The Foundation in the News
2007 CLIPS

Cassandra West, director of communications
     cwest@cfw.org and (312) 577-2825
Laura Fletcher, communications associate
     lfletcher@cfw.org and (312) 577-2824

DECEMBER

Dec. 12: The Tides Foundation announced Chicago Foundation for Women as one of its Catalyst Fund grantees, to support reproductive justice led by women of color
Dec. 3: WGN Radio discussed how cuts to Cook County health services disproportionately impacts women and girls, after our press conference with Citizen Action Illinois and the Emergency Network to Save Cook County Health Services


NOVEMBER

Nov. 25: The Tinley Park Star (and neighborhood editions) printed our letter on comprehensive sex education versus abstinence-only programs
Nov. 25: Southtown Star ran our letter on comprehensive sex education versus abstinence-only programs in their Sunday guest columnists section
Nov. 22: Chicago Defender ran our letter on comprehensive sex education versus abstinence-only programs
Nov. 14: Chicago Sun-Times on Mary Morten receiving the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois’ “Women with Vision Award”
Nov. 14: Community Media Workshop’s eNotes mentioned the 2007 Founders’ Award application
Nov. 12: Chicago Sun-Times on the Foundation’s hiring a new Special Events and Annual Fund Manager, Mariah Cunnick
Nov. 6: Chicago Sun-Times column by Stella Foster mentions Mary Morten, a winner of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois’ “Women with Vision Award”

OCTOBER

Oct. 31: Daily Journal in Kankakee on Susy Schultz, former director of advocacy and communications at the Foundation, as their new managing editor and readership consultant for the SNG chain
Oct. 22: Chicago Defender runs op-ed from Hannah Rosenthal on Cook County’s human trafficking report
Oct. 20: Tinley Park Star prints op-ed from Hannah Rosenthal on Cook County’s human trafficking report
Oct. 11: Medill report on "Call to Action, Part 1" and domestic violence awareness month
Oct. 11: Chicago Defender story on our "Black Youth Project" panel, cosponsored by the Chicago Urban League
Oct. 9: Chicago Sun-Times column by Stella Foster on Women's Bar Association honor of Mary Morten
Oct. issue: Today's Chicago Woman magazine has Hannah Rosenthal as guest editor, features full-page ad thanking 22nd Annual Luncheon host committee and ran photos from luncheon


SEPTEMBER

Sept. 27: International Profit Associates announces sponsorship of 22nd Annual Luncheon
Sept. 20: Hoy discussion of Aurora Planned Parenthood and protests
Sept. 19: Windy City Times coverage of luncheon
Sept. 17: Mark Anthony Neal’s “Critical Noir” blog at VIBE magazine’s website
Sept. 13: Illinois Times reprint of Women's ENews story on "What Will It Take?"
Sept. 12: Windy City Times does Q and A with Kathy Najimy
Sept. 11: ABC 7 live morning news interview with Mary Morten about "What Will It Take?"
Sept. 11: WBBM-radio inteview of Susy Schultz on "What Will It Take?"
Sept. 11: PBS show "NOW" linked to "Call to Action, Part 1" from story on sexual assault of women in the military
Sept. 11: Illinois Radio Network, which airs on more than 50 stations statewide, interview of Susy Schultz on "What Will It Take?"
Sept. 11: Chicago Tribune full-page ad to thank luncheon sponsors

Sept. 10: 
ABC 7 Chicago ran a special segment on the evening news
Sept. 10: Women's eNews wire story of "What Will It Take?" 
Sept. 5: Chicago Sun-Times events listings of 22nd Annual Lunechon and Symposium
Sept. 4: Crain's Chicago Business named Hannah Rosenthal as one of Who's Who 2007 under nonprofits.
Sept. 1: Women's eNews weekly Cheers and Jeers column quotes Hannah Rosenthal on the feminization of poverty and new U.S. Census numbers. 

AUGUST

Aug. 30: WTTW public television's Chicago Tonight show, Hannah Rosenthal discusses the Census Bureau numbers and the feminization of poverty with John Bouman of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.  
Aug. 29:WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's morning show, Eight Forty-Eight, Hannah Rosenthal discusses the feminization of poverty on the release of the new U.S. Census Bureau numbers.
Aug. 24: Chicago Tribune obituary of former board chair, longtime friend and advocate Maria Mangual
Aug. 23: Crain's Chicago Business noted Mae Hong as new Board Chair at the Foundation after Lois J. Lipton's term ended this July.
Aug. 21: Hoy obituary of former board chair, longtime friend and advocate Maria Mangual
Aug. 19: Chicago Tribune People in Business notes Mae P. Hong is the new board chair.

JULY

July 23: Chicago Defender on “Margaret Garner” opera.
July 22: WLUW 88.7 FM hour-long, two-person interview on violence against women
July 19: Foundation listed as local collaborator of “Margaret Garner” opera
July 7: Chicago Tribune obituary on Eleanor Petersen, longtime Foundation supporter
July 4: Chicago Sun-Times QT column quotes the Tuesday Blast on celebrating women's right to vote.
July: Today’s Chicago Woman’s “July To Do” lists the Foundation’s African American Leadership Council’s fundraiser performance of “The Color Purple” on July 12

JUNE

June 28: Letter to the editor on the state budget. Appeared in 11 editions of The Star newspaper, covering 23 suburban communities.
June 25: WCKG radio hosts Stan and Terry promote “Art and Media” event
June 24: Chicago Tribune letter to the editor on Duke sexual assault case
June 24: DeKalb Daily Chronicle editorial in favor of WWIT, ending: “What will it take? It will take us.”
June 20: The MidWeek News lists June 21 DeKalb town hall in “This Just In” column
June 19: Jewish Women International, Hannah to be named one of the “Women to Watch” in December  
June 13: DeKalb County Chronicle, advance story on town hall meeting
June 13: Chicago Defender: Art Sims column. Long wrap-up on Jill Scott concert
June 7: Pioneer Press: Sidebar and picture coverage in all 50 editions about the Jill Scott concert
June 7: N’the Loop column, N’Digo magazine: Jill Scott concert
June 4: Chicago Defender, congrats to Sylvia Ewing and her connection to CFW.
June 2: Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter, Jill Scott
June 1: Near West Gazette, coverage of Young Women’s Leadership town hall

MAY

May 31: Nomadic Contours of an Assimilated Life blog: study on uninsured women
May 31: N’the Loop column, N’Digo, Jill Scott concert top listing
May 27: Trinity United Church of Christ newsletter, Jill Scott
May 24: N’the Loop column, N’Digo magazine: Jill Scott concert
May 23: Chicago Free Press, Lesbian town hall meeting story
May 17: Lawndale News (both English and Spanish editions) health care study
May 15: Community Media Workshop newsletter: write up on CFW-created panel, “Putting Women’s Issues on the Front Page.”
May 15: Streetwise, the face of the uninsured woman in Ill.
May 15: Gaper’s Block Blog on our report on the face of the uninsured woman in Illinois
May 14: Sreetside studios, online broadcast of “Race for a Safe State” coverage
May 10: Chicago Tribune, Metromix top listing column: "Race for a Safe State"
May 9: Chicago Free Press: Mary Morten, Sunny Fisher honored by Rape Victim Advocates
May 6: Phil Rosenthal’s column, Schultz quoted on Murdoch buying the WSJ
May 3: Stella Foster column: Jill Scott event listing—“a classy event.”
May: Streetside studios, online broadcast of “Portraits”
May: Tribune’s Metromix website: "Race for a Safe State" listing
May: Chicago Parent magazine article on "What Will It Take?"

APRIL

April 27: Chicago Defender, extensive coverage of ABC town hall—web and print
April 25: ABC-7 Town Hall—ratings were twice that of Letterman
April 19: Rob Feder’s column: ABC town hall meeting—top item
April 18: Windy City Times, Mary Morten’s honor from Rape Victim Advocates,
April 14: Streetwise
April 13: Wisconsin State Journal, Hannah’s Seder with Pelosi in Israel
April 13: Chicago Sun-Times cover story on comedian in PSAs
April 11: Notice on violence prevention meeting, The Panhandle Press, Virdin
April 11: Notice on violence prevention meeting, The Girard Gazette, Virdin
April 11: Notice on violence prevention meeting, The Virdin Record, Virdin
April 11: Notice on violence prevention meeting, Northwestern News, Virdin
April 4-10: StreetWise, grants listing
April 11: Telemundo, on men’s initiative.
April 9: Fox News on men’s initiative--on Fox’s inaugural 10 p.m. newscast
April 8: Pioneer Press, 8 south suburban editions, sponsorship of “The Yellow Dress” play
April 6: Chicago Reader, on Hannah’s spoken word performance at a progressive Second City “slam.”
April 5: Carlinville Enquirer-Democrat, town hall in Champaign-Urbana
April 5: Chicago Parent online – blog on food, on food deserts.
April 4: Chambana Town Hall coverage by ABC 15, WICD
April 4: Chambana Town Hall coverage by NBC 17, WAND.
April 4: Sun-Times Samir Goswami and Hannah in “7 men who understand women”
April 3: News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill. Story on town hall meeting
April: Radio Disney on “What Will It Take?” interview, Susy Schultz (30 minute interview)

MARCH

March 30: Story on Town Hall in Galesburg Register-Mail
March 29: Galesburg, WGIL 1400 AM, Susy on town hall.
March 28: WGCI 107.5 FM  “Stop the Hits” the Howard McGee show, 9-10 a.m.
March 27: Streetside studios, online broadcast of interview with Mary Morten
March 26: WGFB radio in Rockford, Susy general interview
March 21: WDCB public radio 90.9 FM, northeastern . Susy general interview
March 17: Mary Morten on WRTE Radio Arte’s “Korner Kafe” show
March 16: ABC 7 on “What Will It Take?” grants
March 8: WNUR coverage of “What Will It Take?”
March 8: Fox News Chicago
March 8: ABC Channel 7 News
March 8 and 9: Chicago Tribune, men’s initiative and general overview (March 8: top story on Tribune website and March 9: Metro section, page 3)
March 8: Latina Town Hall, Chicago Journal
March 7: Public awareness press conference, Cindy Richards in Chicago Sun-Times
March 2: Chicago Defender: overview of initiative.
March 1: Latina Town Hall, Telemundo
March 1:  Latina Town Hall, Medill News Service
March 1: Latina Town Hall, CNN Latino radio interview with Maria Pesqueira
March 1: Latina Town Hall, Chicago Sun-Times
March 1: Latina Town Hall, CBS 2 Chicago, Rafael Romo reporting
March 1: Latina Town Hall, Extra News (March 8) – Spanish and English
March 1: Latina Town Hall,: Fox News Chicago, Lilia Chacon reporting live
March: Elmhurst College Calendar—Hannah gives annual Heschel Lecture, “The Power of Feminism and Religion: Women's Bodies and Faith"
March: Today’s Chicago Woman, Mary and Hannah recognized

FEBRUARY

Feb. 28: The Paper in Dwight, IL, coverage of speaker’s bureau visit
Feb. 28: Chicago Free Press, African American Leadership Council Town Hall meeting.
Feb. 23: Food deserts: Red Eye
Feb. 22 and 23: Food deserts: Chicago Tribune
Feb. 22: Food deserts: WBEZ public radio
Feb. 22: Food deserts: ABC Channel 7
Feb. 22: Food deserts: WGN Channel 922
Feb. 22: Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues annual report
Feb. 14: Hannah one of 21 Leaders for 21st Century, Wisconsin State Journal
Feb. 14-20: StreetWise, Heart disease and women,
Feb. 13: Nomadic Contours of an Assimilated Life blog; Hannah’s analysis of federal budget
Feb. 7: Radio appearance, WNUA’s “City Voices” Mary Morten and Adam Shamoon
Feb. 4: Chicago Sun-Times quote on Hannah on the Bears in the Super Bowl
Feb.: Women’s News and Views newsletter: Men’s kick-off and Portaits coverage

JANUARY

Jan. 17: Chicago Free Press on Roe v Wade anniversary film showing.
Jan. 17: Chicago Tribune, GoGirlGo! story
Jan. 17: WCIA, Men’s Initiative kick-off Champaign
Jan. 17: Streetwise, Hannah as one of 21 Leaders for 21st Century
Jan. 12: Chicago Sun-Times, Lynne in story on DNA solving old rape case
Jan. 10: Windy City Times, on our grants with LGBT groups highlighted
Jan. 4: Women’s E-News, Hannah named one of 21 Leaders for 21st Century

 

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