Our "Because of Her" video series highlights the very real and impactful ways that strong women shape our lives. Here, Pam talks about how her grandmothers inspired her with their constant perseverance and positivity.
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Women of Cincy, a community organization dedicated to celebrating and connecting local inspiring women, is searching for a graphic design resident to join our team. Applicants should be a detail-oriented self-starter with a passion for both the Cincinnati community and excellent aesthetics.
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Confident and decisive are two words that I would definitely not use to describe myself. I’m infamous for dragging out decisions about everything from what I wear to the grocery store to what I should “do with my life.” I second guess everything.
But in the face of my usual method of agonizing over every decision, I decided to get my hair chopped to a pixie cut on a Sunday, and I got it done five days later.
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We chatted with Lourdes Ward on a drizzly Saturday morning in her office in West Chester. The Director Emeritus of Reach Out Lakota sits at her desk, “a nice one from Costco” that she says is a bit of an improvement over the green metal table in between clothing racks that she used when she first became director of the pantry 25 years ago.
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A little over a year ago, Women of Cincy got its start at the 2017 Women’s March in Washington Park. We showed up to tell stories, and though we’ve since redefined our mission, we’re still telling stories today.
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On Wednesday, January 17th, The Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition hosted a community forum to discuss the history of homelessness, communicate their 2018 advocacy plan, and answer questions from locals about the homelessness crisis in Hamilton County.
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Our "Because of Her" video series highlights the very real and impactful ways that strong women shape our lives. Here, Kate Yeager shares how her thesis advisor taught her to push through and go for what you believe in.
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Walking into the Wave Pool art gallery, temporary home for The Welcome Project, I was greeted by a flurry of activity. Sheryl Rajbhandari, her mother Shirley Richards, volunteers, and a group of refugee women meet there every Monday through Thursday for what they call “girl time.” Everyone is happy, laughing, and smiling as they participate in the week’s sewing project, creating passport covers for the Pasaporte Program, which processes passport applications for children who are unable to do so themselves. You can feel the camaraderie, even though many of the women don’t speak English.
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Sometimes the best things happen by accident.
Around 6 a.m. on January 20, 2017, I woke up feeling unsettled. A divisive election had come and gone, but it felt like an unprecedented cloud of negativity was only just starting to gather. Even friends and families who would usually put their differences aside were attacking one another. What ever happened to simply seeing one another as people?
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On the first day of the Applehead City Pet’s holiday pop-up shop in Crafts and Vines in Mainstrasse, we met up with the business’s creator, Desh Rain. We learned a little more about the woman behind this holistic, vegan dog brand that is all over Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati.
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Our "Because of Her" video series highlights the very real and impactful ways that strong women shape our lives. Here, Amanda Graves talks about a woman at City Gospel Mission who showed her tough love.
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Our "Because of Her" video series highlights the very real and impactful ways that strong women shape our lives. Here, Nelson Pierce, Sr. talks about the passion he saw while working on Yvette Simpson's campaign.
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As the first real snowflakes of the year float down from the sky, I hurry through the overcast cold to the warmth of Northside’s The Listing Loon. Kate Wakefield, a local musician specializing in operatic vocals and haunting cello chords, is at the bar chatting with the bartender, who also happens to be her bandmate in her punk electric cello duo, Lung.
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Reflecting on this past fall semester of my senior year, I had the privilege to work alongside a similarly passionate and outgoing group of "lady bosses" at Women of Cincy. We joked throughout calling me the "guinea pig," being the first ever intern they've had, as I got to test out the various tasks and story ideas.
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Ladies, Wine & a bit of Design is the brainchild of NYC-based designer, art director, illustrator, and creative agency partner Jessica Walsh.
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Our "Because of Her" video series highlights the very real and impactful ways that strong women shape our lives. Here, Stephanie Miku talks about someone who expected more of her.
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