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YWCA Statement: Affirmative Action

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Today, June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court rolled back decades of progress on educational opportunity and socioeconomic mobility by narrowing the consideration of race in higher education admissions. In response to this egregious ruling by the Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students… Continue Reading YWCA Statement: Affirmative Action

AAPIHM - YWCA 2023

Like Mother Like Daughter: A Second-Generation Experience in the YWCA Movement YWCA: A Progressive Voice for Racial Equality and a Cruel Reality of Forced Assimilation 

Monday, May 1, 2023

Author: Roxanne Vigil  In the March 1947 edition of YWCA’s The Woman’s Press magazine, Mary Takeyama reflected on her work throughout her time in YWCA Los Angeles and later in the Colorado Relocation Center during World War II, writing, “I miss Y activities but am carrying on its ideas” (bit.ly/3LCaXq7). Takeyama had done much for… Continue Reading Like Mother Like Daughter: A Second-Generation Experience in the YWCA Movement YWCA: A Progressive Voice for Racial Equality and a Cruel Reality of Forced Assimilation 

YWCA Women's History Month 2023

From Voting Rights to Reproductive Rights, Financial Literacy and More, YWCA Is Building on a Legacy of Advancing Equity and Justice for All Women

Friday, March 3, 2023

  By: Roxanne Vigil YWCA has a storied legacy of advancing equity and justice for all women. From voting rights to reproductive rights, financial literacy and more, we have long advocated on behalf of women — all women — and we continue to carry out that critical work to this day, working to get out… Continue Reading From Voting Rights to Reproductive Rights, Financial Literacy and More, YWCA Is Building on a Legacy of Advancing Equity and Justice for All Women

2023 YWCA - Black History Month

Advancing Justice: YWCA’s Own Reckoning with Racial Inequity

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

When Dr. Dorothy Height was a little girl, growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1920s, she was denied access to the central YWCA swimming pool (bit.ly/3Iq45uc). That experience served as a catalyst to her mission to desegregate YWCAs across the nation and provide access to all women of all different backgrounds, which she accomplished… Continue Reading Advancing Justice: YWCA’s Own Reckoning with Racial Inequity