On National Philanthropy Day, Lauren Y. Casteel received the lifetime achievement award from the Colorado chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
WFCO announces the January 2025 retirement of President & CEO Lauren Y. Casteel, punctuating a 35-year career in philanthropy.
Over the last century, civil rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights, and LGBTQ+ rights became shining hallmarks of collective freedom, but freedom is fragile.
Reflecting on the past, Lauren explores the intersection of women’s history, activism, and the ongoing fight for gender, racial, and economic equity.
We cannot celebrate their sacrifice without committing to change the system that underinvests in them.
We believe that to achieve equity, systemic interventions that promote fair outcomes and close gaps to opportunity are required.
Your Time, Talent, Treasure, Testimony, Ties – and Tenacity – are essential to WFCO and the women and girls in Colorado.
In the face of the horrific mass shooting in Denver and Lakewood, let’s look for Community, Witnessing, Learning, and Healing in the places we call home.
“It’s expected women will do too much with too little. We always have. We always do. At what cost?” – Lauren Y. Casteel
I am proud in 2020 to stand beside you, to be a Black woman addressing a movement of women fired up and ready for change. But, if I were to ask, “Ain’t I a woman?” would you work to make sure that the resounding answer is “yes?”
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