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WERC named KeyBank’s Key4Women 2024 Charitable Partner and was recognized at Key4Women Annual Forum

Posted Oct 2, 2024

Photo credit: Joan Heffler Photography L. - R.: Shannon Richards, KeyBank; Elizabeth Miller Guthier, WERC; Tracy Menges, KeyBank On September 18, [...]

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Help Women Like Damaris Find Employment. Read Her Story & Donate Today!

Posted Nov 29, 2022

Damaris is a mother of two who became unemployed after the birth of her first child. She had worked steadily for over 16 years prior. After moving [...]

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The Displaced Homemaker Program: Keeping the Doors Open

Posted Mar 17, 2022

Photo: DHP Representatives from across the state in NYS Assembly Chamber (February 2020) In our area many people have heard about the Capital [...]

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WERC & BOCES Partnership Helps Ensure Future Healthcare Workers’ Success

Posted Feb 15, 2022

Photos: Sterile Processing Students during Interviewing Class - January 19, 2022. The Capital District Women’s Employment & Resource Center [...]

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2022 Trailblazers Scholarship Fundraiser: “Finding Our Sheroes”

Posted Feb 2, 2022

On Friday, March 11, 2022 from noon – 1:30pm, The Women’s Fund of the Capital Region will host a virtual panel discussion with several [...]

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Challenges of Reentering the Workforce: a WERC Graduate’s Story

Posted Jan 5, 2022

Photo: Damaris with her daughter and son as she works from her home on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021  Photo credit: Lori Van Buren/Times Union On [...]

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