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all topics education empowerment equality public policy safety securityToxic 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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Memorial Day and Women's Involvement in War
Friday, June 12, 2020
Memorial Day: a day to honor the brave women and men who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Over 1,340,000 Americans have died in conflict, ranging from...
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Using a Gender Lens with the Black Lives Matter Movement
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Mourners recently paid respects to George Floyd, killed by police last week, during a memorial service amid rising tension about racial injustice, police brutality, and the centuries-long...
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Women Leadership
Friday, June 5, 2020
In a New York Times interview, former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Powers (pictured) was asked to comment on women’s leadership, how it has excelled in this time of crisis, and what...
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Memorial Day and Women's Military Involvement
Thursday, May 28, 2020
On Monday we celebrated Memorial Day, a day to honor the brave women and men who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Over 1,340,000 Americans have died...
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Moms During Covid-19
Thursday, May 21, 2020
NowThis, an online video news site, provides information and updates on current events. It posted this entertaining video on Mother’s Day to recognize how moms...
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Mental Health Awareness Month
Thursday, May 14, 2020
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, recognized each year to combat the stigma, educate the public, and provide support to persons struggling with mental illness and their families. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one...
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Signal for Help Campaign
Monday, May 11, 2020
As we know, April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and 2020 raised concern for potential uptick in incidents of sexual and domestic assault due to home confinement caused by COVID-19.
Living with an abusive partner...
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Women and Their Accomplishments
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Earlier this month a new miniseries entitled “Mrs. America” debuted, recounting the story of Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative activist who led a fight against passage of the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s. This...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Monday, April 20, 2020
Every 73 seconds, a person in the United States is sexually assaulted. Every 9 minutes, that victim is a child.
These startling statistics calls attention to...
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Women's History Month
Thursday, March 26, 2020
As you know, March is Women’s History Month, and Sunday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. In our newsletter, Chrysalis Connection, you learned that this year’s theme for International Women’s Day...
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The Chrysalis Foundation's Response to COVID-19
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
With rapidly-changing warnings about the effect of the coronavirus (which causes the respiratory illness Covid-19), we’re all tuned in to the CDC and public health...
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Part of the Problem: Redlining
Monday, March 16, 2020
Much like the rest of our country, racism and racist practices were prevalent in law and social code in Iowa long before Iowa became a state. In 1838, Iowa adopted the...
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The Escalating Problem of Child Sex Abuse Imagery
Friday, February 28, 2020
Last fall, The New York Times issued a series of articles about the rapidly-escalating evil of child sex abuse imagery across the internet. “The images are horrific. Children, some just 3...
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Human Trafficking: It's Right Here
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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Dangers for Children Online
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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