Wednesday, March 5th was another reminder of how gathering is a vital component of community-centered growth. Thank you to over 300 of you who showed up for An Evening with CWL—both in person and online—and for sharing your evening with us. What a powerful way to celebrate the 2025 Women’s History Month theme, Moving Forward Together.
With your generous support, we raised $71,461 to invest in even more women and gender-expansive leaders.
Thank you.
We hope this gathering has left you inspired, connected and renewed. At the end of our program, Co-Director Jessica Mole Heilman shared a reflection that evokes a sense of the agency-in-action that CWL is all about; the last stanza from a Marge Piercy poem called The Low Road:
It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say We
and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.
May these words inspire the leader within us all, and may you lean in as WE continue this journey together.
We thank the many lovely humans who were part of the evening and are now out doing great things in our communities, including speakers:
- Nya Mbock,
- Co-Directors Vicki Reitenauer and Jessica Mole Heilman,
- Lisa Watson,
- Zoë Gamell Brown,
- Mariana Garcia-Medina,
- Alix Zimmermann,
- Elizabeth Howe,
- Khadija Davis,
- Debi Lorence,
- Nikita Vincent,
- Marilyn Maldonado Dominguez,
- Dr. Roberta Hunte,
- Mariana Garcia-Medina,
- Samantha Gladu,
- Lisa Kwon,
- Erin San Antonio,
- Sentilla Hawley,
- Sophia Retnani, and,
- Josey Wilson,
As well as a big congratulations again to former Oregon State Senator Ginny Burdick.
We’re so glad you’re part of this journey with us. We invite you to continue this momentum—whether by staying connected, spreading the word, or making an ongoing commitment to this work.