Events

JUNE

June 18: Modern Mid Summer Wine Tasting
On June 18, more than 100 Eleanor Foundation supporters joined us for the 5th annual benefit to support the Foundation’s work to build innovative programs for Chicago’s working women and their families. The event was a big success.

Thank you to our generous friends and sponsors!

MAY

May 13: Community Briefing – Valuing Working Mothers: The Future of Our Communities
On May 13 the Eleanor Foundation released its latest commissioned research project, analyzing working women's economic status in the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas, including Chicago. Supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the briefing featured a report by principal researchers Dr. Gary Orfield of UCLA's Civil Rights Project/ Proyecto Derechos Civiles and Dr. Malcolm Bush from The University of Chicago's Chapin Hall. It also included a Q&A session moderated by Consuella Brown, of the Woods Fund of Chicago; and a panel discussion moderated by Rosanna Márquez, President of the Eleanor Foundation, with Kamilyn Baskerville, an Eleanor Woman, Anne Ladky of Women Employed, Maria Lin of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Sylvia Puente of the Latino Policy Forum.

Download the research reports and presentations. Or read the news coverage.

APRIL

April 29: Latinas on the Rise: Pathways to Economic Independence
Instituto del Progreso Latino and Mujeres Latinas en Acción convened an invitation-only program to frame the issue of financial self-sufficiency and independence for Latinas today. Rosanna Márquez, Eleanor Foundation President, was a featured panelist, along with experts on economic empowerment. The program also highlighted the Mujer Avanzando program launched with an Eleanor Foundation grant in 2007.