Making an Impact: Miss Tilly and Every Woman Works
Great article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday on our alumna, Miss Tilly and her organization. 
At Every Woman Works:
"We help women write résumés, learn to interview and gain transferable job skills, but also provide classes on parenting, leadership, personal presentation, fitness and healthy eating," she says. "It's a holistic, mind-body approach."
Each woman is assigned a coach who helps her get a job and stay employed. The coaches check in with graduates for years, helping them with challenges that arise at home and in the workplace.
"Providing ongoing social-emotional support is critical, because many women have been told all their life they wouldn't amount to anything, so they don't believe in themselves," says Ms. O'Neal-Kyles. "It's rewarding to see the women pass their newfound confidence and values onto their children, because that breaks the chain of poverty."
To read the whole article, click here
At Every Woman Works:
"We help women write résumés, learn to interview and gain transferable job skills, but also provide classes on parenting, leadership, personal presentation, fitness and healthy eating," she says. "It's a holistic, mind-body approach."
Each woman is assigned a coach who helps her get a job and stay employed. The coaches check in with graduates for years, helping them with challenges that arise at home and in the workplace.
"Providing ongoing social-emotional support is critical, because many women have been told all their life they wouldn't amount to anything, so they don't believe in themselves," says Ms. O'Neal-Kyles. "It's rewarding to see the women pass their newfound confidence and values onto their children, because that breaks the chain of poverty."
To read the whole article, click here