In this newsletter:

• Black Women’s Pay Equity Day Twitter Storm
• Free On-line English and Citizenship Class
• NY Hero Act Requires NY Employers to Adopt Airborne Infectious Disease Prevention Plan by August 5
• Investing in America’s Communities - $3 Billion in Federal Funding
• Coming Up at NPW
• Member Events 

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Twitter Storm Today, Tuesday, August 3!

Among full-time, year-round workers, Black women typically make just 63 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This disparity has only closed by 3 cents over the last thirty years, which means Black women are not projected to reach equal pay until the year 2130. The wage gap adds up to a typical loss of $24,110 a year and a staggering loss of $964,400 over a 40-year career. It means Black women have to work until August 3 this year to catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made last year alone. 

• Learn More: It’s Time to Pay Black Women What They’re Owed
• Read: Sister to Sister's Black Women's Pay Equity Day Fact Sheet

Let’s educate the community about these issues! Participate in the Twitter storm on Black Women's Pay Equity Day, today, August 3, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.

What you need to do: Between 2-3 PM today, log onto Twitter and use the graphic below as well as some of the hashtags.

#BlackWomensEqualPayDay #PowerHerNY #STSI #BWGCPayEquity #WestchesterCountyYouthBureau #WestchesterCountyOfficeforWomen #Westchesterchildrensassociation

NY Hero Act Requires NY Employers to Adopt Airborne Infectious Disease Prevention Plan by August 5

Find Information: 

• Summary and Details from the Department of Labor
• Legal Alert from Pro Bono Partnership

Free Online ESOL/Citizenship Class
Fridays, 1–3 PM, starting August 13

• REGISTER ONLINE BY AUGUST 5: bit.ly/esol-citiz-fall21 
• **REQUIRED ORIENTATION: Friday, August 6 | 1–3 PM on Zoom**
• CLASS SCHEDULE: Fridays, 1–3 PM on Zoom
• DATES: August 13–October 15, 2021
• ABOUT: Prepare for the U.S. Citizenship exam & interview while practicing English language skills in this online class. Classes meet on Zoom (zoom.us).
• NOTE: Classes are held in English & open to students at high beginner & intermediate levels. Students must live in or near New York City/Yonkers.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Brittney Wilcox at Brittney.Wilcox@catholiccharitiesny.org.

Investing in America’s Communities - $3 Billion in Federal Funding

Investing in America’s Communities, that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) will execute $3 billion through Investing in America’s Communities plan: 

• Build Back Better Regional Challenge ($1 billion) to revitalize local economies.
• Good Jobs Challenge ($500 million) to develop and strengthen regional workforce training systems.
• Economic Adjustment Assistance ($500 million) to help local communities plan, build, innovate, and put people back to work.
• Indigenous Communities ($100 million)
• Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation ($750 million) to revitalize the travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation industries.
• Statewide Planning, Research and Networks ($90 million) for state planning efforts and grants to build to extend technical assistance.

Register: EDA 101 and America Rescue Plan Overview sessions - July 27 and July 29.

For more information, visit www.eda.gov/ARPA.

Need a Letter of Support? Please email Megan Glander at Senator Schumer’s office: Megan_Glander@schumer.senate.gov

Coming Up at NPW

August 6: Nonprofit Virtual Forum with Congressman Mondaire Jones

August 11: Personal Finances: Money Management Tips for Nonprofit Direct Care and Support Staff - Presented by Hudson Valley Credit Union

August 18: Cancer Support Team - Summer Lunch & Learn

September 14: Avoiding a Crash at the Intersection of Federal, State, and Local Laws Requiring Time Off from Work

Member Events

August 4: 2021 Nonprofit State Session Debrief

Major wins, mini-wins, set-backs, and how nonprofits can engage in legislative advocacy at the state level for the 2022 session.

August 16: Pro Bono Partnership: Returning to the Office - Legal Issues Related to Vaccinations, Masks and Social Distancing

The Contemplative-Based Resilience Project of the Garrison Institute is an experiential skill-building program that will help you develop practices that enhance and sustain physiological and psychological resilience so that you may “be well to serve well.” 

Anchored by the ABCs of Resilience— Awareness, Balance and Connection—the CBR curriculum includes a toolkit of skills to manage stress and improve self-care, self-awareness, creative thinking and concentration. By equipping professional service providers with skills to cultivate personal resilience, whole communities are strengthened, moving our society toward a resilient future. These program offerings are available to Westchester nonprofit organizations and their staff members at no cost. This program is made possible by a generous grant from the Westchester Community Foundation, a division of The New York Community Foundation.

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