GIVING CIRCLE.

FOCUS FOR 2024: REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY

Addressing the inequity in access to reproductive care that disproportionately impacts low-income people and people of color.
Newly released data shows that maternal mortality has doubled in the United States. We are going to explore how we can center women’s reproductive health—to benefit women, their families, and our community. Together, we learned how to help increase access to care that will make a difference by allowing women to be healthy, make decisions about their bodies, plan their families and ultimately fully participate in our communities.

Donations Ranged from $30 - $5,000

resulting in:

$30,000 raised by 70 members

Funding Awarded
  Mutual Aid Hartford - $10,000
  Diaper Bank - $7,500
  Reproductive Equity Now - $7,500
  Planned Parenthood of Southern New England - $5,000

FOCUS FOR 2023:
Women in the Workplace: Moving from Covid to Economic Security

The 2023 Aurora Women's Giving Circle focused on the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on working women. Members asked the question: "How can we help women in the workforce coming out of the pandemic?"  The continuing concentration of women, especially women of color, in low-wage service jobs means they struggle to support their families, especially with the rising costs of everyday essentials, as well as expensive and hard-to-find childcare. Large numbers of women left the workforce during the pandemic, and we may lose the hard-earned gains that we’ve been working on in corporate America. This could lead down a path where we see even more inequality in the workplace.