Cassandra Welchlin, director of the Mississippi Women’s Economic Security Initiative (MWESI), has been named the new co-convener and lead organizer of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable. In her new role, Welchlin will become part of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation’s network of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR). The BWR is the women and […]
Carol Burnett, MLICCI’s executive director, said the organization successfully secured a revisal in the state’s policy manual governing child-care regulations.
A free two-day conference designed to empower, transform and give a collective voice to women will be held in Natchez, MS. in Sept. 2016.
Mississippi advocates for women’s economic empowerment will be in Brazil in September 2016 as part of a global initiative to strengthen the movement for gender justice and women’s rights.
The election results have us in a brief moment of assessment. Our nation just elected a president who was endorsed by KKK groups and who demonstrated that he thinks of women as nothing more than sex objects to be assaulted for the pleasure of men. White Mississippians – both men and women – overwhelmingly voted in support of this.The […]
In Mississippi, we are the most religious state (Pew American Forum) and the worst in child well being (Kids Count). In Mississippi, we are accustomed to conservative Christianity being the only religion. In Mississippi, we have extreme racial disparities (16% of white children are poor while 50% of black children are poor). In Mississippi, poverty […]
The Mississippi Women’s Economic Security Initiative (MWESI) recently hosted its 2nd Annual Women’s Economic Security Policy Summit on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Hilton Garden Inn (former King Edward Hotel) in Jackson, MS. The event was held from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. The free summit was a state-wide gathering of advocacy leaders, community organizers, elected officials, state organizations and others […]
