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Past Events

Promotional flyer for the Girls R.I.S.E. Symposium, featuring smiling young women in purple shirts and a group photo. Event offers interactive workshops for girls ages 12-18.

May 02, 2026

Girls R.I.S.E. Symposium 2026

A woman stands at a podium speaking to an audience at an indoor event. The podium has a Women & Girls sign, and colorful flowers and large decorative shapes frame the stage.

Nov 13, 2025

Vision in Action: The Community Fund for Women & Girls 30th Anniversary Celebration (RECAP)

Side-by-side portraits of two women, one with long curly hair in a blazer and pearls, the other with short dark hair in a red patterned top, both set against a colorful abstract background.

Oct 23, 2025

A Legacy of Her Own: How Women Won the Right to Own, Inherit and Bequeath Property

Three women are shown in individual portrait photos, side by side, against a colorful graphic background with red, pink, yellow, and green shapes resembling flowers and leaves.

Jun 16, 2025

Growing Into Philanthropy: Choice and Impact

Six women stand smiling on a stage in front of a screen displaying “DISRUPTED” and “Disrupting the Inequities Facing Women in Our State.” Chairs and small tables are arranged behind them in an auditorium setting.

Nov 14, 2023

Disrupting Gender Inequity (RECORDED)

White text on a purple background reads, The Community Fund for Women & Girls with a stylized figure of a person incorporated above the words.

Nov 02, 2022

Reproductive Rights: Access and Advocacy (RECORDED)

Three women are pictured in separate headshots, each facing the camera and smiling. The backgrounds are plain, and each woman has a distinct hairstyle and clothing style.

Dec 06, 2021

Women, Work and Equity (RECORDED)

A woman with long, dark, curly hair wears a black and white outfit, smiling warmly with bright red lipstick, against a plain light grey background.

Jun 16, 2021 - Jun 16, 2021

What Women Want: Priorities and Economic Impact (RECORDED)

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Nov 16, 2020 - Nov 16, 2020

Donor Briefing: Interrupted: Women, Work and COVID-19 (RECORDED)

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