PowerHouse Flathead looks at women's challenges

Jen Euell, program director for the Women’s Foundation of Montana, will lead a PowerHouse Flathead meeting and listening session June 27 to learn what the challenges women and girls face in the Flathead Valley, how those challenges affect the community, and what resources and tools are needed to affect change.

The meeting will take place at 4 p.m. at the Tailing Loop Winery, 1498 Montana 35 in Kalispell.

Euell is traveling throughout Montana holding listening sessions to learn more about the communities she represents. By hearing Montanan women and girls’ voices, she will better understand the issues they face and how best to empower them and help them improve.

PowerHouse Flathead is a division of PowerHouse Montana, an initiative of the Women’s Foundation of Montana that aims to connect Montana women with the resources, mentors and opportunities they need to create thriving businesses and lives.

Euell is also interested in hearing why women and girls love where they live, what new and positive things are happening, and how she can be of service in spreading good news. She will also explain matriarchal organizations and how their services can be utilized, including the grant opportunities available when the Women’s Foundation of Montana’s Grant Cycle opens.

Euell is the former program director of the Student Assault Resources Center at the University of Montana, the former night coordinator of the Domestic Violence Shelter at the YWCA Missoula, and the co-founder and former director of GUTS! (Girls Using Their Strengths) girls’ leadership project in Missoula.