Initiatives

The Equipoise Fund creates and supports processes and initiatives based on systemic change. We engage in creative problem solving and develop innovative programs that propel communities toward social equity and social justice.

Our current initiatives include our newest, Raising Girls, as well as our ongoing initiatives, which include the Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus, Womentum and our award-winning documentary film, Don’t Fence Me In.

Raising Girls

Providing a forum in which parents, caregivers and educators can share research-based best practices for rearing healthy, confident and thriving girls.

 

 

Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus

The bipartisan Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus is building equality in the Equality State, where women hold less than a quarter of state-elected positions. The Caucus focuses on four priorities: regular gatherings, a Speaker’s Bureau, candidate development and an Intern/Aide Program. To achieve these goals, and to familiarize women with the Wyoming government’s legislative and executive branches as well as help strengthen women’s leadership at all levels of community and public service, the Caucus hosts the annual Leap into Leadership event for Wyoming women at the State Legislature in February.

Womentum

Comprised of inspired women in Jackson, Wyoming, who believe in “action philanthropy,” this enthusiastic and talented group offers a mentoring program designed to broaden the impact that women have on other women’s lives.

Our Documentary Film: Don’t Fence Me In

In 2008 filmmakers Bonnie Kreps and Charlie Craighead completed a film project chronicling the lives of women across Wyoming. 13 women and girls shared their stories of sustaining families, ranches, industries and communities, and of living in and on the broad Wyoming landscape. Since then the film has been screened in libraries, schools and community centers and at the Smithsonian in celebration of Women’s History Month in March 2009. For more information about obtaining a DVD of the film, please email associate producer tetonamy [at] gmail [dot] com (Amy McCarthy).

Read more about Don’t Fence Me In here.

The Atta Girl Awards

The Equipoise Fund created the Atta Girls in the spirit of encouraging Wyoming women who inspire us. We hope that by highlighting the work of these wonderful women, they will in turn inspire many other women and men across Wyoming. Mickey Babcock, Founder and President of the Equipoise Fund, says the Atta Girl Awards give Wyoming women and girls a “butt-boost” for all the lives they lift.

From our three years of honoring women in the categories of Vision, Voice and Visibility; from our first year of Atta Boy Awards in 2008, honoring those men who support and encourage women; and from our work with our documentary film, Don’t Fence Me In, we’ve learned that it’s the authentic stories that create an immediate connection and have an immeasurable impact upon others.

We hope to continue honoring remarkable women across the state, whose stories of their distinct contributions to their communities mean so much to so many.