Nonprofit World Joins Twitter Discussion About Women After Calif. Shootings
By Idit Knaan
Contributor
May 28, 2014 | Read Time: 2 minutes
Friday’s mass shooting at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has prompted a debate over more than gun control and mental health.
Since the gunman’s intention to target women were publicized through a YouTube video he recorded days before the rampage, the hashtag #yesallwomen has been trending on Twitter, used to share stories of sexism, gender inequality, harassment, and violence.
Some of the tweets below center on the shooting spree and some on how women are treated at nonprofit groups.
Some nonprofits joined the conversation:
#YesAllWomen should be able to live a life free from violence & discrimination #womenshould pic.twitter.com/FDuF1R5tN5
— UN Women (@UN_Women) May 27, 2014
#YesAllWomen Because 1 in 3 female homicide victims are murdered by their current or former partner. pic.twitter.com/vPHiwqp7yl
— Safe Horizon (@SafeHorizon) May 27, 2014
#YesAllWomen because campus sexual assault is an epidemic & we must do everything we can to stop it.
— AAUW Public Policy (@AAUWPolicy) May 26, 2014
The tragic result of framing women as objects: http://t.co/iHCNVHFQXO
— NCJW (@NCJW) May 27, 2014
When you elevate the status and influence of women, you strengthen their whole community. Let’s listen and learn. #YesAllWomen
— Feed The Children (@feedthechildren) May 25, 2014
#YesAllWomen because we’re told that the gender pay gap exists only because women are bad at negotiating and not because of discrimination
— Equal Pay Coalition (@EqualPayON) May 26, 2014
Other Twitter users shared their experiences in the nonprofit world, many of them negative:
Because as the founder of a nonprofit, I need to keep my “feminist opinions” to myself so I don’t alienate potential donors #YesAllWomen
— Rochelle Lott (@LottRochelle) May 27, 2014
#YesAllWomen Because someone who appointed me to the *board* of a non-profit said I would distract them with (cont) http://t.co/R8OP2vC0qr
— Shaindel Beers (@shaindelr) May 27, 2014
Because my grad school university addresses fundraising mail to my husband, and he never went there. #YesAllWomen
— Amy Watson (@librarianamy) May 25, 2014
Women dominate the #nonprofit sector – #YesAllWomen is deeply entrenched, so our voices need to be loud.
— Sheena Greer (@colludos) May 26, 2014
Has your nonprofit engaged in the #yesallwomen discussion? Let us know in the comments section.
