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Leslie Credle is the founder and CEO of Justice 4 Housing (J4H), a grassroots organization committed to ending housing discrimination and...
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- Nov 3
- 2 min
Meet our new Board Treasurer, Amanda Matos-Gonzalez!
Meet Amanda Matoz-Gonzalez (she/her/ella), BWF’s new Board Treasurer! Her experience with BWF goes back to her time as a member of our...
- Nov 3
- 1 min
Meet Our New Program Associate, Kiarah Hortance!
Introducing Kiarah Hortance (she/her), BWF’s new Program Associate! Kiarah comes to us from Tufts University's Africana Center and was...
- Nov 3
- 2 min
Meet our Director of Development and Organizational Growth, Olivia Lehman!
Introducing Olivia Lehman (she/her), our new Director of Development and Organizational Growth! Prior to BWF, Olivia worked with the...
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Apply for the 2023 Women of Color Leadership Circle!
We are accepting applications for the 2023 Anna Faith Jones and Frieda Garcia Women of Color Leadership Circle! We’ve created a program...
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Meet Our New Board Vice Chair, Melissa Tearney!
Introducing Melissa Tearney (she/her), the new Vice Chair of the Boston Women’s Fund’s Board! Melissa sits on the board of several...
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Meet our New Board Chair Akosua Ampofo Siever!
Boston Women’s Fund is excited to introduce Akosua Ampofo Siever (she/her), our new Board Chair! Akosua’s career has centered on seeking...
- May 26
- 3 min
Breaking Down the Battle Over Roe v. Wade — What Does it All Mean?
All people who were assigned female at birth (AFAB) are in a monumental battle for control over their reproductive health. Boston Women’s...
- Apr 28
- 8 min
Dismantling Doubt, Rebuilding Ourselves
How Judge Jackson’s Confirmation Hearing Illustrates Why the Women of Color Leadership Circle is So Needed Today
- Mar 30
- 10 min
Announcing Boston Women’s Fund’s 2022 Movement Building Grantees: A Q&A with this Year’s Recipients
Boston Women’s Fund is honored to announce our support for three new recipients of our 2022 Movement Building Grant: Abilities Dance,...
- Mar 2
- 1 min
Centering the LGBTQIA+ Community This Women's History Month
At Boston Women’s Fund, we recognize that although we are all navigating oppressive systems, some folks are even further marginalized....
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Defend Equal Access to the Ballot: Voting Rights Organizations to Support in the South
Our ancestors have done immeasurable work in making a way for us to exercise what is, in theory, a protected right for all Americans. The...
- Feb 17
- 4 min
The 2022 Anna Faith Jones & Frieda Garcia Women of Color Leadership Circle
Connection, Growth, and Healing in Sisterhood By: Natanja Craig-Oquendo, Executive Director at Boston Women’s Fund, co-founder of the...
- Jan 20
- 3 min
Honoring the Fullness of MLK's Intersectional Legacy — And the Women Who Made it Possible
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make...
- Dec 7, 2021
- 4 min
The New Faces of Philanthropy: Revamping Philanthropy with Radical Imagination
The nonprofit sector is the third-largest sector in the country, however, that hasn’t translated to robust change for communities of...
- Oct 23, 2021
- 3 min
2021 BWF Fall Newsletter
Through this newsletter issue, we launch a new chapter in our history and we are pleased to share that story, together. Read on to learn...