Category: Economic Opportunity
Advocate Stories, Economic Opportunity, Freedom from Violence, Health and Education, Policy Updates
by Megan Plassmeyer on Feb 7, 2018
We get it, the Statehouse website probably hasn’t made your list of most frequent stops. Read below to see how you can better utilize this free resource, and become a #superadvocate this legislative session. You can also click here to access our Advocacy 101 Toolkit. Watch Live Video While the Statehouse website can’t stream movies
Advocate Stories, Economic Opportunity
by Guest Author, Amber Stewart (SCACED) on Feb 6, 2018
Read below to learn from our guest author, Amber Stewart, Masters of Social Work Student Intern for the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development. Please join SCACED (South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development) in supporting the reauthorization of the Community Development (CD) Tax Credit; House Bill 3842 and Senate Bill 412. Every day,
Economic Opportunity, Freedom from Violence, Health and Education, Special Events
by Dr. Eme Crawford on Dec 18, 2017
The second year of the 122nd Legislative Session starts on January 9th. Join WREN at our Legislative Session Kick-Offs as we gear up for another year of action alerts and advocacy. We realize your time is important, so let’s make sure you know what’s on the horizon and how you can most effectively stand to empower women
Advocate Stories, Economic Opportunity, Health and Education
by Eme Crawford on Nov 21, 2017
We know better than most the huge number of barriers that people in South Carolina face when they need to access reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion care. We are working hard to push back against new restrictions and push for policies that support women’s health and well-being. In fact, WREN’s Ann Warner just had a
Economic Opportunity, Freedom from Violence, Health and Education, Leadership and Civic Engagement
by Eme Crawford on Nov 20, 2017
You and 27,000 WREN members are building a movement to advance the health, economic well-being, and rights of South Carolina’s women and girls. You donated. You volunteered your time. You made calls and sent emails to your elected officials. You enabled WREN to: Mobilize Citizens & Organizations to Take Action 1,900 people participated in advocacy
Economic Opportunity, Special Events
by WREN Staff on Nov 20, 2017
Last week we spent some time with Dr. Joseph Von Nessen to discuss our report we released at WREN’s 2017 Summit that analyzes women’s workforce participation in South Carolina. There is a significant, projected workforce shortage in South Carolina over the next decade. By addressing this workforce need, women have the opportunity to create a net
Economic Opportunity
by WREN Staff on Apr 6, 2017
Increasing women’s participation in South Carolina’s labor force is critical to economic growth for our state. There is a significant, projected workforce shortage in South Carolina over the next decade. By addressing this workforce need, women have the opportunity to create a net gain in economic activity for our state and simultaneously make strides in
Economic Opportunity, Health and Education, Policy Updates
by WREN Communications Team on Jan 10, 2017
Today on January 10th, 2017, South Carolina’s legislators return to the Statehouse for the beginning of the 2017-18 session. While we are excited to get back into the swing of things, we cannot thank our volunteers and advocates enough for their contributions over the past several months, and for more recently assembling our WREN information
Economic Opportunity
by WREN & PASOs on Nov 18, 2016
In South Carolina, and across our nation, women work hard to provide for themselves and their families. However, women face systematic discrimination that devalues their work relative to men. While contributing so much to our state, it is an injustice that women, particularly Latina women, endure the economic hardships that result from the gender wage