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YWCA USA Announces Six New Appointments to its Board of Directors

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA is pleased to announce the appointment of six new members to its national Board of Directors: Mallory Donaldson with the Center for Healthy Families; Cristina A. Gomez with CA Consulting, Strategies, Management; Kara Perkins with California State University at Long Beach; Ramy Rauf with Northwest Area Foundation; Deon Riley with Bath & Body Works; and Joanne Tabellija-Murphy with Walmart.

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YWCA USA Launches YWCA Racial Justice Challenge

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA, the nation’s oldest and largest women’s organization, launched the YWCA Racial Justice Challenge to coincide with their Until Justice Just Is (UJJI) campaign, which will run throughout the month of April and is intended to raise awareness of systemic racism and how each of us can take action to advance justice.

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YWCA USA Receives Generous Contribution from MacKenzie Scott to Fund Mission-Based Work to Eliminate Racism and Empower Women

This is an excerpt: For Immediate Release:Yolanda RaineSenior Director, Marketing and Communicationsyraine@ywca.org202-524-5331 Washington, D.C., – This week, YWCA USA received a generous donation from entrepreneur, author, advocate, and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott as part of her dedication to her giving pledge and ongoing commitment to provide immediate support to people suffering the health and economic impacts of these challenging times.

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We Stand Against Gun Violence

This is an excerpt: Statement from YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo:Today, our prayers and support are with the people of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Yet once again, we stand with communities that have been terrorized by active shooters whose only goal is to unleash fear, inflict pain and cause great loss of innocent life.

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Empowering Women and Lifting Diverse Voices: We Must Stand Together

This is an excerpt: #RunAsYouAre Partners Statement on “The Squad”Joint Statement from YWCA USA, VoteRunLead, IGNITE, and United State of WomenRally cries and tweets calling for four elected women of color to “go back home” have, once again, revealed the depth of racism and gender bias that have hindered the leadership of women and people of color throughout our nation’s history.

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SCOTUS blocks 2020 Census citizenship question for now

This is an excerpt: Today, the Supreme Court took an important step in the right direction to protect our constitution and our democracy by affirming a lower court ruling that challenged the underlying motives for the proposed addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census—a question that is unnecessary, untested, last-minute, and jeopardizes an accurate and full census count in 2020.

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