Ms. Foundation for Women - Women of Vision Awardees

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Women of Vision Awardees

2010

Carol Burnett
Founder and Executive Director, Mississippi Low-Income Child Care Initiative

Silvia Henríquez
Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

Jasmin Woodbury
Youth Organizer, DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality)
Marie C. Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award

2009

Naina Khanna
Director of Policy and Community Organizing, Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Disease (WORLD)

Gina Womack
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children

Kirbie Platero
Member & Community Organizer, Young Women United
Marie C. Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award

2008

Brenda Robichaux
Founder, United Houma Nation Relief Fund

Lucy Felix
Lead Trainer and Community Organizer, Migrant Health Promotion

Yunuen Rodriguez
Co-President of the Board, Women & Girls CAN Member, Females United for Action
Marie C. Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award

2007

Ai-jen Poo
Lead Organizer and Founder of Domestic Workers United (DWU)

Vanessa Johnson
National Women and Aids Collective

Ashley Nicole Tomlinson
Odyssey Youth Center
Marie C. Wilson Young Woman’s Leadership Award

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2008 Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awardee Brenda Dardar Robichaux is the Principal Chief of the United Houma Nation and founder of the United Houma Nation Relief Fund. After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated her tribe in Southeastern Louisiana, Robichaux mobilized to meet the immediate needs of the Houma Nation and established training in non-traditional jobs for women... Learn more and view video

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