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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Women's Publications - All Publications Spring 1-1-2004 Funding Women and Girls (2004 - Spring) Maine Women's Fund Staff Maine Women's Fund Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/maine_women_pubs_all Part of the History Commons, Public Administration Commons, Public Affairs Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Repository Citation Staff, Maine Women's Fund, "Funding Women and Girls (2004 - Spring)" (2004). Maine Women's Publications - All. 61. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/maine_women_pubs_all/61 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Women's Publications - All by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. funding women & girls Spring 2004 Newsletter of the Maine Women’s Fund VOTE! RUN! LEAD! partner with The White House Project hands-on way for women to build on this initiative, furthering the Fund’s strong networks in their communities work on women’s leadership develop­ — networks that will encourage more ment, especially for younger women. women to vote and consider careers in all levels of politics and government. The launch of Vote, Run, Lead is designed to provide a road map for the To make your pledge to vote n March, The White House Project issues Wilson raises in her new book, on November 2, visit Iannounced the kick-off of Vote, Closing the Leadership Gap: Why www.voterunlead.org. Run, Lead, a national nonpartisan Women Can and Must Help Run the initiative to ignite and mobilize the World, published by Viking Press. A To learn more about opportuni­ power of women’s votes and women’s culmination of over 30 years of Wilson’s ties to get involved in Vote, Run, voices. In the coming months, Vote, work on the frontlines of making Lead in Maine, visit the Maine Run, Lead will recruit 25,000 women to change for women and girls, the book Women's Fund website, participate in the November 2004 provides a close look at how women’s www.mainewomensfund.org. election, and will train and mobilize leadership will transform the essence of 1,000 women to become political leadership. The book explores the leaders. The multi-year initiative will challenges women face in closing the ''continue beyond the election in an leadership gap. IN THIS ISSUE effort to develop powerful future Letter from Page 2 women leaders across the country. A quick look at the facts tells the story. Internationally, the US ranks 57th in Karin Anderson ”We are extremely excited about women’s political leadership, behind Expanding "Z" Page 3 launching this multi-year women’s Slovakia and Burundi, and tied with leadership effort. By inviting women to Andorra. Of nearly 12,000 people to Women Standing Page 4 participate in this election and beyond, serve in Congress since its founding, Together and giving them the tools and support only 215 have been women. Even at they need to become leaders, we will the most basic level of participation — voting — the numbers are dishearten­ Personal Impact Page 5 transform democracy,” said Marie Statement Wilson, President of The White House ing. In the 2000 election, more than Project, when speaking to the Congres­ half of 18-34 year-old women did not vote — roughly 15 million women. How Much Should Page 6 sional Caucus on Women’s Issues on 1 Give Away March 24. “Vote, Run, Lead will help More than 11 million women did not ensure that women become a force in register, and nearly 4 million registered Great Happenings Page 7 government and public policy decision but did not vote. Indeed, 22 million making at every level across the single women — of any age — did not Thanks to our country.” vote; 16 million of those 22 million did Page 8 not even register to vote. Volunteers Maine is one of several states where Calendar of Events Page 9 Vote, Run, Lead will work at the Vote, Run, Lead will take aggressive grassroots level, featuring political steps to change this landscape and ,_ sleadership trainings, get-out-the-vote meet the challenges laid out in Wilson’s 2003 Donors Pgs 10-11 ictivities, voter registration, and local book. By combining traditional orga­ gatherings that will make women’s nizing at the local level with a national 2004 MWF Award Page 12 voices heard and women’s votes count. voice and a sweeping Internet cam­ Nominations The Maine Women’s Fund is proud to paign, Vote, Run, Lead provides a Dear Friends pril is the month of aperture, or Network now MAINE WOMEN'S FUND Aopening, and this feels like an apt includes 100 description at the Maine Women’s women in Board of Directors Fund. After a long, cold winter, we are their 20’s and Barbara S. Babkirk President opening to the possibilities that our 30’s who have mission promises - the full equality of participated in Lisa M. Rideout women and girls. What excites me a nine-month Idee President most is that we are opening to new program Moya A. Elliot partners in this quest, women who are dedicated to Treasurer proving that donor activism is conta­ exploring the Susan Dubuque gious. relationship between leadership and Secretary philanthropy, and what these things Two new groups of collaborators have mean to young women today. For the Connie Adler, M.D. crystallized over the past year, both of past 10 months, a group of 12 Network Kaitlin A. Briggs Jan Broberg Carter which have brought new dollars, graduates have been meeting to create Thorne C. Conley donors, and dedication to our work. their own “fund” at the Maine Women’s Harriet W. Duer Those of you who attended our Fund. Tapping their own network of Robin Lin Hodgskin Donna J. Maiorino Evening to Honor Maine Women and alumnae first, the group has raised over Sibyl Masquelier Girls last October know that a group of $18,000 towards a goal of $20,000 for a Darcie N. McElwee women business owners raised just grantmaking initiative that will be Rebekah J. Smith Elizabeth A. Tipper over $23,000 for our challenge, which launched in the fall. Contrary to the Celeste M. Viger ultimately netted more than $47,000 for popularly-held belief that young people our programs. This group - Women are apathetic to their neighbors and Staff Standing Together - indicated a desire communities, the New Girls’ Network Karin Anderson Executive Director for an ongoing relationship with the initiative demonstrates that young Fund after last year’s fundraising women are quite eager to make a Liz Anderson success. Incorporating some new ideas difference, in their own way - and that Associate Director generated by last year’s participants, we they bring creativity and freshness to Bev Wellman have invited our women business fundraising. Executive Coordinator supporters to join with us again this Advisory Council year - and their responses to date have You can read more about both of these Ellen V.P. Wells, Chair already raised nearly $19,000 to support initiatives in this newsletter - and many Madeleine G. Corson our grantmaking for women’s economic other exciting events on the horizon. Joanne D’Arcangelo empowerment! We are delighted by We are energized by our widening Joel D. Davis Jane Holt DeFrees the interest that women in business circles of supporters and hope that you Jean M. Deighan have in coming together with a com­ share our enthusiasm. Thank you for Mimi Dunn mon voice and shared vision to benefit all you do to support our important Richard C. Kennedy Jana Lapoint Maine women and girls. If any of you work. Doug Malcolm are interested in knowing more about Merle R. Nelson the benefits of participating in Women P. Andrews Nixon Richard L. Pattenaude Standing Together, please contact me. William J. Ryan Joan Benoit Samuelson The second group of new collaborators Carol Wishcamper with the Maine Women’s Fund is our Maine Women’s Fund very own New Girls’ Network. The 565 Congress Street, #306 P.O. Box 5135 Portland. ME 04101 Newsletter contributors Phone (207) 774-5513 Karin Anderson, Liz Anderson, Carol Andreae Fax (207) 774-5533 Will Childs, Pauline Curtis, Shaye McGann Robbins, Betsy Tipper, Bev Wellman [email protected] www.mainewomensfund.org Layout Printing margolis pineo concept copy & design Dale Rand Printing 2 Newsletter of the Maine Women’s Fund Expanding "Z" Shaye McGann Robbins • New Girls Class of '02 ast spring Anna Kent, New Girls class of ’03, wrote about Feminism Lwith a “Z” for the MWF newsletter. In her article, Anna defined the ‘zen’ of the New Girls’ Network as “... using our intuition and capacity for self understanding to achieve power and connection... taking what we learn about ourselves, our organizations and Laurie Geltman, Donna Gasparjarvis, Heidi-Anne Loughlin our capacity for change to set the ment the process of dispersing the agenda for the next generation of funds we have given and raised. philanthropists... the beauty of femi­ nism with a ‘z’ is that it involves The mission of the New Girls as participation on many fronts in struc­ Grantmakers is to “create community of tured and unstructured ways.” Pro­ donor activists dedicated to supporting phetically, Anna noted that participating the visions of individuals, groups, and in the New Girls’ Network made her organizations that improve the lives of want to do more. These words de­ young women and girls in Maine.” On Rebekah Smith, Andi Summers, scribe beautifully the evolving process March 11, we held the first of what we Lindsay Cadwallader of the New Girls as Grantmakers believe will become the most widely fundraising and grantmaking efforts.

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