Women’s League In the News
- Connecticut Science Center Announces Annual Award Honorees: Women’s League Awarded STEM Achievement Award (nonprofit category), CT Science Center press release, Oct. 27, 2023
- Untangling the ‘predictable calamity’ of Connecticut’s child care industry to find solutions, [Karen Lott was guest], WNPR, Sept, 21, 2023
- Women’s League Executive Director Karen Lott named to Governor Lamont’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, March 17, 2023
- CT’s child care industry is being ‘squeezed as never before,’ but the warning signs were there, CT Insider, Feb. 19, 2023
- Gov. Lamont announces proposal to help Connecticut families find affordable child care [media event at Women’s League], WTNH-8, Feb. 16, 2023
- Childcare Center in Hartford Opens STEAM Lab For Youngest Students, NBC CT, Feb. 8, 2023
- Hartford’s Black Heroes Trail, unveiled in January 2023, honors 19 individuals — and two have ties to the Women’s League: Mary Johnson (our co-founder) and Thirman Milner (one of our outstanding alumni).
- A Hartford project honors the city’s Black heroes. It also fights back against attempts to erase Black history. Hartford Courant, Feb. 5, 2023
- Contributions of Hartford’s Black Community Recognized With Black Heroes Trail, NBC Connecticut, Feb. 2, 2023
- A flashy gala raises money — and speculation about a high-profile CT political career, Register-Citizen, Feb. 6, 2023
- Hartford benefit gala honors Shawn Wooden [and raises funds for Women’s League], WTNH-8, Feb. 3, 2023
- Hartford Preschool Unveils Unique Learning Lab, Patch (Greater Hartford), Jan. 23, 2023
- STEAM Lab aiming to close opportunity gap for children of color opens in Hartford, Hartford Courant, Jan. 20, 2023
- First of its kind STEAM lab opens in Hartford North End preschool, Fox 61, Jan. 19, 2023
- Women’s League opens new STEAM lab for Hartford’s youngest kids, WTNH News 8, Jan. 19, 2023
- STEAM Learning Lab for Hartford’s Youngest Children Launched by Women’s League Child Development Center, (Press Release), January 19, 2023
- Toddlers Take Politicians to School, New Haven Independent, Oct. 24, 2022
- As Demand for Childcare Grows, Connecticut Struggles to Balance Affordability, Competitive Pay for Workers, CT Examiner, Nov. 7, 2022
- Connecticut’s child care providers will get payments of up to $1,000, WSHU, October 26, 2022
- Connecticut task force begins examining early childhood workforce concerns, The Center Square, September 6, 2022
- Governor Lamont’s Press Conference at Women’s League on Help for Child Care Providers, WFSB Channel 3, March 10, 2022
- A Conversation on Child Care Access, [panel discussion including Ms. Karen Lott] hosted by CT Voices for Children, June 2021
- Ms. Karen Lott kicks off U.S. Senator Blumenthal’s press conference at Women’s League highlighting critical funding for the child care industry in COVID-19 relief package, Fox61, January, 2021
- Mayor Bronin calls on residents to get tested for COVID-19, [Ms. Karen Lott named to COVID-19 working group on children, youth, and families], Fox61, May 2020
- Childcare Centers Receive Increase In Care4Kids Funding, CT News Junkie, 2019
Executive Director Ms. Karen Lott at the STEAM Learning Lab press conference and kick-off celebration at Women’s League [Jan. 2023, Photo by J. Koteen Photography]