The Women’s Issue
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Women’s Issue 2022

Our annual Women’s Issue takes a look at some of the issues facing women today, and looks ahead to new frontiers.
by The Source Staff

From reproductive rights to women in sport, lots has changed—and changed again—in the last 50 years. Our annual Women’s Issue takes a look at some of the issues facing women today, and looks ahead to new frontiers. Read the stories from this year’s Women’s Issue: Title IX, 50 Years Later:  The landmark civil rights bill […]

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Women of the Year 2021 ▶ [With Video]

Stories of women doing great things—and that includes our Woman of the Year, Community Hero, Young Hero and more. Meet these incredible change-makers in Central Oregon
by The Source Staff

A note from our editor: Last year, the Source Weekly—which has long had a Women’s Issue coinciding with International Women’s Day—joined forces with the Bend Chamber’s Women of the Year awards, for one giant event. Quite literally the night of the awards banquet, I arrived a little late due to the fact that I’d written […]

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Woman of the Year

Jesse Durham of Sisters Coffee once ran a marathon to raise funds to help an all-women coffee co-op improve production
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Jesse Durham is a co-owner of Sisters Coffee Company—a brand started by her parents, Winfield and Joy Durham, in Sisters in 1989. Today, Jesse and her two brothers are at the helm of the company, which operates cafes in Sisters and Portland, as well as a wholesale business roasting and packaging 300,000 pounds of coffee […]

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Young Hero

Angie Acevedo, now a student at COCC, made a name for herself at Bend High, where she advocated for immigrants and people experiencing poverty
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Last spring, Angie Acevedo gave the senior speech in front of her graduating class at Bend Senior High School—the first person from a Hispanic background to do so in the 110+ years of commencement ceremonies at the school. Born in Los Angeles, Acevedo and her family moved to Bend when she was two years old. […]

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Advancing Women

Karina Smith, a believer in the power of challenges to push people forward
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A new category in the Bend Chamber’s awards this year, the Advancing Women category is intended to highlight the work of a person of any gender, working to advance the role of women in the community. The winner is Karina Smith, an educator working to promote equity through her role as Director of Regional Migrant Education […]

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Community Hero

Ruth Jones, supporting LatinX families through the JUNTOS program
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Ruth Jones works for Oregon State University’s Open Campus as a Latino Program Coordinator for an underserved population, in addition to serving on numerous nonprofit boards. She describes her job as one that “is truly rewarding.” The program she works for, “JUNTOS,” means “Together” in English, and is in every middle and high school in […]

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Lifetime Achievement

Lawnae Hunter has had a remarkable career—but her passion lies in teaching and servant leadership
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Lifetime Achievement winner Lawnae Hunter has had a successful career in real estate-related activities. The real estate company she led in California had five offices and 300 sales people before she sold it in 2003. Today, she’s the owner of PLUS Property Management and the chair of the Oregon Real Estate Agency—a governor’s appointment—but more […]

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2020 Women’s Issue

Celebrating our Women of the Year, inclusion in the outdoors, female chefs and brewers and so much more
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The Source Weekly has had a Women’s Issue for as long as we can remember. It’s our place to highlight some of the many stories of Central Oregon women doing important work—but this year, a new partnership sought to amplify women’s voices even further.  The Source partnered with the Bend Chamber—which has had its own […]

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