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A Week Without Violence: #StopStreetHarassment with Sophie Sandberg, Founder of CatCalls of NYC
This is an excerpt: Episode #58 Subscribe to the Organize Your Butterflies Podcast: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER | SPOTIFY | TUNEIN | RSS Host: Alejandra Y. Castillo Guest: Sophie Sandberg, Founder of Catcalls of NYC Catcalls of NYC is a grassroots initiative that uses public chalk art to raise awareness about gender-based street harassment.
Week Without Violence: Me Too and the Evolving Movement to Interrupt and Eradicating Sexual Violence with Dani Ayers
This is an excerpt: Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault are serious and widespread issues that are often used to instill fear, humiliate, or punish; destroy lives, families, and communities; or enforce power dynamics.
Week Without Violence: The Allstate Foundation's Moving Ahead Curriculum is Empowering Survivors of GBV
This is an excerpt: The Allstate Foundation's Moving Ahead Curriculum has made significant strides to serve survivors of GBV who need support when it comes to financial empowerment.
YWomenVote 2020: The Stage is Set for Women to be a Driving Force in 2020
This is an excerpt: In this episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo chats with Celinda Lake, CEO, Lake Research Partners, and Catherine Beane, Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, YWCA USA about the YWomenVote survey findings and implications for the 2020 election.
Women Supporting Women: Mobilizing Women in 2019 and Beyond
This is an excerpt: In the latest episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo chats with Cecile Richards, a co-founder of Supermajority, a New York Times bestselling author for her book Make Trouble, and the former President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
We All Count! Census 2020
This is an excerpt: Civil Engagement Manager, YWCA USATitle: We All Count! Census 2020Description: When the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census every ten years, it determines not only the number of people living in the United States.
A Conversation About Racial Justice Training
This is an excerpt: Racial justice education on a macro-level requires grappling with questions such as “what is racism” and “why is racism so difficult to eradicate?”
Landing Mentors, Growing Business
This is an excerpt: STEM? This episode of Organize Your Butterflies, is the sixth in the “Y Women Startup” curriculum. This is the third chapter under “The Core of Business Operations,” and focuses on the challenges that women face when entering the (relatively) new STEM sector.
Hearing Fear, Not Acting On It: Discussing Conversations About Racism
This is an excerpt: Episode 20 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation with YWCA National Capital Area CEO Monica Gray.
Announcing YWCA Women’s Empowerment Program powered by McDonald’s Black and Positively Golden Movement
This is an excerpt: Episode 19 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation between YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and Lizette Williams, Head of Cultural Engagement and Experiences, McDonald’s USA.
A Week Without Violence: Ending Gun Violence - Disarming Domestic Abusers
This is an excerpt: Episode 18 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by Alejandra Y. Castillo and features special expert guests Rob Valente and Dorian Karp.
A Week Without Violence: Ensuring Safety for Immigrant Women
This is an excerpt: Episode 17 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies features a conversation between YWCA CEO and expert guest Grace Huang discussing how domestic and sexual violence can have additional hurdles to healing for immigrant women.
A Week Without Violence: Trauma Informed Care – Helping Survivors Heal
This is an excerpt: Episode 16 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and features expert guest Kiersten Stewart. The episode explores the in-depth ways that survivors of domestic and sexual violence can heal after trauma, and what trauma informed care looks like in practice.
A Week Without Violence: Economic Abuse – It’s More than Dollars and Cents
This is an excerpt: Episode #15 - This episode of Organize Your Butterflies is hosted by YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and features expert guest Kim Pentico discussing the realities of economic abuse, and how this often “invisible” abuse method is so prominent domestic violence cases.
A Week Without Violence: YWCA’s Annual Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence
This is an excerpt: Episode #14 - This introductory special episode of OYB features YWCA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo and expert guest Rosie Hidalgo discussing the realities of domestic violence and its deep entrenchment in American society.
Civic Engagement: A Tool For Lasting Change
This is an excerpt: Discussion topics include: the role of Black women in the 2020 election, forming coalitions of between different groups of marginalized women, and what inspires her as a leader to keep on advocating for change.
AMEND Together: How YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee Confronts the Crisis of Violence Against Women
This is an excerpt: YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Shan Foster, Vice President of External Affairs and AMEND Together at YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee. In this episode, they discuss the AMEND Together conference held in Nashville earlier this week.
Your Secret Tool to Revenue
This is an excerpt: This week, YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo is joined by Donielle Eldridge, Founder and CEO of Her Momentum. They discuss finding the right partners to spur collaboration for revenue growth.
Every Day Brings a New Challenge
This is an excerpt: Ambassador Mari AponteIn the latest episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Mari Carmen Aponte, a public servant, lawyer, former Ambassador, mentor, and humanitarian.
Team Goals: Building Talent in the Office
This is an excerpt: This week on Organize Your Butterflies we continue our series on women’s entrepreneurship. YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo is joined by Kimberly Hill, Business Development Manager in Amazon Logistics.