Advocacy
“Working together in a strategy for transformation”
WFET Community Engagement Committee
The Women’s Fund of East Tennessee (WFET) Community Engagement Committee works to illuminate the context within which the Fund carries out its mission of transforming the lives of low-income women and girls in East Tennessee. The Committee researches issues and opportunities through national, statewide, and regional networks, and works together to advocate and create programs that raise awareness and educate diverse audiences about our advocacy priorities impacting low-income women and girls in our 25-county service area.
Advocacy RESOURCES
“Can ALL Women Thrive in Tennessee? Ask Your Legislators”
Presented by Dr. Jeannine Carpenter
“Stay on Message: How Women Succeed As Advocates In Tennessee”
Presented by Sara Beth Myers.
Additional Resources
“Can Women Be Successful AND Happy in Male-Dominated Fields? – Different Pathways to the Top”
Presented by: Dr. Tracie Woidtke, University of Tennessee
“REGIONAL ECONOMIC PROSPERITY RELIES ON HOUSEHOLD HAVING AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE BROADBAND SERVICE”
Presented by: Amy Nolan, Knoxville Chamber
“Understanding ACEs and Trauma”
Presented by: Becky Haas
“EVERY WOMAN SELF-SUSTAINING IN THE DIGITAL AGE”
Presented by: Edyael Casaperalta
“COVID-19 and Domestic Violence & Sexual Violence”
Presented by: Kathy Walsh, TN Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence
“State of Our State”
Presented by: Shanna Singh Hughey, Think Tennessee