Circle of Impact

Help us kick off Dress for Success Austin's new giving circle with a bang!



Our Mission

Circle of Impact empowers Austin women through a community of passionate individuals who are dedicated to supporting DFSA’s career development programs and raising awareness for the DFSA mission of helping women secure gainful employment.



Membership

Our vision for Circle of Impact is an inclusive community where anyone with a passion for empowering women can come together and give back through Dress for Success Austin. We'll offer plenty of exciting opportunities to get more involved with DFSA's mission, give back to women in the community, and meet people who share your passion! Membership benefits include:

• Invitation to quarterly events
• Meet and network with likeminded individuals
• Help create campaigns and raise funds to support Austin women
• Opportunities to take on leadership roles within COI
• Perks from local DFSA and COI partners (coming soon)

Our membership levels are as follows:

1. SustainHER at $250/year
2. SupportHER at $500/year
3. EmpowHER at $1,000+/year
4. Raise it Yourself (any level) at $50 down payment

*Note: We allow all membership levels to be paid for through direct giving or "Raise it Yourself". If you choose to raise your dues, you can make a $50 down payment and contribute the remainder of your dues by the end of the calendar year that you joined. For example: If you join in May of 2021, your full dues will need to be collected by December 31, 2021.



About Path to Employment

While Circle of Impact will be supporting DFSA in many ways, the top priority is raising money and awareness for the new Path to Employment program. Path to Employment, or P2E, is a six-week mentoring program designed to launch mentees into a successful job search through a guided curriculum that includes goal setting, resume/cover letter writing, LinkedIn profile building, job search strategizing and interview prep. Since the program's launch in October 2020, DFSA hosted three cohorts and helped 33 mentees graduate, ten of which have already secured a new job or promotion. Each P2E cohort costs $20,000 to sponsor, and DFSA plans to host several cohorts annually.



Make Your Impact

Join us in supporting Austin women on their journey to gainful and fulfilling employment! You can sign up at the membership level of your choice by clicking the donate button at the top of the page!

All membership questions can be directed to Dominique McLeggan-Brown, Circle of Impact President.

Meet the 2021 Circle of Impact Executive Team!

About DFSA

The mission of Dress for Success Austin is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. Simply put, we help women get jobs and advance in their careers.

Since our opening in 2003, DFSA has served over 16,000 Central Texas women. In addition to providing professional clothing, we help women build the lifelong skills they need to succeed in their career through our six active workforce development programs, which are now operating completely virtually. The last eighteen months have been tough for all of us, but we have grown more passionate in our mission and remain dedicated to meeting Austin women where they are, no matter what.

We've been able to serve almost 900 individual women through virtual workshops, one-on-one career consulting, and mentoring programs since March of 2020. While these numbers are a huge win for us considering the circumstances, we are expecting a large influx of women in need when we reopen our office for in-person services in September.

It's no secret that women -- specifically women of color and young women -- have been impacted most by the pandemic. Women lost nearly 4.2 million net jobs since February of 2020, and while employment numbers are rising (women accounted for 56.2% of job gains in May 2021), statistics show that we would need more than 13 straight months of job gains at May's level to recover.

We want to help women get back to where they were before COVID-19, but we need your help.

See how the support we provide can change the lives of the women we serve in the video below. Myra came to us over 10 years ago, new to Texas and looking for help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and now puts her chemistry degree to good use doing cancer research. Hear her story in her own words (you won't regret it).

Learn more about Circle of Impact on our membership page! All other information can be found on the DFSA website.