December – Inspiring Women
About the featured grantee image: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) San Francisco, California Ending violence against women, transgender people and people of color in California prisons. The California Coalition...
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November – Inspiring Women
About the featured grantee image: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) San Francisco, California Ending violence against women, transgender people and people of color in California prisons. The California Coalition...
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October – Inspiring Women
About the featured ESPERA image: Emotional Wellness Retreat La Palma, El Salvador The women’s experiences with hardship and violence are evident when we visit them in their communities and hear...
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September – Inspiring Women
About the featured grantee image: Code/Art Miami, Florida Code/Art's mission is to increase the number of girls studying computer science by delighting and inspiring them with the creative possibilities of...
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August – Inspiring Women
About the featured ESPERA image: Parroquia San Nicolas Obispo and Asociación de Mujeres de Tonacatepeque (ACOMEST) Tonacatepeque, El Salvador Daisy makes flower arrangements for special occasions - birthdays, weddings, and...
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July – Inspiring Women
About the featured grantee image: Welcoming the Stranger Bucks County, Pennsylvania For many newcomers to the U.S. who struggle with basic communication or job skills, it's a daunting ask to...
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June – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: ESPERA Intercambio Tonacatepeque, El Salvador Several women from Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Guatemala stayed a few extra days in El Salvador after attending the ESPERA emotional...
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April – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Red de Mujeres Morelenses por una Economia Solidaria Morelos, Mexico Based in El Salvador, ESPERA staff Eva Martinez and Brenda Valladares Escobar visited Mexico for the...
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February – Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Encuentro Celebrating ESPERA's 10th Anniversary. La Palma, El Salvador. In January 2019, Mary's Pence celebrated ESPERA's 10th anniversary in La Palma with a special Encuentro. Seventy...
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January- Inspiring Women
About the featured image: Women Organizing Women Network (WOW Network) Minneapolis, Minnesota Empowering East African women to assert their political voice. East African women immigrants commonly face challenges as a...
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