and retain green jobs that
pay family-sustaining wages and benefits. This first in a series of WESC
policy briefs highlights green job opportunities, identifies barriers to
women in accessing those jobs and provides recommendations for policymakers
and philanthropy.

Click
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15102064&msgid=265809&act=HCDM&c=
188467&admin=0&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.gotomeeting.com%2Fregister%2F3
49650547>  here for more information or to register for the WESC webinar,
featuring presentations from key policy makers, women's fund leaders, and
national and local advocates and practitioners in the green jobs arena.

For more information on CAUSE's Regional Green Jobs Green Economy Project
contact Maricela Morales at (805) 658-0810 ext. 203, or at
maricela at coastalalliance.com. <mailto:maricela at coastalalliance.com> 
 



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