The latest news, analysis and opinion on the state of low-income women and their families from Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity. For the week ending 9/10/2010: Meet “Girlzilla,” the robot created by a group of young women in New York. Plus, an initiative by one women’s fund to raise money and awareness.
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Here’s this week’s news:
·An initiative by the Cincinnati’s Women Fund, 1,000 Women Strong, aims to raise $240,000 in order to create awareness of women’s issues as well as award grants to local women and girls facing homelessness and domestic abuse, as reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
·The New York Times interviews a group of young teens about their robot “Girlzilla,” a project sponsored by the Lower East Side Girls Club, which teaches entrepreneurial and technical skills to girls from low-income families.
·The Times-Picayune profiles Keeshler Pittman, who, in honor of her mother’s dedication to helping the homeless, has opened the New Life Women’s Center to assist abused women and their children.
·Patrick and Libby White, two residents at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, have started a program to educate the homeless on health issues at Gateway 180, the largest 24-hour emergency shelter for single women and families in Missouri, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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