Empowering Lives, Nurturing Futures.
Creating positive change and making a meaningful impact for women and children in our community.
We address the impacts of adversity.
Our approach engages with initiatives for growth.
The Duluth Center for Women & Children supports community initiatives to ensure that children living in poverty have abundant opportunities to lead economically secure and productive lives, regardless of the circumstances in which they are born and raised. The focus of the Duluth Center for Women & Children is to address the impact adversity has on children and families with attention to quality childcare & education, encouraging empowerment through building economic stability, and sustaining hope through supporting community safety.
Co-creating access to new opportunities
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Entrepreneurial initiatives created right in the communities women live in enables them to reach personal goals and bring needed change to their community so it is a better place to live and raise children.
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Embracing a thriving community by supporting educational opportunities that are meaningful and accessible.
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Supporting children and families who live in Duluth’s Central Hillside by providing resources that combine quality care and education. In collaboration with partners in the AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) Montessori community, DCWC will guide the education and childcare initiatives towards sustainability and expansion. When Montessori principles are applied in the wider context of society, the possibilities are vast and all-encompassing.
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Meet our Board of Directors
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Connie Black
After many years serving children and families as a guide (teacher) in Montessori Children’s Houses (early childhood environments), Connie saw the opportunity to reach exponentially more children and families through adult education. She recently served as the Director of Training for the Boston Satellite of Montessori Training Center Northeast, working with adults preparing to guide […]
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Aparna Katre
Aparna is the principal faculty and Cultural Entrepreneurship program director at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She is passionate about developing an ecosystem bridging the academic and workforce needs of students and those of the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Her research is practice-led and community-engaged at the nexus of entrepreneurship, strategy and design-thinking for […]
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Jennifer Webb
Jennifer is an Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota Duluth. This job opportunity brought her and her husband, Geoff, to Duluth in 2006. Soon after arriving in Minnesota Jennifer joined the Junior League of Duluth (JLD), an organization focused on improving the lives of those living in the Twin Ports and […]
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Molly Harney
Molly Harney is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the Early Childhood Studies and Early Childhood Special Education program. Her teaching and research focus include early brain development, cognitive development, emotional development, attachment theory, childhood adversity, trauma informed care, and early childhood special education. Her past […]