by Fatima van Hattum | Oct 24, 2019 | News from the Fund
NewMexicoWomen.Org recently made $100,000 in grants to organizations and initiatives serving adolescent girls of color through our 2019-2020 Adolescent Girls of Color Grant Cycle! Data indicates that adolescent girls of color face significant systemic barriers to...
by Fatima van Hattum | Oct 22, 2019 | News from the Fund
In NMW.O’s 2017 report, The Heart of Gender Justice in New Mexico, community partners noted that behaviors stemming from toxic masculinity have harmful consequences for women, as well as men. Given the role men and boys play in upholding and reproducing patriarchy, in...
by Fatima van Hattum | Oct 21, 2019 | News from the Fund
The Pueblo of San Felipe Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) held their Annual World Breastfeeding Day Event in August at the San Felipe Pueblo Black Mesa Casino Showroom. This year’s theme was, “Empowering Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”, and...
by Fatima van Hattum | Sep 24, 2019 | News from the Fund
By Kiran Katira, Vanessa Apodaca and the AYLI Team The Antiracist Youth Leadership Institute (AYLI) is a collaboration of community based organizations who collectively nurture anti-racist organizing skills of young people, while fostering wellness, networking, and...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jul 18, 2019 | News from the Fund
Recently, in a local coffee shop, I noticed that a young male barista had a tattoo on his forehead that read No Future. I began to wonder, what it means, in this political and cultural moment, to imagine a future? Has the future already been colonized? What’s more,...
by Fatima van Hattum | Jun 28, 2019 | News from the Fund
NewMexicoWomen.Org is excited to announce that from 2019 – 2021, our gender justice and healing work will include intentional support for organizations and programs specifically serving adolescent girls of color. We invite community partners from around the...
