Lift IOWA: News briefs – Week of June 22
Groups partner to recognize child care providers as essential: The Iowa City Area Business Partnership and the Iowa Women’s Foundation have joined forces to launch CAREforce for our WORKforce, a campaign to increase the recognition of child care providers as essential, professional workers. Through the campaign, community leaders will work to identify solutions to child care issues, and will also help child care centers increase their workforce and continue to provide care through the coronavirus pandemic.
Hall-Perrine names Julie Johnson as executive director: The Hall-Perrine Foundation in Cedar Rapids recently announced Julie Johnson as its new executive director. She started her role June 8, taking over for Echo Batson, who had served in the role since 2018. Johnson is a graduate of Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids and previously worked for Aegon Transamerica for nearly 25 years, including nearly nine years with the Aegon Transamerica Foundation.
LGBTQ Legacy Leader Awards presented last week: In partnership with One Iowa, our colleagues at dsm Magazine recognized LGBTQ leaders who demonstrate leadership in their communities, serve as role models and mentors to others, and contribute to the appreciation and recognition of cultural diversity in Iowa. LGBTQ Legacy Leader Award honorees were celebrated last week and profiled in dsm Magazine. This year’s women honorees are Alexandra Gray, Des Moines, actress/performer and activist; Eileen Gebbie, Ames, minister of the United Church of Christ; and Jan Jensen, Iowa City, associate head coach of women’s basketball at the University of Iowa.
Sages Over 70 announced: dsm Magazine recently announced this year’s Sages Over 70, six remarkable women and men who have made the Greater Des Moines community a better place through their leadership, mentorship, philanthropy and citizenship. This year’s women honorees include Allison Fleming, community volunteer and philanthropist, and Pam Williams, co-founder and director of the Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps. Read more about this year’s inspiring honorees in dsm’s September issue.
Mount Rushmore to portray suffrage, civil rights leaders: With everything else going on, it’s possible you may have forgotten 2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. In honor of the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote, the “Look Up To Her” initiative will project the images of 14 suffrage and civil rights leaders on Mount Rushmore later this summer. Leaders will be projected in pairs flanking Mount Rushmore’s four presidents in several-minute increments.
Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants to organizations with “transformational” ideas for improving gender equality.
Last week, six women filed a lawsuit against USA Swimming, alleging that the organization failed to protect them from sexually predatory coaches in the 1980s.
Starting in 2022, the Oscars will impose a diversity and inclusion requirement for films’ eligibility for the awards.
White women handed over their Instagram accounts to black women recently as part of the #ShareTheMicNow campaign to amplify black voices.
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