SAVE THE DATE for our webinar on 10/6 from 3– 4 pm to learn the findings from our recently released report, "Navigating the Maze: Challenges in Healthcare Career Advancement". RSVP: ow.ly/WAS450WS29e This report was made possible by the generous support of JPMorganChase. #HealthcareCareers

Senate Republicans changed Senate Rules to allow confirmation of Trump’s nominees in batches by a simple majority vote making it easier to quickly confirm unqualified loyalist candidates. WE continues to advocate for transparent & comprehensive vetting & approval processes for presidential nominees.

New Census data shows men’s earnings AGAIN grew faster than women’s in 2024—widening the wage gap for the 2nd year in a row. 😡 The result? Thousands of dollars lost each year for women and their families. Read IWPR’s full statement: iwpr.org/iwprs-new-na... #NewCensusData #EqualPay #WageGap

We invite you to join us for our joint Advocacy & Marketing Council Fall Kick-Off Social next WED 10.17 from 5:30–7pm. This in-person-only gathering will take place at Women Employed’s office, at 67 E. Madison, Ste 2000, Chgo, IL. Registration is required:https://ow.ly/UBPw50WQBYU by 9.15!

This fall, our ASPIRE Project will host 3 webinars as part of a preview of our Developmental Academy, set to begin in January '26. Join Women Employed & Almy Education for the 1st webinar on FRI, 9.12 at 1pm CT led by ASPIRE math consultant Dr. Kathleen Almy. Register here: ow.ly/J9pP50WOm8H

Today is Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Women's Equal Pay Day. On average, NHPI women earn just 61¢ for every $1 dollar paid to men. 🤔 Today Women Employed is demanding action from policy makers and systems leaders: disaggregate the data, enforce equal pay, and strengthen worker protections.

Today is #WomensEqualityDay, the 105th anniversary of #The19thAmendment, which granted some women the right to vote, but not for millions of Women of Color. Make sure you are registered to #VOTE here: www.vote.org/am-i-registe... And then, #VOTE in EVERY election! We can’t afford not to!

Did you know? Black women-owned businesses generate $98.3 billion in revenue: ow.ly/zeK950WJTgM To every Black woman dreaming of starting her own biz, join our WE Hub, a platform built to walk with you every step of the way, here: ow.ly/mceb50WJTgN #WorldEntreprenuersDay #BlackBusinessMonth #WEHub

On Friday, WE's Cherita Ellens joined a roundtable event hosted by ‪ @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov. “Standing Up for IL: Protecting Women” featured experts focusing on the effects of Trump’s actions on women, & how IL is forging a better path. 🎥 Event video: multimedia.illinois.gov/ioci_vid/Arc...

Last Friday, Women Employed's Women's Entrepreneurship Hub & Mujeres Latinas en Accion co-hosted #SHESolidarity2025, a bilingual summer gathering for women entrepreneurs from across Chicagoland. To learn more about the WE Hub reach out to WE Hub Manager, Raven Hargest at [email protected].

WE are deeply concerned that E.J. Antoni has been nominated to be the next commissioner at the US Dept of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. His record of making inaccurate and misleading statements about economic data show a dangerous disregard for truth. More from @thehill.com: ow.ly/mKYQ50WFvvO

Tomorrow, join IL LG Juliana Stratton at the Will County Public Health Department, Friday, 8/15, from 10:15-11:30 am., for Standing Up for Illinois: Protecting Women Roundtable, including @womenemployed.bsky.social's, President & CEO, @cheritaellens.bsky.social. RSVP today: bit.ly/StandingUpForWomen

🚧 CAUTION: AI is advising women & minorities to undervalue themselves—putting employers at risk if they follow suit. A new study found that AI advises women, minorities & others to ask for lower salaries than men. Read more here: bit.ly/47lDJpx #AI #EqualPay #CodedBias

From flexible job design to paid leave to better support for part-time & shift workers, WABE 90.1 FM highlights why supporting working parents is essential for a strong economy. Listen 🎧 to the podcast "Supporting working parents can fix the economy. Here’s how." ➡️https://ow.ly/lwSX50WBFe2

The Voting Rights Act turns 60 — but its promise is still under threat 19thnews.org/2025/08/voti... via @19thnews.org

#WomenEntrepreneurs across Chicago—this one’s for you. 💫 Join the WE Hub & our partners 🤝🏽 Mujeres Latinas en Acción for #SHEsolidarity 2025! 📅 Date: Fri August 8th ⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM 📍 Location: The Graff Studio, 3527 W Grand Ave, Chicago 🔗 Register TODAY: ow.ly/YxRt50Wqcwe #SaveTheDate

🚨TAKE ACTION TODAY 🚨 The vote on Andrea Lucas’ nomination for a 2nd term on the EEOC is headed to the full Senate floor any day now!! We need you to TAKE ACTION now by contacting your senators to DEMAND they OPPOSE Lucas for the EEOC: ow.ly/zspv50WxvYU #EEOC #VOTENO #TAKEACTION #EquityForAll

Did you hear? #SalaryTransparency is the law in Illinois! 💰Women Employed has partnered 🤝🏽 with Salary Transparent Street, with support from our friends at the @nwlc.org, to get the word out. 🎉 Check out the video, make sure YOU know your #EqualPay rights, and SHARE to spread the word: bit.ly/4lw9Kjf

Today is #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay & the 35th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilityAct (ADA). Leave under the #ADA is unpaid but WE is championing the Illinois Family & Medical Leave Insurance Act, a bill that would provide IL workers w/ #PaidLeave. Learn more here: ow.ly/1Wtj50WvFgR

A report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows that Black women working full-time year-round will lose more than $1 million over a 40-yr career compared to non-Hispanic white men. Those lost wages could have been a down payment on a home or retirement. Read more: ow.ly/qauC50WvseS

The @luminafoundation.bsky.social recently launched FutureReady States: A project to improve the value of workforce credentials. @womenemployed.bsky.social is proud to announce we're the IL state lead working in partnership w/ the National Skills Coalition. Learn more: bit.ly/3GFYd1G #CareerPathways

💫 Join the WE Hub & our partners 🤝🏽 Mujeres Latinas en Acción for SHEsolidarity 2025, a bilingual summer gathering rooted in sisterhood, strategy, & shared learning.✨ 📅 Date: Fri 8/8 ⏰ Time: 9:30AM – 2PM 📍 Location: The Graff Studio, 3527 W Grand Ave, Chgo 🔗 Register TODAY: bit.ly/SHEsolidarity2025

Join the Cook County Bar Association’s CLE | Power in the Paycheck: The Fight for Black Women’s Economic Justice featuring @ltgovstratton.illinois.gov, @womenemployed.bsky.social's President & CEO, @cheritaellens.bsky.social, Alexis White, MBA & Jennifer C. King. 📆Date: 7/24🎟️RSVP: ow.ly/B1ff50WtFhL

#SalaryTransparency is the law in Illinois! 💰@womenemployed.bsky.social has partnered 🤝🏽 with Salary Transparent Street, with support from @nwlc.org, to get the word out. 🎉 Check out the video, make sure YOU know your #EqualPay rights, and SHARE to spread the word: bit.ly/4lw9Kjf

#SalaryTransparency is the law in Illinois! @womenemployed.bsky.social has partnered with Salary Transparent Street, with support from @nwlc.org, to get the word out. Check out the video, make sure YOU know your #EqualPay rights, and SHARE to spread the word: bit.ly/4lw9Kjf #ShowMeTheMoney

📣 Think networking is awkward? Not after this. 😎 Join the WE Hub + SCORE Chicago TOMORROW to level up your networking game? Whether you're an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between—this one's for you. 💬💡 ⏰ Time: 5–6:30 PM 📍 Location: 🔗 Free on Zoom 📩 Sign up TODAY: ow.ly/l0zE50WqUEf

Women Entrepreneurs across Chicago—this one’s for you. 💫 Join the WE Hub & our partners 🤝🏽 Mujeres Latinas en Acción for #SHEsolidarity 2025! 📅 Date: Fri August 8, 9:30 AM CT ⏰ Time: 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM 📍 Location: The Graff Studio, 3527 W Grand Ave, Chicago 🔗 Register here: ow.ly/YxRt50Wqcwe 🧵⬇️

Your network is your net worth. 💬✨ Join Women Employed's WE Hub & SCORE Chicago for a hands-on webinar to help you build strong, strategic connections that last—online & off. 📅 Thu July 17, 5 PM CT ⏰ Time: 5 – 6:30 PM 📩RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us TODAY at 1pm CT for the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Virtual Power Table! 📍 Hosted by NCBCP’s Black Women’s Roundtable & the National Partnership for Women and Families 🤝 In partnership with the Equal Pay Today Campaign & NBWC RSVP: bit.ly.blackwomensequalpaydaypowertable

It's #BlackWomensEqualPayDay! When looking at all earners, Black women earn just 64 cents to a white man’s dollar. The Trump Admin’s attacks on workplace agencies & protections, & on diversity, equity, & inclusion, will widen that gap. Join a social media storm at 1pm CT!

Your network is your net worth. 💬✨ Join Women Employed's WE Hub & SCORE Chicago for a hands-on webinar to help you build strong, strategic connections that last—online & off. 📅 Thu July 17, 5 PM CT ⏰ Time: 5 – 6:30 PM 📩RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On 6/24 WE joined the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition to host "Equal Pay: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, & Empowering the Future." The event featured a screening of LILLY, a film about the life & legacy of #LillyLedbetter, whose courage & determination sparked a movement for #EqualPay.

Join the South Asian American Policy & Research Institute & South Asian American Justice Collaborative on 7/10 at 5pm for Workplace Discrimination & Legal Protections in a Changing Landscape—a virtual panel including our EVP of Policy, Programs, & Research, Sharmili Majmudar. RSVP: ow.ly/fCTI50WlmuG

The passage of Trump’s cruel budget reconciliation bill deals a devastating blow to the wellbeing, health, and hopes of millions of Americans, with a particularly deep impact on women and families. #ForTheCommonGood #Defend #Advance #Protect

After passing the Senate, the House will vote on the #BigBadBill next week. This is the same bill that cuts #Medicaid & #SNAP for millions of people, threatens the Child Tax Credit, could impact your ability to access & afford higher education, and much more. TAKE ACTION here: ow.ly/bxlp50WgXsT

Want to learn more about what we're up to? 👀Check out June's Where in the World is Women Employed here: ow.ly/Jmsu50Wi3Ak 📧 Be sure to subscribe to our emails here: ow.ly/TGxW50Wi3Aj 🏃🏽‍♀️ And follow us on social media & get involved here: ow.ly/9XwO50Wi3Ah #WITWIWE #WomenEmployed #GetInvolved

Raven Hargest, our WE Hub Manager, 1st connected w/ WE in '22 when she was part of The Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program (SLP). Here she talks about her experiences in the program & what it’s like to come full circle as a staff member. 🫶🏾 #SheSays: ow.ly/3Reh50WhUq8 #SLP #WEHub

Will you add YOUR name to @the75million.bsky.social? #ICYMI — Women Employed, along w/ partners across the country, is proud to launch #The75Million Project, a campaign to hold policy makers accountable & to support a national #WorkingWomen’s agenda. 🧵⬇️

After passing the House, the Senate will vote on the #BigBadBill next week. This is the same bill that cuts #Medicaid & #SNAP for millions of people, threatens the Child Tax Credit, could impact your ability to access & afford higher education, and much more. TAKE ACTION here: ow.ly/bxlp50WgXsT

The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to vote early TOMORROW morning on Andrea Lucas’ nomination as Chair of the #EEOC. The #EEOC is supposed to ensure equal opportunity for workers in the US, by enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination. 🧵⬇️

JOIN US TOMORROW for our June Advocacy Council meeting. This virtual meeting will feature a panel discussion with our Advocacy Council & the 2025 class of The Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program‼️ 📅 Date: WED | 6/25 🕛 Time: 12-1:30 pm CT RSVP: ow.ly/z4fQ50W2eYU

TOMORROW! Join the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition & WE for #EqualPay: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present & Empowering the Future on 6/24 | 5-8 pm. Featuring a screening of #LILLY & the announcement of the Barb Yong Scholarship Contest recipient!🎉RSVP TODAY: equalpaychicago.org/events

We’re proud to share that the75million.bsky.social Project launched today w/ An Open Letter to Working Women in the The New York Times signed by Women Employed & partner orgs: bit.ly/44C7Pm3 The letter draws a clear line: attacks on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are attacks on #WorkingWomen.🧵⬇️

We would like to invite you to join us for our June Advocacy Council meeting. This virtual meeting will feature a panel discussion with our Advocacy Council & the 2025 class of The Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program‼️ 📅 Date: WED | 6/25 🕛 Time: 12-1:30 pm CT RSVP: ow.ly/z4fQ50W2eYU

TUESDAY—join the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition & Women Employed for #EqualPay: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present & Empowering the Future on 6/24 | 5-8 pm. Featuring a screening of #LILLY & the announcement of the Barb Yong Scholarship Contest recipient!🎉RSVP TODAY: equalpaychicago.org/events

Let’s make this #Juneteenth a day of action to fight discrimination! The Senate HELP Committee is scheduled to vote in days on Andrea Lucas’ nomination as Chair of the #EEOC. The #EEOC is supposed to ensure equal opportunity for workers in the U.S., by enforcing laws prohibiting discrimination. 🧵⬇️

Today we’re joining our partners Coalition on Human Needs for a critical #NationalDayOfAction to demand the Senate reject cuts to human needs programs and protect health care & nutrition access for tens of millions of people! What can YOU do? First, read about the #BigBadBill here ow.ly/pPC750W4ZMe

#EqualPay 🟰 #EqualDignity. But right now, civil rights enforcement is under attack. EEOC leadership has openly refused to protect trans workers. We need action. We need accountability. Congress must restore and fund the agencies that protect us all. #LGBTQIAEqualPay #ProtectOurAgencies

Join @womenemployed.bsky.social & the Equal Pay Chicago Coalition for Equal Pay: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present, & Empowering the Future on 6/24 | 5-8pm. Watch a screening of the #LILLY movie & celebrate the winner of the Barb Yong Scholarship Contest! RSVP: equalpaychicago.org/events

On SAT 6/14— #FlagDay— join WE & our partner orgs for a rally in downtown Chgo as we come together to say #NOKINGS‼️ As a nationwide day of defiance, we’re standing together to say #NoThrones, #NoCrowns, #NoKings! 🕛 12–2:00 pm 📍 Daley Plaza, 👀 for the WE signs to find us❗ 🔗 RSVP: ow.ly/TLAM50W2Jcq