Michigan Women Forward

09/02/2026

🚨 Flint business owners: This is your last chance to get loan-ready.

Applications for the Capital Readiness Lab close Monday!

This six-week clinic gives you hands-on, personalized support to dig into your financials, get your documents in order and strengthen your loan application—so you can be better positioned for approval when you pursue a small business loan.

Six weeks. 15 businesses. A clearer path to capital.

⏰ Apply by end of day Sunday, Sept. 6! 👉 https://miwf.org/business-programs/business-classes-seminars/mwf-capital-readiness-lab/

09/01/2026

One more Tuesday at Live6! 👋

Tomorrow is our final summer Funding Desk at Live6 Alliance. If you’ve been meaning to stop in and talk funding with us, now’s the time.

Bring your questions about business loans, what you need to apply, whether you’re loan-ready—or just where to start. We’ll help you sort through it.

📍 Live6 Alliance
🕘 Tomorrow | 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

We’ve loved spending Tuesdays at Live6 this summer. Come see us one more time!

08/28/2026

What can you learn from hearing how another woman navigated the moments that shaped her?

At She Speaks, five Michigan women take the stage to get candid about leadership, ambition, resilience, opportunity—and the experiences that changed their perspective along the way.

Then we’ll go deeper with a special Fireside Chat featuring Robin R. Terry, Chairwoman & CEO of Motown Museum.

Come for the stories, the conversation, and the chance to connect with women who get it.

🎤 She Speaks: Ideas Worth Sharing. Voices Worth Hearing.
📅 Sept. 22 | 5:30–8 p.m.
📍 Marygrove Conservancy, Detroit

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://miwf.org/celebrating-women/she-speaks-mwf-40th-anniversary-event/

08/26/2026

Flint business owners: Let’s get you closer to a “yes.”

The Capital Readiness Lab is a six-week clinic designed to help you do the work it takes to become loan-ready. Dig into your financials, get your documents in order, and receive hands-on, personalized guidance to strengthen your application.

The goal? Finish the six weeks better positioned to qualify for and secure a small business loan that can help you grow.

📍 For Flint businesses
📅 Sept. 9-Oct. 14 | 5:30–7 p.m.
Only 15 spots available.

https://miwf.org/business-programs/business-classes-seminars/mwf-capital-readiness-lab/

08/26/2026

Last call, Morningside! 👋

The Funding Desk is making its final summer stop at Morningside Café this Thursday.

If funding your business has been sitting on your to-do list, come move it up a few spots. Talk one-on-one with our lending team, ask the questions you’ve been sitting on, and get a better sense of your next step.

📍 Morningside Café
📅 Thursday
🕙 10 a.m.–Noon

Summer may be winding down. Your business plans don’t have to.

08/25/2026

Work pressure has a way of finding your triggers. The key is knowing what to do when it does.

Join us for Power Hour: The Truth Is in the Trigger — Protect Your A-Game with leadership capacity strategist Princess Castleberry and learn how to recognize the triggers that can affect your judgment, decisions, and leadership.

Protect your A-game when the stakes are high at work. 💪

🔗 Register today! https://miwf.org/business-programs/business-classes-seminars/the-truth-is-in-the-trigger-protect-your-a-game/

08/20/2026

💚 This Summer of Love, we're sharing businesses that make Michigan stronger.

Today, we're spotlighting Health for Life Counseling- Grand Rapids and Ada and founders Paul Krauss and Dr. Nicole Cain, who set out to bring a different kind of mental health care to West Michigan — and have grown that vision into a team of more than 40 clinicians.

Give Health for Life some love by swiping through, sharing this post, and celebrating a Michigan small business making a difference.

Thank you to Meijer for helping make our Summer of Love campaign possible as we celebrate 40 years of opening doors.

08/18/2026

Your business is ready to grow. Are you ready to fund it?

The Capital Readiness Lab gives Flint business owners six weeks of hands-on, personalized support to understand their numbers, strengthen their loan applications, and build a clearer path to capital.

Only 15 businesses will be selected.

📅 Sept. 9–Oct. 14, 2026 | 5:30–7 p.m.

Click here to apply: https://miwf.org/business-programs/business-classes-seminars/mwf-capital-readiness-lab/

08/18/2026

Your little black dress has plans this Friday. 🖤

Grab your friends and head to Little Black Dress at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids for a night of dancing, drinks, a live DJ, photo ops, and a very good excuse to get dressed up.

And here’s the part we really love: 10% of event profits benefit Michigan Women Forward.

📅 This Friday, August 21
⏰ 8 p.m.–Midnight
🎟️ Just $10 | 21+

The dress is probably already in your closet. Now you just need the tickets!

Little Black Dress is back and returning to the energy, glamour, and excitement making it one of Grand Rapids' most anticipated nights out!

08/14/2026

40 years of celebrating women’s voices. Now, we’re giving them a new stage. 🎤

As part of Michigan Women Forward’s 40th anniversary, we’re introducing She Speaks.

Join us for an evening of bold ideas, honest stories, and fresh perspectives from Michigan women with something worth saying. Featuring four lightning talks and a special Fireside Chat with Motown Museum’s Robin Terry.

📅 Sept. 22 | 5:30–8 p.m.
📍 Marygrove Conservancy, Detroit

Meet the speakers and get your tickets: https://miwf.org/celebrating-women/she-speaks-mwf-40th-anniversary-event/