The Illinois Community Women Veteran’s Center needs your help!

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The National Women Veterans United (NWVU) a 501c3 veteran organization is seeking support of $10,000 for the Illinois Women Veteran's Center. We are asking for your generous end of the year donation in support of the only Women Veteran's Center in Illinois and one of few across the nation that addresses the specific needs of military/women veterans and program services. Read more [...]

Women Veterans Virtual Career Fair

You have served the Nation, and we are honored to serve you by hosting a virtual career fair exclusively for female service members and veterans. Meet and interact, in real time, with recruiters from dozens of America’s most veteran friendly companies. Read more [...]

Female veterans do battle for benefits at home

When Xatavia Hughes, the granddaughter of a military man, went to serve in Iraq, she was prepared to prove herself to the male soldiers. A month after returning, Hughes found herself in an improbable spot: living in a dorm room at the Pacific Garden Mission, the sprawling homeless shelter on the city's West Side, shielding her two sons from addicts and criminals. Read more [...]