Trinity College proudly announces the establishment of the Trinity Institute for Women’s Leadership, an academic center devoted to teaching, learning and research on issues of concern to women, as well as the leadership dynamics necessary to influence the future conversation about those issues in both public and private arenas.

As the only woman-centered university in the nation’s capital, Trinity has a particular sense of responsibility to ensure that women are effectively educated to participate in shaping the policies and programs that will impact their children, families and communities in the future. Trinity also takes as its special mission the commitment to educate women for significant leadership roles in corporations, public and private civic associations, and public office, both elected and appointed.

The Trinity Institute will carry out Trinity’s educational commitments in these ways:

• Lectureships and symposia on issues such as health care, Social Security and Medicare,
  educational reform, pay equity and equal protection in the workplace, Title IX, international women’s education and human rights policy, and similar public policy topics of particular concern
  to women, children and families;
  
  
• Education and training programs specifically designed to promote women’s organizational and advocacy skills, focusing on grassroots organizing, community participation, media and
  communications, lobbying and campaign management;
  
  
• Summer workshops and extended programs for high school girls interested in leadership
  development, including internships in the federal sector;
  
  
• Using the special advantages of the presence of the federal sector in Washington, conducting
  workshops and training programs for women from around the nation who wish to learn more
  about the link between state and local government, and federal policies and funding;
  
  
• Special topics programming focusing on agencies or organizations that affect particular issues,
  for example, NIH and women’s health organizations, EPA and urban environmental concerns, AARP and retirement security, and similar focused programs.

The Trinity Institute is a non-partisan academic center welcoming robust conversation, constructive debate and broad thinking about contemporary issues and policies of interest to women, and ways to build women’s leadership capacity nationally and internationally. Trinity invites funding partners to sponsor programs and events for the Institute, and opportunities to establish named chairs, lectureships and scholarship funds are also available.

For further information about the Trinity Institute for Women’s Leadership, please contact:

President Patricia A. McGuire
Trinity College
125 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20017
202/884-9050
president@trinitydc.edu

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