Can you tell us about your role and how you became involved with this organization? I’m the Legislative Affairs Associate at WREN, where I focus on policy development, research, and legislative analysis.| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network
Can you tell us about your role and how you became involved with this organization? I have been with WREN since its inception, 9 years ago. I have been working in gender justice in SC for 20 years! Im currently WREN’s Chief Operating Officer—easy way to put it—it is my job to make sure WREN is internally living the values we fight for every day.| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network
WREN proudly supports these black-led organizations in South Carolina and their work:| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network
On June 19, 1865—two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation—enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom. This day, now recognized nationally as Juneteenth, stands as a powerful symbol of delayed justice and the ongoing pursuit of true liberation in the United States. At WREN, we understand … Continued| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network
Period poverty is the lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, handwashing facilities, or waste management.| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network
By Aisha Jones, Partnership and Engagement Associate, WREN Columbia Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) is a time to celebrate, uplift, and support Black mothers and birthing people. It’s also a time to come together as a community to push for change. In South Carolina, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than … Continued| Women's Rights & Empowerment Network