Like you, CWLI mourns the loss of the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Aubrey, and Breonna Taylor as well as the profiling of Chris Cooper. These are just the latest, and most publicized, examples of racism and police violence in this country. Their stories have reminded us to examine our position in this community and evaluate where we go from more »
April Director’s Report
What can you even begin to say in a moment like this? Words fall far too short for conveying the gravity of this event. Overnight, your lives were disrupted. Some were dismantled. Every possible word is not enough. And yet… We persevere. We always persevere. Since the dawn of time, women persevere. I’ve been trying to find even one word more »
March Director’s Report
Bourbon & Women, Part 2 Did you know there is a Wikipedia page already dedicated to what is being called Black Monday 2020? That’s right, March 9, 2020 has already earned the moniker ‘Black Monday’ for the conflation of oil and Covid-19 that precipitated the largest single-day point drop of the DOW in U.S. History. While we all hold our more »
February Director’s Report
Bourbon & Women, Pt. 1 Let me start by saying, I won Christmas this year. My husband is probably the best gift giver anyone could hope for. After my father passed away, he had an artist hand make a miniature replica of a wooden sign that hung at our family home growing up that embodied everything my father loved. It more »
January Director’s Report
What Next? Welcome to a new year! Welcome to a new decade! The future is teeming with possibility and we are building the interstate to get us all there. Thanks to you, we solidified a new curriculum model, hired a new team member, and welcomed 95 new members during 2019. All of this effort was in response to what you more »
December Director’s Report
Holidays are for Humans Before you begin, this tale has a happy ending… As I write these words, I am receiving yet another alert on my phone about a school shooting. I am ordering flowers for a dear friend whose celebration is laced with grief. I am convincing people of the worth of women. I am counseling my daughter through more »
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