Women United’s 15th Anniversary Power of the Purse helps end poverty by closing financial gaps and creating opportunities for local women and families to succeed.
Power of the Purse is our region’s premier women’s empowerment event! For more than 15 years, United Way Women United’s Power of the Purse Brunch and Silent Auction presented by Hartford HealthCare has been a valuable opportunity for women and allies to expand their professional networks while giving back to their communities. By participating in this year’s event, you are ensuring that our neighbors receive job training, financial education and savings opportunities.
Power of the Purse is best known for its fun and dynamic silent auction featuring fabulous purses, experiences and more; and, its impactful and inspirational program that leaves the audience bonded by powerful shared philanthropy. The funds raised at this event close gaps and create opportunities that help local women and families achieve financial security. Together, we are United to End Poverty.
Bestselling author, memoirist, and economic justice advocate – debuted her memoir “Maid” as a recount of her harrowing saga as a single mom navigating the poverty trap. Land’s second memoir “Class” picks up where “Maid” left off as she faced the new challenges of being a poor college student and single parent.
Land writes about economic and social justice, domestic abuse, chronic illness, and motherhood, and has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The New York Review of Books, among many other outlets. A writing fellow at the Center for Community Change, she has worked with Barbara Ehrenreich at the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She is an arts and entertainment ambassador for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which works to build respect, recognition, and rights for more than 2.2 million nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers who do the essential work of caring for our loved ones and our homes. She is at work on her third book, The Privilege to Feel.
For more information about Stephanie Land, please visit her on Substack, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and at stepville.com.
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