Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
ReflectUS, the national, nonpartisan coalition of the country’s leading women’s representation organizations, is pleased to announce a new resource available to Dallas County women seeking political office. In an effort to help women begin their political leadership...
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
By Florencia Velasco Fortner Jun 14, 2020 Dallas Morning News Since the death of George Floyd, I cannot get two thoughts out of my mind. The first is that his 6-year-old daughter will grow up without a father. The second is that in his last painful moments, he called...
Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
By Cynthia Yung Jun 12, 2020 Dallas Morning News Thirty-one years ago, I sat glued to my TV screen in Toronto watching military tanks and guns aim and shoot at college students in Tiananmen Square. Students peacefully marched through Beijing to Tiananmen Square to...
Improving Educational Outcomes for Children in Public Schools, News
By Antoine Joyce Jun 2, 2020 Dallas Morning News What’s it going to take? Black men — and those who care for us — are choking on these words: What’s it going to take? Colin Kaepernick, a black professional football player, took a knee during the National Anthem to...
Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
Moody Foundation gives $15 million toward Parkland breast care center For the last 18 months, Nancy Halbreich and Carol Seay have quietly lead a campaign that has raised $35 million toward a $40 million goal to create the Moody Breast Health Center at Parkland....
Advancing Equity for Women and Girls, News
On behalf of The OpEd Project, The Boone Family Foundation, and The Dallas Public Voices Leadership & Advisory Committee, we are thrilled to announce the twenty civic and social justice leaders selected for the sixth cohort of the Dallas Public Voices Fellowship,...