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Monday, February 10, 2020
It’s challenging to find reliable data around the issue of human trafficking. Although this type of human slavery has existed for longer than we can document, it’s risen...
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The Dangers of the Internet for Children
Monday, February 10, 2020
In our educational activities, we often share the perils the internet poses for children, particularly for girls, as they may easily become victims of online predators and...
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Racism and It's Impact on Women
Friday, January 24, 2020
Monday, January 20 marked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday recognizing the birthday of a man renowned for his nonviolent activism during the civil rights...
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Tech is Now the Norm.. and Other Findings of 2019
Thursday, January 23, 2020
At the end of every year, the Pew Research Center publishes fascinating lists of is most noteworthy findings, and 2019 was no different. Ranging from demographics to...
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Living in Danger
Friday, January 10, 2020
In 2019, the Thomson Reuters Foundation released a list of the top 10 most dangerous countries for women. Using a survey of over 550 experts on women’s issues, India was...
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For Chrysalis, Safety is THE Priority
Thursday, December 19, 2019
As we end our 30th year, we celebrate the progress Chrysalis has made. However, data and recent events show us that we have much more work to do. This week’s murder of a young Barnard College woman in...
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Chrysalis After-School, the Chrysalis Foundation’s Investment in Central Iowa’s Future
Sunday, December 15, 2019
School-age kids spend 80% of their waking hours outside of school, according to Afterschool Alliance, a national think tank that provides research, advocacy, and...
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Reflecting on Mentoring Myths
Monday, November 18, 2019
This week, Chrysalis Executive Director, Terry Hernandez, was part of an event presented by Business Publications that recognized women and the messages they would convey to their younger selves. As...
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Honoring Our Veterans, Highlighting Women’s Military Service
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Monday, November 11, was the 100th anniversary of “Armistice Day,” now known as Veterans Day, which in 1919 marked the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for the annual observance honoring Veterans of all wars, and beginning in 1938, Veterans Day became a national...
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Resilience: An Antidote to Oppression in Adolescence
Monday, November 11, 2019
The Annie E. Casey Foundation and its partners recently supported a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine entitled The Promise of Adolescence:...
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Mental Illness and the Stigma
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 5 children living in our country show signs or symptoms of a mental health disorder. ...
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evaluating personal change
Monday, October 21, 2019
During a recent meeting with one of our grant partners, we learned (among other things) about a new tool mental health and substance abuse practitioners can use to measure how well...
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International Day of the Girl
Monday, October 14, 2019
October 11 was International Day of the Girl, commemorated by this video from UN Women, a United Nations entity working toward equality and empowerment for women and girls worldwide....
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be aware of domestic violence
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, first recognized in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as a day to connect advocates...
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Priorities to Aid Women and the Economy Overall
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Women’s earnings and economic security are central to the health and well-being of all households and the overall economy. Here are a few policy priorities that will improve the economy for everyone:
1. Cut poverty in half by ensuring...
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DOLORES
Monday, September 16, 2019
Thank you to those who joined us this week to view DOLORES, the documentary about our INSPIRED speaker Dolores Huerta. Thanks, as well, to Drake student and Chrysalis intern Jocelyn Rimes for planning and implementing this...
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We Can Do It- Overcoming Barriers
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
A 2017 study from the National Women’s Law Center looked into the challenges that face girls of color in achieving their education. Researchers surveyed over 1,000 girls...
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Project Achieve
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
We’ve always assumed that high school graduation is an opening to college and career. But new research has shown that fewer than half of students graduating from high school...
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Protecting Girls Mental Health
Friday, August 30, 2019
We’ve long known that it’s tough to be a teenager. It’s one of the major reasons we started Chrysalis After-School programs in 1998 – adolescence brings on such...
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Hidden Women in Science
Friday, August 30, 2019
There is a phenomenon known as the Matilda Effect that hurts many women in STEM fields. It is defined as the refusal to acknowledge scientific discoveries made by female...
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Giving Women More Business Power
Friday, August 30, 2019
The Working Mother Research Institute recently reported that although women hold 25% of executive suite positions at the 1,000 largest U.S. corporations, only 6% were CEOs – the others were as...
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Women's Fight for Equal Rights
Monday, August 26, 2019
August 26 is the day of the year that is designated as Women’s Equality Day in the United States. First established by Congressional Representative Bella Abzug in 1971, it...
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Fort Des Moines
Thursday, July 11, 2019
When the US entered World War 1 in 1917, training had just begun for new recruits. Although thousands of black Americans enlisted, the federal government attempted to limit the...
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Chrysalis Receives Support From Hy-Vee
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chrysalis Foundation Awarded $5,000 by Hy-Vee, Inc.
donation will provide support and services for women and girls in Central...
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Chrysalis: not your typical funder
Thursday, March 28, 2019
One of the key priorities we identify in our mission statement is “security” – for Chrysalis, this means physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral well-being. This may seem like a simple...
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A Closer Look at PTSD
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Chrysalis Foundation staff had the remarkable opportunity to attend the 2019 Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Symposium: Move Passion to Progress. We ran out of paper for note-taking, as every workshop and...
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