ORLANDO SENTINEL
Central Florida 100: SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY: A military survey found 20,000 service members experienced sexual assault last year. A CBS News investigation revealed significant numbers were retaliated against. Nowhere is the “permissive” culture...
Central Florida 100: GO, NONPROFITS! & THANK YOU
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: GO, NONPROFITS! In the face of surging demand, from COVID-response to food banks to shelters, our nonprofits performed valiantly in 2020. Given that most nonprofits are without rainy-day funds in such a grueling financial year, I’m...
Central Florida 100: VICTIM-SERVICE CUTS: & TROUBLE FOR SHELTERS
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: VICTIM-SERVICE CUTS: The appropriations bill released in the U.S. Senate that funds the Department of Justice (DOJ) contains a devastating 40% cut ($1.1 billion) to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). Last year, the non-taxpayer-funded...
Central Florida 100: HARRIS MAKES HISTORY & 2021 LEGISLATURE
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: HARRIS MAKES HISTORY: One hundred years after some women won the right to vote, Kamala Harris gave her first speech to the nation as vice president-elect. Harris – who’ll be the first female, first Black woman, and first Asian...
Central Florida 100: RAPE KIT TRACKING & TIME FOR MORE COVID-19 RELIEF
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: RAPE KIT TRACKING: An African American mother was raped with her child in the next room. She called the police and they collected DNA. But, instead of testing it, the police put the rape kit on a shelf for three decades until...
Central Florida 100: WOMEN AT WORK & STAYING IN THE SHADOWS
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: WOMEN AT WORK: A recent “Women in the Workplace” study found that one in four women are considering leaving the workforce or “downshifting” their careers due to COVID-19. Women of color and senior-level women (an already...
Central Florida 100: EDIFYING COLUMBUS: & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUDGET CUTS
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: EDIFYING COLUMBUS: President Trump issued a proclamation celebrating Columbus Day and the explorer’s enduring “legacy” and “discovery.” Not only is Trump’s history wrong, but he’s whitewashing a murderer who committed genocide...
Central Florida 100: HELPING NONPROFITS & HOLD ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: HELPING NONPROFITS: Amid unprecedented suffering and increased demand for services, helping nonprofits has never been more urgent. Throughout COVID-19, nonprofits have stepped up in extraordinary ways, as community foundations,...
Central Florida 100: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATA: and RBG AND GENDER EQUITY
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATA: Domestic violence arguably has the nation’s worst data collection of any crime. What’s worse in Florida, FDLE’s failure to meet the deadlines of a 2018 law — promising to make “Florida’s criminal justice...
Central Florida 100: RIPRBG
Carol Wick, CEO, Sharity Last week: We lost an American hero, a pioneer, and a relentless voice in the pursuit of equal justice under law. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg proved not all superheros wear capes; some wear robes and signature collars. The personification of...