Brenda Bushouse presented “Thinking Big for Policy Change” to the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts Leadership Institute for Political Impact  on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Bushouse is professor of political science and public policy at UMass Amherst.

Professor Bushouse's two hour seminar gave Leadership Institute Fellows the tools to work toward economic justice, access to education, and freedom from violence in their daily activities. 

The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts is a philanthropic grant-making organization dedicated to providing funding, training, and advocacy to non-profit organizations. It seeks to create economic and social equality for women and girls in Western Massachusetts through grantmaking and strategic initiatives