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WASHINGTON WOMEN IN PUBLIC RELATIONS ANNOUNCE 2025 EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS WINNERS

Jun 16, 2025 | Awards, Press Release
Seven D.C.-area women named Emerging Leaders at 15th Anniversary Event WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— The Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), a professional society for female communicators in the greater capital area, named its 2025 class of Emerging Leaders Awards (ELAs). The seven winners were selected from a well-rounded and remarkable slate of rising […]
Handling Negativity on Social Media Event Recap 
May 26, 2022 | Events
Crisis communications guru Julie Parker took the WWPR events virtual stage at the end of last month to share her advice on effectively responding to negative remarks on social media. Julie is the founder of Julie Parker Communications, with her background including serving as an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning television reporter, the chief […]
WWPR Announces 2022-2023 Advisory Council
Apr 29, 2022 | News & Updates
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 29, 2022– Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), a leading resource for female communications professionals in the nation’s capital, today announced its 2022-2023 Advisory Council, tasked with providing WWPR leadership with strategic advice on the direction of the organization. “We are so excited to welcome our 2022-2023 Advisory Council members, an […]
2021 Emerging Leaders Awards
Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Embrace. Embolden. Empower. On May 20, WWPR named the 2021 Emerging Leaders Awards winners at an all-virtual awards ceremony where Dr. LeMia Jenkins Thompson, Global Head of Communications for Pinterest, gave the keynote address. A pre-event networking hour preceded the event where attendees were able to network with industry colleagues while learning to build a […]
Member Spotlight: Meet Elizabeth Held, Senior Director of Content at Subject Matter
Mar 30, 2022 | Membership
Tell me about your background and what drew you to Subject Matter. After graduating college, I worked at USA TODAY’s editorial page, fact-checking op-eds and reviewing and soliciting After graduating college, I worked at USA TODAY’s editorial page, fact-checking op-eds and reviewing and soliciting submissions. It was a crash course in all things opinion media. […]
Do you have a money mindset?
Mar 30, 2022 | Events
Back by popular demand, Chintimini Keith (aka: Moxie Savage), rejoined the WWPR events virtual stage to share her advice on how to have a money mindset, build wealth, and how to lift other women up simply through talking about money. What is a money mindset?It’s more than just how you think about money – you […]
WWPR Announces New Endeavors by Women as 2022-2023 Pro Bono Client
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] WASHINGTON (February 3, 2022) — Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) has announced that New Endeavors by Women (NEW), a DC-area non-profit organization that provides supportive services and housing to local women and children, will be its Pro […]