by Heather Nannery Communications Manager, YWCA New York City Who is the 21st Century Girl? How can we support her aspirations? What happens when 200 girls and women unite to find out? The YWCA of the City of New York (YW) took on these questions and more on June 2 at the First Annual Potential… Continue Reading Potential to Power Girls Symposium Kicks Off NYC’s Girl Agenda
For about a year, there has been much discussion about the possibility of a cure for HIV. Visit POZ’s website to learn more about the many different aspects to this conversation. For BABES Network-YWCA’s summer newsletter, we asked the question: What would it be like to be cured of HIV? Some people in our community… Continue Reading To Be Cured of HIV
By Laura Speer Marketing & Fund Development Coordinator, YWCA Rockford As I rushed to prepare myself for work and my kids, ages one to seven, for daycare and school on Tuesday morning, the morning news played mostly unnoticed in the background. An update on the Nigerian girls abducted by the anti-Western Boko Haram terrorist group cycled… Continue Reading Our #BringBackOurGirls Rally Demands Action
By Rachel Krinsky CEO, YWCA Madison This week, the Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to affirmative action by upholding a Michigan law prohibiting public universities from considering race as a factor for admissions. Also this week, President Obama unveiled a new clemency process intended to reduce prison overcrowding and to begin addressing the stark overrepresentation… Continue Reading The United States Must Acknowledge the Legacy of Racial Injustice
By Judy Hutton CEO, YWCA Princeton Is racism holding up immigration reform? We will ask that question today, April 25, in Princeton, N.J., when we join 350,000 people in 1,400 cities and towns and publicly pledge to stand against racism! To think this grassroots initiative started with the women of the YWCA Trenton and Princeton! Its nationwide replication… Continue Reading Is Racism Holding Up Immigration Reform?