CWGCS Timeline

• 2018: CWGCS receives a grant from the NYS Legislature to continue its work on the Immigrant Integration Index. CWGCS releases report on Appointed Policy Makers appointed by governors in the 50 States. Center holds a Policy Roundtable on Advancing the Women’s Agenda.


• 2017: CWGCS completes a large-scale evaluation of Breathing Lights, a public art project funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The evaluation captured the extent to which the project activated civic engagement around conditions of urban blight and economic disinvestments in cities. CWGCS holds a Policy Roundtable on Urban Blight.


• 2016: CWGCS receives a grant from the NYS Assembly Hispanic and Puerto Rican Task Force to develop an online platform that maps, scores, and grades New York State communities and regions based on their performance in integrating foreign-born New Yorkers socially and economically.


• 2015: CWGCS extends its reach to the international arena by providing online and face-to-face educational programs to civil society actors and legal professionals in the Global South. The program seeks to strengthen knowledge about women’s rights to health, public policy advocacy, public service leadership and gender-sensitive governance.


• 2014: CWGCS starts a program on quantifying immigrant integration and creating an Immigrant Integration Index.


• 2013: Center undergoes strategic restructuring of its mission and operational goals and adopts four emphasis areas: Women & Leadership; Economic Security; Health Systems & Gender-Based Disparities; Safety & Wellbeing. Center hosts two Community Conversations to raise awareness about global and local issues affecting women.


• 2012: U.S. Department of State sponsors center research examining the substantive representation of women in the Ugandan national legislature. Core Competencies of Healthcare Interpreters article published in the International Journal of Social Science documenting research findings conducted at the Center and supported by New York State Department of Health. Center convenes Roundtable in partnership with NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence on “Working with Individuals Who Abuse Their Partners.”


• 2011: Center launches NEW LeadershipTM New York, a Summer Institute for female undergraduate students designed to inspire women to run for office and pursue a career in public service. Fourteen NEW leaders completed the inaugural program. Center hosts a Research & Policy Roundtable on Advancing Girls in STEM Education.


• 2010: Three-year grant received from the National Institutes of Health to address disparities in family planning services and the needs of patients with limited English proficiency. Grant received from the U.S. Department of Education to develop and test math enrichment and STEM exploration curriculum for African-American high school girls.


• 2009: New York State Nontraditional Employment & Training (NET) project joins the Center. Center joins National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Network, and becomes the 20th state to begin offering undergraduate political action training.


• 2008: Center issues Glass Ceiling in Gubernatorial Appointments, 1997 - 2007, a report on trends in the representation of women and men of color in executive branch leadership positions across 50 states. Study of Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence in Arab American Communities in NYS published.


• 2007: National Conference on Improving Access to Language Assistance in Healthcare convened. Companion report on Increasing Language Access to Healthcare and Policy brief published. Hosted the Tech Valley Civic Forum, bringing together cross sector leaders to build inclusive planning and collaboration in the context of Tech Valley’s economic expansion.


• 2006: Center launches the Difficult Dialogues Project, which seeks to foster an environment conducive to civil dialogues on controversial issues in the classroom and on campus, and build the infrastructure necessary to foster discussions on diversity, race, and gender.


• 2004: Center conducts a series of regional workshops with immigrant women leaders and family planning providers. Published report to overcome the complex barriers to Increasing Immigrant Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care. Legislative grant rceived for the Rockefeller College Initiative on Nonprofit Management and Leadership.


• 2003: Center releases new research report: A $4 Billion Growth Industry That Cares: The Impact of the Nonprofit Sector on the Capital Region of New York State, and The Changing Government Workforce in States and Localities, 1990-1997.


• 2002: Certificate in Nonprofit Management and Leadership offered for the first time as a new interdisciplinary graduate program.


• 1998: Grant received from W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Nonprofit Education Initiative. Center’s celebrates 20th anniversary.


• 1996: Hidden Violence Against Women in the Workplace published.


• 1995: Advisory Committee on Minority Women’s Issues hosts community-building meeting to reach out to a broad network. Ford Foundation gives grant for Completing the Public
  Record: Appointed Policy Makers in State Government.


• 1994: Atlantic Monthly’s “Word Watch” column acknowledges Center’s creation of the term “sticky floor.” Center is field site for delegation of Russian women leaders.


• 1993: Center celebrates 15th anniversary. NYS Education Department gives grant for Summer at the Center program.


• 1992: Center coins term “sticky floor.” Grant from U.S. Dept. of Education to study opportunities for persons with disabilities. Conference held on “Social Workers and Public Policy: Visions and Strategies.”


• 1991: First issue published of “Women in Public Service: A Bulletin of the Center for Women in Government.”


• 1990: Conference held on “Nurses and Public Policy: Knowing the Process, Using the Power.”


• 1989: “Nontraditional Jobs for Women: Getting a Job in New York State Government” published. New Managing Program courses introduced: “Leadership for the Workforce 2000,” the “Multicultural Work Environment,” and “Managing in the Computerized Environment.”


• 1988: Major study of pay equity in 23 hospitals in the Canadian Province of Manitoba released. Grant received from Wellesley College to study the impact of public policy on the occupational mobility of black women.


• 1986: Pay equity analyses completed for the National Committee on Pay Equity, local jurisdictions in New York State and the State of Washington.


• 1985: Center reports that 70% of promotions in NYS government are made outside the traditional exam process. Minority Women’s Training Program initiated in the NYS Department of Social Services.


• 1984: Center testifies before the NYC Council Committee on Women on the need to increase promotional opportunities of women and minority men.


• 1983: First graduate students selected for legislative Fellowships on Women and Public Policy begin their classes and placements.


• 1982: Ford Foundation conference, organized by the Center, examines occupational segregation and its impact on working women.


• 1981: Minority Task Force meets for first time to advise Center on its efforts to improve the status of minority women in government.


• 1980: Survey conducted to gather information about the extent of sexual harassment in the state workplace.


• 1979: First working paper published, Sex-Segregated Career Ladders in New York State Government Employment: A Structural Analysis of the Inequality in Employment.


• 1978: First Board of Directors meeting. First Career Day Seminar attended by more than 200 women from the Capital Region.