Our Transformative Power: Supporting Mothers, Strengthening Workforce

YW Boston, in partnership with Listen to Your Mothers, invites you to a community centered workshop specifically catered to empowering parents, mothers, and especially mothers of color to advocate for equitable spaces in Massachusetts.

This mini-conference is a chance to be in community with folks committed to learning about or changing this challenge of workplace inclusion for mothers.

We will hear from a panel of parents, experts, advocates, and leaders in this space with lived and professional experience of making more equitable workplaces for parents. Our presenters and facilitators bring years of experience both personally and professionally advocating for the rights of parents, especially mothers of color in Boston and Massachusetts.

*Participants of all genders, ethnicities, and caregiving status are welcome. We know change does not happen in a vacuum and we welcome those who are curious, allied, aligned, or in a position to make change to come and learn with us even if they may not necessarily identify as a parent, mother, or person of color.

Join us this spring!

Tuesday, April 7th

9:30 am – 1:00 pm

Light breakfast and coffee provided

Location: City Year Boston HQ

Lavine Civic Forum

287 Columbus Avenue

Boston, MA 02116

What do you hope to gain by attending this event?

Which workshop would you like to attend?

Workshop A: Our Work, Our Worth: Advocacy for Mothers
Tools and resources for self-advocacy, empowerment, and agency at the individual level.
With Renee Omolade and Leslie Forde

Workshop B: What Work Could Be: Policy, Care, and the Future of Mothers

How to create a more inclusive workplace for parents at the workplace level.
With Sebastian Molano and Miriam Rubin

Workshop C: Raising Voices, Raising Standards: Policy Advocacy for Working Moms

Participants will collectively reimagine what strong parental policy could look like at the state and federal level

With Brianna Savage and Adriana Raines from YW Boston

No preference

In your opinion, what are the three greatest challenges to the success of working mothers, particularly working mothers of color, in Greater Boston?

No experience is necessary, but if you had to describe your level of advocacy and public policy experience what would choose?

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Additional thoughts or concerns:

This series is offered free of charge to our community partners and supporters.

As a nonprofit, we rely on the generosity of our community to sustain this work. If you’re able, we invite you to sponsor the event series, or consider making an optional $25 donation to help offset the costs of producing the Our Transformative Power series.

You can make your gift to YW Boston here.

Thank you sincerely for your consideration, and we hope to see you soon!

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