Women’s Foundation Outreach Projects
Early Childhood Literacy Project
The Women’s Foundation has started a literacy project with the Community Action Partnership’s new Head Start location. Once a month, the members of the Women’s Commission read to the children in the preschool and then the Women’s Foundation donates a copy of the book to each child. The Foundation joins the efforts of Prosper Lincoln’s Early Childhood Development Initiative supporting children learning to read. Our hope is the Foundation’s literacy project will encourage young children and their families to read and enjoy books.
Women’s Voices Survey
Spanning a year and a half, women in the Lincoln and Lancaster County were asked to answer questions that provided demographic information as well as the challenges and needs that women and their families are experiencing in our community. Over a thousand women participated in the survey with the results helping to guide future programming and inform local agencies supported by the Foundation.
Women’s Voices Survey Executive Summary, 2018
Below are past Women’s Voices and annual reports produced by the Women’s Commission:
Women’s Voices Annual Report, 2010-2011
Legislative Advocacy
The Women's Foundation sends letters of support or opposition to NE State Senators on bills that are being considered in the legislature. Our interest centers on legislation that would have effects on the health, education, employment and well-being of women, femmes and non-binary people.
Some of the bills we supported during the 2021-2022 session:
LB 929 - Extend postpartum benefits from 60 days to one year for those receiving services // LB 1028 - Enforcement of minimum wage for tipped-wage earners // LB 1267 - Allocation of ARPA funds for the Commissions on Indian Affairs, Latino Americans, African Americans and the Commissions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Blind and Vision Impaired // LB 1129 - Free contraceptives
Bills we opposed during the 2021-2022 session::
LB 1077 - Limiting subjects taught in schools related to race and sexual identity // LB 781, 933, 1086 - Limiting women's ability to control own reproductive health // LB 843, 858, 785 - Limiting voting and election procedures
Community Engagement
Members of the Women’s Foundation connect and support the Lincoln and Lancaster County community by participating in events put on by local organizations. Participation in community events provides the Foundation an opportunity to share our mission, provide information and connect with the women, femmes, and non-binary people we work to support.