In today’s rundown: Exciting expansion news for a Grantee Partner that helps immigrant women and their children. | A new bill could protect women incarcerated in Virginia from being shackled during childbirth. | The annual Women’s Legislative Briefing is being held in Maryland this weekend.
— A Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner is preparing for a major expansion that will begin next month. Mary’s Center, which focuses on maternal and child care for immigrant women, will be remodeling its Ontario Rd. facility in Adams Morgan and building a new site on Georgia Ave. in Ward 4.
— Virginia Delegate Patrick Hope has introduced a bill that would ban the shackling of incarcerated women during childbirth, reports TBD.com. In the past, the Department of Corrections has been opposed to such legislation, calling it unnecessary.
— This weekend Montgomery County will be holding the 31st annual Women’s Legislative Briefing. Experts will discuss important legislative initiatives affecting women and families. The Women’s Foundation’s Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, Vice President of Programs, will be speaking. Click here for details and to register for Sunday’s event.