You know JAWS has an ambitious (and necessary!) goal of raising $30,000 by year’s end. You’ve already given more than $14,000 to get us there. As your treasurer, deeply involved in our financial sustainability, I am thrilled to announce that a generous anonymous donor has offered to match the next $5,000 that come in. 

That doubles every dollar you give! 

You know why that matters. You’ve heard from our president Angela Greiling Keane, our health reporting mentor Naseem Miller and our DEI leader (and recent JAWS convert) Linda Jue. (Read all our stories.)

For me, here’s what’s most important: JAWS helped me find my voice. Just being around the powerful women of JAWS – women journalists who are strong, confident, straightforward and loving, women who aren’t afraid to say what’s on their minds – has transformed me. Their example freed me to speak out for what’s right as a DEI leader at a Florida university, where diversity is under attack. 

JAWS makes women in journalism powerful. It brings us together to exchange our knowledge, strength and insight across generations, demographic divisions and corners of the profession. And society needs our voices.

That’s why I’m excited about giving to JAWS right now, as we become a larger incarnation of what we’ve always been. We’re already halfway to our goal – and every dollar you give will be doubled, bringing us home!

If you haven’t given already, can you join me in making your year-end, tax-deductible donation to JAWS now – or ask friends and family to give in your name?

Thank you a million times over for building JAWS!