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all topics education empowerment equality public policy safety securityJune is Pride Month: Focusing on Marginalized Gender/s
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Des Moines is unique in celebrating Pride this year – rather than only a few days, the event spans the 30 days of June. This new way to celebrate involves activities at dozens of venues to allow as...
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Trauma, Toxic Stress, and New Interventions
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
By now, many of us are aware of the role of trauma in peoples’ lives. The challenges of toxic stress has been clinically proven to affect brain development in utero and throughout...
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The Girl Declaration
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
In 2015, the Nike Foundation asked over 500 girls who were living in poverty what they needed for a chance to reach their greatest potential.
With the help of dozens of global organizations working with...
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Take Action to Support Sexual Assault Victims
Monday, April 19, 2021
April is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but that acknowledgement doesn’t mean the prevalence of this problem is understood. In 2020, Iowa’s Crime...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Monday, April 12, 2021
In the United States, April is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Acknowledgement that this occurs, however, doesn’t begin to identify the...
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STOP ASIAN HATE
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Although we’re just beginning the second quarter of 2021, the amount of hate and violence we’ve witnessed has been appalling. A continuation of the vitriol that has...
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Demographic Changes in the Workforce: Future for Women and Girls
Monday, March 29, 2021
The past year has presented unprecedented change, primarily due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The workforce does and will continue to evolve.
But changing demographics,...
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There Can Be No Gender Justice Without Racial Justice
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
There can not be gender justice until there is racial justice. This is the view of countless women’s and social justice organizations after a 21-year-old white man...
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Celebrating Our Founder
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
March 7, 2021 is the 113th anniversary of Louise Noun’s birth.
It seems appropriate that today – a day during Women’s History Month and a day preceding International Women’s Day – we take moment to...
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The Women of Iowa's History
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
At Chrysalis Foundation, we believe women and girls do remarkable things. Women’s achievements came to the forefront this year as we celebrated the inauguration of our country’s first female...
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Wrongful Adultification
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
In June of 2017, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality released a startling report entitled Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood. Through a quantitative...
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Celebrating Black History Month
Friday, February 12, 2021
As we celebrate and recognize Black History month, we have revisited this video. This is 8-year-old Lola, a young girl who dresses as the Black women who...
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What Chrysalis is Doing to Prevent Girls and Women from Experiencing Domestic Violence
Monday, February 1, 2021
As you know, Chrysalis believes that personal safety is one of the most critical basic needs of women, and that every woman and girl deserves to feel safe in...
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Chrysalis Wants Freedom from Violence for All Girls and Women
Monday, January 25, 2021
Chrysalis prioritizes community investments in safety for all girls and women. Our definition of safety begins with freedom from violence, which is one of the most...
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Toxic Masculinity and the US Capitol Attack
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The events of the past week have been traumatizing for all. The mob that ravaged our nation’s Capital horrified and alarmed us, and for many the event was triggering for people who face...
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Cultural Changes Expected in 2021
Thursday, January 7, 2021
It’s 2021 and most of us are delighted to close the book on 2020, hoping for better days ahead. A recent article in ForbesWomen pointed out a few positive cultural changes...
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Recognizing All of the December Holidays
Saturday, December 12, 2020
According to Diversity Best Practices, an organization of diversity thought leaders (and a division of Working Mother Media), “What were once deemed as primary (race, gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, abilities, age, religion) and secondary (socioeconomic, education, geography, family, job function) dimensions of diversity are now overlapping.”
The company scans corporate...
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A Woman Coined the Term Thanksgiving
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
As with so many pieces of our history, the true story of Thanksgiving is credited to the efforts of a woman – a 19th century writer: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale. Although she is more...
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Many Women and Mothers Let Go During to the Pandemic
Monday, November 30, 2020
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing women out of the workforce at an alarming rate. In September, for example, about 617,000 women left the workforce, compared to...
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Women in Politics and the Glass Ceilings We Are Still Breaking
Monday, November 9, 2020
The daughter of immigrant parents, she was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first Black American and first woman to launch a campaign for the presidency...
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Chrysalis Priority: Economic Empowerment and Wage Equity
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Chrysalis includes economic empowerment as a core priority in our work. Among the issues involved in economic empowerment is the persistent gender pay gap; across the...
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Caregiving and the Policy Changes Needed
Monday, November 2, 2020
November is National Family Caregivers Month, honoring millions of caregivers across the country taking care of aging parents, children, and ill or disabled family...
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Women Face Devastating Problems During the Pandemic
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
In our current pandemic, it is sometimes hard to see beyond its effects on each of our current situations. As Chrysalis has shared before, women experience more...
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Women's Impact on Counterterrorism
Monday, September 28, 2020
On Friday, September 11, 2020, we marked the 19th anniversary of the most tragic and painful event in our history – the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. As you may...
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Chrysalis Honors United States Supreme Court Justice and Advocate for Women, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Monday, September 28, 2020
This weekend, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marked a watershed moment in the history of the Court. Established by the U.S. Constitution, the court of six members...
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21-Day Equity Challenge
Friday, September 4, 2020
United Way of Central Iowa has extended an invitation to Chrysalis and other organizations to join the 21-Day Equity Challenge, a 3-week learning opportunity...
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Childcare Expansion Would Help the Economy
Monday, August 10, 2020
As you know, Chrysalis brings the gender focus on all issues of Iowa workers looking for employment, and one in particular is the single greatest challenge to working...
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Poverty and the Income Gap
Monday, August 3, 2020
Last week, Terry Hernandez and Brooke Findley from Chrysalis were asked to join a task force of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board. In the effort to plan for the state’s...
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Black Girl MATHgic
Monday, August 3, 2020
We’ve long known that girls lose confidence in their science and mathematics abilities in their adolescent years. Not only does this leave a gap in the classroom, but the trend for women in STEM...
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Women's Experience with Sexual Harassment in the Military
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Several years ago, Chrysalis held a luncheon event on Veterans Day to honor women in the military. Although we were joined by a few local women veterans, the one we selected for the keynote address was Miyoko Hikiji, who...
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Microaggressions and an Update to the Definition of Racism
Monday, July 13, 2020
This spring, Kennedy Mitchum graduated from Drake University with a double major in public relations and law, politics, and society. She can be proud of her college involvement in politics, the...
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Teaching Children About Racial Justice
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Without some guidance, children may develop racial bias from exposure to negative stereotypes, media misrepresentation, and racial disparities. It takes just a bit of attention to help...
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Women in Law Enforcement
Monday, June 29, 2020
Police officers and departments have occupied front page news over the last several weeks. Calls for defunding departments, changes in training, and outlawing dangerous tactics are among myriad options...
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Women in the Military
Monday, June 29, 2020
On June 12, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, acknowledging the contributions women have made to the military and allowing women...
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