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Get Out The Vote!

This is an excerpt: As we commemorate the 100th anniversary year of women’s suffrage, we celebrate the courage and conviction of those who fought for equality. But in this moment of celebration, we must acknowledge that the 19th Amendment was not the end of our fight for equitable representation.

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Uplifting an Unsung Legacy

Pauli Murray once said, “Black women, historically, have been doubly victimized by the twin immoralities of Jim Crow and Jane Crow… Black women, faced with these dual barriers, have often found that sex bias is more formidable than racial bias.” At YWCA, our mission is fueled by the perspectives of Black feminists like Pauli Murray, who worked to transform the fights for gender equity and racial justice.

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