Jerri Rosen, founder of Working Wardrobes, lived to empower people

Jerri Rosen is being remembered for the decades she spent working to empower and lift others. She died Wednesday, May 14, at age 79.
Thirty-five years ago, Rosen founded Working Wardrobes, a nonprofit dedicated to giving people affected by domestic violence, homelessness, drug abuse, incarceration and many other barriers the clothing and tools to find employment and regain stability in their lives. She spent more than 30 years as the organization’s CEO.
In 1990, Rosen and a group of five f