By Jillian Scannell VWW has participated as a host organization for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) since 2017. YLAI is a program of the US Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs that provides opportunities for young entrepreneurs and business owners… Read More
Bans off our Bodies Protest in Bennington, Vt By Vermont Works for Women The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The court ruled that a woman’s right to an abortion was implicit… Read More
Founded in 1987, VWW has been working hard for 35 years to ensure all Vermont women can achieve economic security through employment. Our history has been shaped from its inception by gutsy women committed to the notion that women’s choices about work should be their own—and not the product of… Read More
By Emily Neumann, VWW Intern Working with justice-involved women at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for the past nine months has been one of the most rewarding, eye-opening, amazing, and difficult experiences of my life. When I began college, I had no idea that this is where I wanted… Read More
By Jillian Scannell, VWW Development and Communications Coordinator A buzzword through this legislative session has been workforce development; what does that even mean? And there was a lot of talk about reproductive liberty, whatever happened with that? Don’t worry – there is a lot going on, but Vermont Works… Read More
Guest post by: Courtney Blasius, VWW Intern This report provides a basic overview of the changes in employment throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We are introduced to the report with the pointed statement: “In 2020 and 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic changed work. Parents and caregivers, mothers especially, racked up hours… Read More
Rosie’s Girls camp at Generator By Elaine Ezerins, Communications and Marketing Manager What are you passionate about? Female empowerment! The Ocean and its inhabitants! Mental Health and Neurodiversity! These were the responses of middle school youth participating in Vermont Works for Women’s Rosie’s Girls mini-camp at the… Read More
By: Marla Goldstein, VWW Youth Program Coordinator VWW is thrilled to be running Youth@Work for girls and gender-expansive students enrolled at Windham Regional Career Center (WRCC) this spring. This week we vision boarded and talked about our goals. VWW’s Youth Program Coordinator, Marla Goldstein began meeting monthly with… Read More
By: Maisie Howard, Director of Development and Communications Serve, Learn & Earn is a workforce development collaboration of Vermont Works for Women, Audubon Vermont, ReSOURCE, and Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. The group’s shared vision is for every Vermonter to have a viable pathway to employment and affordable education in… Read More
By Missy Mackin, Program Manager Vermont Works for Women (VWW) recently reached another milestone on November 19th when eleven women from Vermont, New York, Kentucky, and New Jersey graduated from the first Trailblazers session in Rutland. As part of our strategic goals to expand throughout Vermont, we were excited… Read More