• NEW: Marie Sullivan has been named one of the ten finalists in the Goodmans "Eye for the Good Guy" contest. Thanks to everyone who voted. Goodmans should soon be announcing the winners.  Cross your fingers...

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• AWEE has received a donation courtesy of Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell. Click here to read a story about the donation in the April 14th edition of The Arizona Republic. Click here to read the email that Congressman Mitchell distributed describing the donation and its purpose.

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• Click here for news and photos from our first-ever Green Collar Career Fair and Expo, an extremely successful event designed to bring high-growth employment  opportunities to Arizona workers. The January 6 event was sponsored by AWEE, Phoenix Workforce Connection, the Arizona Department of Economic Security and Aspire Workforce Development Initiative.  
  Click here for press clips about the event.

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• AWEE in the Spotlight: AWEE's Kerri Schultheis participated in The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives event. Click here for details.

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Recent Press Releases (in pdf format *)

Click here AWEE Receives Grants from U.S. Department of Labor & Maricopa County...

Click here Friends Of AWEE Invite Community To Annual Cocktails & Clothes

Click here AWEE Awarded Grant by Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Click here AWEE Wins Grant from Thurderbirds Charities

Click here AWEE Elects Officers and Welcomes New Board Members

Click here Paths To Living Free Receives Third Year of Funding

Click here Cocktails & Clothes Reception Helps Replenish AWEE’s Clothing Boutique

Recent  Newsletters (in pdf format *)

Click here for our Winter 2008 newsletter

Click here for our Summer 2008 newsletter

Click here for our Spring 2007 newsletter

Click here for our Summer 2006 newsletter

Click here for our Winter 2006 newsletter

AWEE in the News

Click here to view a story about AWEE's ex-offender reentry programs that ran in the March 14th issue of the Arizona Republic. (You will need the Acrobat reader to view the file)

Click here to view a story about the Green Collar Career Fair and Expo that ran in the January 5th issue of the Arizona Republic. (You will need the Acrobat reader to view the file)

Click here to view a pre-event announcement  about the Green Collar Career Fair and Expo that ran in the December 10th issue of the East Valley Tribune.  (You will need the Acrobat reader to view the file)

Click here to view a selection of Faces of Success pictures on the Facebook page of Media Sponsor Arizona Woman. (Please note: this requires a Facebook login and password.)

Click here to view an Arizona Foothills Magazine online feature about the Faces of Success Luncheon, complete with a stunning slide show of event images.

Click here to view "Group honors clients who turned lives around" article in the November 7, 2008 issue of the Arizona Republic.

Click here to view "Women's program helped Guadalupe woman reach goals" article in the November 5, 2008 issue of the Arizona Republic..

Click here to view "Clara Lovett's education dedication garners award" article in the November 5, 2008 "Inside NAU" newsletter 

Click here to view "Arizona women’s group honors the Valley’s ‘Faces of Success" ’article in the October 31, 2008 issue of the Phoenix Business Journal.

Click here to view "Lunch will honor Faces of Success" article in the October 29, 2008 issue of the Arizona Republic.

Click here to view "Gilbert Woman a Face of Success" article in the October 25, 2008 issue of the Arizona Republic.

Click here to view Marie Sullivan's "Viewpoints" article on successful prisoner reentry strategies that ran on the Arizona Republic Editorial Page on August 3, 2008.

Click here  to view photo and information about Kerri Schultheis and 2007 Face of Success honoree, Laura Hughes meeting former president George Bush at the White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives' Innovations in Effective Compassion Conference. 

Click here to view an article from  the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy Website highlighting a new AWEE prisoner reentry pilot program utilizing the  innovative "beneficiary choice" model. The article  features an interview with AWEE project director Kerri Schultheis.

Program Helps Women Bounce Back After Prison, Tribune

AZ Live Talk with Marie Sullivan, July 9, 2008

Paths to Living Free Feature, Department of Labor

AWEE Meets with President Bush, June 26, 2008

Recent AWEE Events

2008 Cocktails & Clothes

Special thanks to the Friends of AWEE for making the April 22, 2008 Cocktails & Clothes event such a great success. We raised a record $15,000 that will be devoted to supporting our expanding array of programs and service. We also acquired a truckload of clothing for our participants.Click here for an article by Judi Butterworth, Co-Chair of “Friends of AWEE,”
about the history  of the event. Click here to view  the   2008 program listing our generous event supporters.

Click here to view highlights of the 2006 Women & Work Symposium Wrap Up

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