This is an excerpt: Over 300 YWCA leaders from across the country gathered together last week to connect and learn together during our biennial National Conference in Washington, D.C. During several days of panel discussions, speeches, and workshop sessions, leaders focused on identifying new opportunities and forging new connections to help us unleash and leverage our power as a national movement.

This is an excerpt: Washington, DC, June 6, 2019 — YWCA USA honored the achievements of extraordinary women leaders Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Fatima Goss Graves, Brittany Packnett, and Mónica Ramirez during YWCA’s 2019 national conference, Dare To Be Powerful, whose theme is derived from a famous Audre Lorde quote.

This is an excerpt: As YWCA marked our 13th annual Stand Against Racism, we focused on raising awareness and highlighting the injustices faced by immigrant women and families. In DC, YWCA USA kicked off this year’s campaign by hosting a policy briefing on April 25th, on “Ensuring Safety and Opportunity for Immigrant Women.”

This is an excerpt: As YWCA marked our 13th annual Stand Against Racism, we focused on raising awareness and highlighting the injustices faced by immigrant women and families. In DC, YWCA USA kicked off this year’s campaign by hosting a policy briefing on April 25th, on “Ensuring Safety and Opportunity for Immigrant Women.”

This is an excerpt: When I first read these words in Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider, I just sat the book down and walked away. I was twenty-four years old, and a Black queer survivor of sexual and domestic violence. What did I know of “power,” other than the million-odd ways it had been used against me, and against those I loved?

This is an excerpt: When I first read these words in Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider, I just sat the book down and walked away. I was twenty-four years old, and a Black queer survivor of sexual and domestic violence. What did I know of “power,” other than the million-odd ways it had been used against me, and against those I loved?

This is an excerpt: As an organization that has been working for justice for over 160 years, we at YWCA know how important it is to continue having dialogue and building community among those who work for racial justice, and to relentlessly persist in raising awareness about the impact of institutional and structural racism in our communities.

This is an excerpt: This is an excerpt: As an organization that has been working for justice for over 160 years, we at YWCA know how important it is to continue having dialogue and building community among those who work for racial justice, and to relentlessly persist in raising awareness about the impact of institutional and structural racism in our communities.

This is an excerpt: By Lily Eisner, Policy & Program Assistant, YWCA USAI’m going to let you in on an uncomfortable secret: diversity does not spontaneously create racial equity.So often, organizations believe fighting racism in the workplace begins and ends with increasing representation.

This is an excerpt: By Lily Eisner, Policy & Program Assistant, YWCA USAI’m going to let you in on an uncomfortable secret: diversity does not spontaneously create racial equity.So often, organizations believe fighting racism in the workplace begins and ends with increasing representation.

This is an excerpt: By Natalie Cone, State Advocacy and Civic Engagement Manager, YWCA USAThe organizing efforts of women in civic engagement have shaped and strengthened our democracy.

This is an excerpt: By Natalie Cone, State Advocacy and Civic Engagement Manager, YWCA USAThe organizing efforts of women in civic engagement have shaped and strengthened our democracy.

This is an excerpt: By Asha Kuziwa, Field Organizer, YWCA USAFrom ending gun violence to combating climate change, young people are leading the way and working to drive real, lasting change in our communities and across the country.

This is an excerpt: By Asha Kuziwa, Field Organizer, YWCA USAFrom ending gun violence to combating climate change, young people are leading the way and working to drive real, lasting change in our communities and across the country.

This is an excerpt: Washington, DC, March 19, 2019 – Google.org is awarding $5M to YWCA USA, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and UnidosUS, as part of the company’s larger $25 million commitment in 2019 to increase Black and Latinx students’ access to computer science and artificial intelligence education across the United States.

This is an excerpt: Washington, DC, March 19, 2019 – Google.org is awarding $5M to YWCA USA, the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and UnidosUS, as part of the company’s larger $25 million commitment in 2019 to increase Black and Latinx students’ access to computer science and artificial intelligence education across the United States.

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.

On Sunday, April 11, Daunte Wright was fatally shot in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, about 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin is on trial for the killing of George Floyd. Elisha Rhodes, Interim CEO, YWCA USA has issued the following statement in response: “When will the headlines change?

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.

This is an excerpt: By Lily Eisner, Policy & Program Assistant, YWCA USAIn the middle of a suburban, circular drive the neighborhood kids came together around a small, plastic disc. Here, with our Frisbee, I could run around with the big kids; I could speak up and be heard; I could learn and grow and improve.