Category: News
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WHER Chat: Gender Wage Gap Narrows as Women Acquire Highly Sought-After Skills
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, women are making gains in the workplace as they continue to meet the demand of specific skill sets from employers by gaining more skills and earning higher levels of education. Employers in the United States are commonly pursuing workers with social skills, including the art…
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NAWRB Welcomes Former UPS Vice President Kellie Aamodt to its Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC)
Women in the Housing and Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB) announces the addition of Kellie Aamodt, Former Vice President of Corporate Inside Sales at United Parcel Service (UPS), to its Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC), dedicated to raising the number of women leaders and growing women’s employment and empowerment at all levels in the housing…
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FHFA Realigning Agency Structure to Help Enterprises Exit Conservatorship
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) just announced a realignment in their agency structure intended to help them to continue delivering as a regulator of the Enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, and to ensure that the Enterprises can responsibly exit conservatorship.
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Know the Rules of the Game for Identifying Signs of Human Trafficking – Chicago Girls’ Night Out
Tune in today for an all new episode of Know the Rules of the Game podcast®! Desirée Patno, NAWRB CEO & President interviews Joshua Travers, Executive Director, Private Investigation Manager, Saved In America to discuss the nation’s ongoing epidemic of child exploitation and human trafficking in honor of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month in January.…
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WHER Chat: U.S. Has Highest Rate of Children in Single-Parent Households
A Pew Research Center report reveals that the United States has the highest rate of children living in single-parent households in the world, according to findings from their recent study that reviewed 130 different countries. Twenty-three percent of children in the U.S. under the age of 18, almost a quarter, live with one parent and…
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Know the Rules of the Game® for Empowerment with Hyepin Im
An all new episode of Know the Rules of the Game podcast is now live! Tune in as NAWRB’s CEO & President, Desirée Patno, interviews Hyepin Im, President & CEO of Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE) on all things empowerment in honor of National Mentoring Month.
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Forbes’s List of America’s Best Employers for Diversity
Forbes just released their 2020 list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity, a result of an ongoing partnership with market research firm Statista. This year marks their third annual list after releasing their first list back in 2018. This ranking was compiled by surveying 60,000 American workers at businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Read…
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MLK Day 2020: National Day of Service
Today Americans observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday occurring every third Monday in January, in honor of the life and achievements of a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement almost three decades ago. This marks the 91st anniversary of his birth, which was on January 15th, 1929, as well as the…
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Know the Rules of the Game® for Homeownership with Angie Weeks
Welcome to the very first episode of the Know the Rules of the Game® Podcast, hosted by Desiree Patno, CEO of Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem (NAWRB)! Her first guest is Angie Weeks, a broker at Metro Estates, NAWRB Certified Delegate Spokeswoman and creator of 2020 Homeownership Day at Chapman University, who joins…
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Join NAWRB at the OC Home Fair at Chapman University on Jan. 18th!
If you are looking to buy or sell a home or investment property, you don’t want to miss the 8th Annual OC Home Fair on January 18t, 2020 at Chapman University from 10 AM to 12:45 PM, PST. Attendees will have access to a variety of free educational classes from industry experts, including Desiree Patno,…