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Journey North website. It looks like they’re distributing well.” According to Fischer, if you study the migration patterns and the time needed to go from egg to adult, “the monarchs arrived in CT right when I expected to see them – in the middle of July – and I’ve been seeing adults, eggs, and larvae ever since.” In her opinion, “everything appears to be on track.” And the focus, according to Fischer, should be how well the monarchs are doing overwintering in Mexico. The population is all together there, she said, and is measured consistently each year. “At this time, they are all in the same place huddled together and we can get a real, strong estimate of population size,” Fischer pointed out. Overall, she said it’s hard to answer the question, “where are all the monarchs?” “Insect populations fluctuate and what we see in CT may be completely different than what our friends in Iowa, Georgia, Florida, or Ohio, just a few examples, are seeing,” said Fischer. If we are doing what we can do to help monarchs – most importantly, establishing habitat with milkweed and nectar resources from spring to fall – we are doing everything we can, she said. For a source of real-time summer observations, Fischer advises checking out Chip Taylor’s blog (monarchwatch.org/blog/). Founder of The Monarch Watch program, Taylor is a scientist/researcher who has been working with monarchs the entirety of his career.
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Petit grant supports YWCA Press Release
YWCA Hartford Region received a $7,500 Petit Family Foundation Grant in support of Young Women’s Leadership Corps STEM activities. This funding supports the critical work to strengthen and promote leadership development and quality education for underserved young women of color in Hartford, and surrounding towns, with an emphasis on exposing
and preparing them for a future career pathway in STEM. “We are pleased the Petit Family Foundation believes in our mission and programs designed to empower young women,” said Donna Sodipo, chief program officer, YWCA Hartford Region. “It is important we continue to work hard to continue to close the STEM gap. With the shortness of women of color in STEM positions, this grant is an important step in the
right direction to lead change.” The YWCA Hartford Region’s Young Women’s Leadership Corps empowers teen girls (age 13 to 18), fosters teamwork, personal development and leadership, and builds lifelong friends in a fun, supportive and safe space. The Young Women’s Leadership Corps operates at schools in Bloomfield, East Hartford, Harford and Windsor.
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