Program: How Melissa Ludtke fought for equal access for women sports journalists

by Kathi Santora | Mar 18, 2025

(March 18, 2025) In 1978, as a young sports journalist, Melissa Ludtke won a lawsuit for the right to be allowed in Major League Baseball locker rooms. Join the discussion on March 20 at 7:00 p.m. as she looks back on how she pioneered equal participation by women in...

Maryland Nonprofits: All invited to an urgent “Public Conversation on Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility”

by Kathi Santora | Mar 1, 2025

(March 1, 2025) Maryland Nonprofits is hosting an open community conversation about the importance of justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. Nonprofit leaders, foundations, civic leaders, elected officials, business leaders, and members of the...

Photographer Anne Calamuci focuses on +55 women in AGELESS CREATIVITY

by Kathi Santora | Feb 6, 2025

(February 6, 2025) “I turned 60 and became keenly aware of the negative, off-the cuff comments about women at that age on television, in movies and during talk show interviews. There’s some kind of mystique that once we turn a certain age that we have nothing...

We owe it to our foremothers to use our voice, programs and advocacy to fight for equality

by Kathi Santora | Feb 1, 2025

(February 1, 2025) Since inauguration day 2025, reports have emerged about massive proposed and actual funding cuts to services for vulnerable people; public slurs against people with disabilities; and cancellations of programs and observance days that honor women,...

See the future and nominate a promising student for the Maryland Young Women Leadership Award

by Kathi Santora | Jan 23, 2025

(January 23, 2025) From the Maryland Commission for Women: Do you know a young woman between the ages of 11 and 20 who has taken a leadership role to advance the rights of women and girls?  Maybe she has advocated for menstrual hygiene products in school or helped...