Why isn the Ms. Foundation associated with Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work anymore?
In July 2007, with the overwhelming success of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, the Ms. Foundation decided to transition the program to the newly created Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation so that Ms. Foundation could turn its attention to other platforms to nurture girls’ voices and leadership. The Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation now administers the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work program. Why is the program called “OUR” Daughters and Sons? When we say “Our Daughters and Sons,” we mean more than our own children. Workplaces and individuals are encouraged to ensure all our nation’s daughters and sons participate in the program by inviting children from housing authorities and shelters, nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends, and more to join them for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Through this program, adults can show girls and boys opportunities they would have otherwise never known existed. Ensuring girls of all races, ethnicities,
