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Melodie Baker - June 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Melodie Baker - June 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Melodie Baker is the director of education at the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, where she designs, implements and secures funding for evidence-based education programs. In 2014, she co-founded the Charter School of Inquiry, where she is also chair of community engagement and a member of the board of trustees.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (3201)/
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Alma Carrillo - July 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Alma Carrillo - July 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Alma Carrillo’s wide-ranging journey to Buffalo – where she is executive director of the Buffalo Arts Studio – started in Mexico and then on to Texas; Notre Dame, where she graduated with a government international studies degree; a stint as office manager for the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Austin; Brown University, where she met her now-husband; and the Providence, Rhode Island-based Steel Yard, an industrial arts center and manufacturer of public art which fosters creative and economic opportunities, by providing workspace, tools, training and education, while forging lasting links to a local tradition of craftsmanship.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (3348)/
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Nancy Rizzo - May 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Nancy Rizzo - May 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Berardi Immigration Law is a business immigration law firm that helps individuals and corporations obtain work permits, green cards and citizenship.

Friday, May 19, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2723)/
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Rosanna Berardi - April 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Rosanna Berardi - April 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Berardi Immigration Law is a business immigration law firm that helps individuals and corporations obtain work permits, green cards and citizenship.

Friday, April 21, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2457)/
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Advocate for Passage of Assembly Bill A6707 - Press Conference

Advocate for Passage of Assembly Bill A6707 - Press Conference

Remarks by Katherine Smith

Our NYS Women, Inc. Legislative Platform specifically includes pay equity and economic self-sufficiency for all working women.

That advocacy goes back to our origins as the former Business and Professional Women: our umbrella organization, BPW/USA, was a leader in passing landmark civil and women’s rights legislation including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Women’s Business Ownership Act, and the Equal Pay Act.

Thursday, April 6, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2376)/
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Mandy Bailey - March 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Mandy Bailey - March 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Chef Mandy Bailey and her husband, Trueman Muhrer-Irwin, have been working on their nonprofit community café, Big Big Table, for four years. They plan for a welcoming place where people from all backgrounds can come together to enjoy a healthy meal, regardless of ability to pay.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2998)/
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March into Women's History Month Bracket

March into Women's History Month Bracket

Members of the Buffalo Niagara Chapter from St. Bonaventure University came together with the Jandoli School of Communication's Woman of Promise panel two years ago to create a bracket to help with advocacy of amazing women throughout our history.

Monday, March 6, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (4532)/
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Karen L. King - February 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Karen L. King - February 2017 Women in Leadership Honoree

Our February 2017 “Woman in Leadership is Karen L. King. Karen King was appointed executive director of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women by Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz in June 2016.
Sunday, February 26, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (3611)/
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Women in History Month Event Calendar

Women in History Month Event Calendar

March is Women's History Month and there will be events all across Buffalo and Erie County throughout the month of March. The attached calendar lists all the events, locations and important details regarding each event.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2694)/
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From Whence We Have Come... Financially Speaking

From Whence We Have Come... Financially Speaking

by Claire Knowles

It hasn’t been that long since a woman has been able to have her own credit card. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 granted a woman the right to have a credit card in her own name – which translated into an unprecedented degree of independence for women. Feminists and advocates for women’s equal rights, including New York State Women, Inc., fought hard for this basic right – enabling women’s financial freedom.

Friday, January 27, 2017/Author: Renee Cerullo/ Number of views (2481)/
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