{"id":247128,"date":"2017-02-24T06:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=247128"},"modified":"2017-02-24T06:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T20:06:36","slug":"community-readies-cnmi-womens-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/community-readies-cnmi-womens-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Community readies for CNMI Women\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247170\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Community-pix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-247170\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Community-pix-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"The CNMI Women\u2019s Association board. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-247170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CNMI Women\u2019s Association board. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Women\u2019s Month is quickly approaching and the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and its partners are gearing up for a monthlong series of activities.<\/p>\n<p>Activities will include a proclamation signing, a Mass, a meet-and-greet luncheon and dinner, workshops, a Women\u2019s March for H.E.R.S, a two-day Women\u2019s Summit, and first-ever CWA Gala, among other events.<\/p>\n<p>Among the organizations and agencies that have committed to join the events are the Northern Marianas College, Carolinian Affairs Office, Division of Youth Affairs, DCCA-Arts Council, Community Guidance Center, Northern Marianas Coalition Against Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, CHCC-Division of Public Health Services\/Maternal &amp; Child Health Bureau, Best Sunshine\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility team, Marianas Young Professionals, and Marianas Behavioral Health International, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>CWA co-founder and president Felicidad T. Ogumoro said the highlight will be the 4th Women\u2019s Summit on March 27-28, 2017, and CWA Gala on March 31, 2017, which aims to raise funds for a Women\u2019s Center and community training and job placement programs that benefit women and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Month is spearheaded by CWA and the Office of the Special Assistant for Women\u2019s Affairs. The International Women\u2019s Day theme is \u201cBe Bold for Change.\u201d The CNMI has adopted \u201cEmpowering Women as Leaders of Change\u201d as its theme for 2017. <\/p>\n<p>The CNMI Women\u2019s Association is funded by the Community Services block grant, a sub-grant awarded by the DCCA Division of Youth Services under the Office of Community Services, Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>It is led by a seven-member board. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s Month is quickly approaching and the CNMI Women\u2019s Association and its partners are gearing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":247170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15730,2468,4755,14272],"class_list":["post-247128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-community-services","tag-cwa","tag-marianas-young-professionals","tag-youth-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}