By Katie Stanton Social Media & Online Engagement Manager, YWCA USA What does the YWCA want the most this holiday season? We’re got five things we’re hoping for — policy decisions that will help empower women, reform that will truly support racial equality, and your continued support for our local associations who are working hard in communities… Continue Reading Top Five on Friday: December 13
By Qudsia Jafree Advocacy & Policy Manager of Health and Safety, YWCA USA Early this morning, President Obama signed into law a measure that would effectively allow the government to open after an unprecedented three-week hiatus, due to Congress’ inability to come to an agreement about the federal budget. This temporarily eases the fear of the… Continue Reading Week Without Violence: Racial Profiling
By Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D. CEO of the YWCA USA Today, we welcome nearly 400 YWCA leaders, advocates, staff and volunteers to Washington, D.C. for our 2013 What Women Want Annual Conference. For 155 years, the YWCA has literally transformed this nation. The women of the YWCA have been at the forefront of many life-changing social… Continue Reading Welcome, from the 2013 YWCA USA Annual Conference!
By Madeline Shepherd National Council of Jewish Women The ongoing debate over immigration reform tends to fall into two camps: the personal and the political. The personal is advocacy that stems from personal stories, including those about families separated for a decade or more, undocumented parents of citizen children who are seized in raids and… Continue Reading Immigration Reform: The Personal and the Political
by Jessica Jones Grassroots Advocacy Manager, League of Women Voters America is a nation of immigrants. The very roots of our nation’s birth and development are built on the traditions and cultures of people from different backgrounds. These differences make our country unique. Because of these traditions we owe it to ourselves to make certain the… Continue Reading Comprehensive Immigration Reform Will Strengthen Our Nation and Society