WXF July 2024 Newsletter
WXF Updates
WXF @ Aspen Institute’s Socrates Summer Seminar
Recently, WXF’s founder Charlotte attended the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Summer Seminar, a weekend-long roundtable discussion that brought together moderators and participants from various fields. Aspen Institute’s mission aligns perfectly with our goal of addressing the greatest challenges of our time. This experience provided a valuable opportunity for WXF to engage with thought leaders and discuss impactful solutions that benefit underserved communities.
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Eighty-Year-Old Indigenous Grandpa Holding Hope for His Missing Granddaughter
By: ABC News
Eighty-year-old Ronnie Hostler has been searching for his granddaughter Khadijah Britton, a member of the Round Valley tribe in northern California, since he first reported her missing back in 2018. She was last seen being forced into a car in Covelo, CA, by her ex-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend was never formally charged. To this day, Ronnie is still holding hope and seeking closure. There have been over 5,000 unsolved cold cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women. And murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native Women on tribal lands, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
DID YOU KNOW
More than 4 in 5 Indigenous women have experienced violence in their life, and 56.1 percent of Indigenous women have experienced sexual violence. Indigenous women face murder rates that are 10 times higher than the national average in some counties in the U.S. and Canada.
Notable Historical Individuals Born in July
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst, born on July 15th, 1858, in Manchester, England, is celebrated as a pivotal figure in the fight for women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom. She founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, which became known for its militant tactics to draw attention to the cause of women’s suffrage. Her leadership and unwavering commitment played a crucial role in securing the right to vote for women in Britain.
DID YOU KNOW
Throughout her activism, Emmeline Pankhurst was arrested multiple times and participated in hunger strikes to protest the government’s treatment of suffragettes. After one arrest, she famously said, “We shall fight against the condition of affairs so long as life is in us.”
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