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Black History through a White Woman’s Eyes

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

By Norene G. Ball Director of Hallmark Programs, YWCA McLean County February was Black History Month and March is Women’s History Month. My own limited life experience convinces me that both Black History Month and Women’s History Month are good ideas. I grew up in the ’50s and early ’60s in a small town that… Continue Reading Black History through a White Woman’s Eyes

Joining our Foremothers on the Lincoln Memorial Steps

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

By Desiree Hoffman Director of Advocacy, YWCA USA “We Demand an End to Bias Now!” was inscribed in big letters on the March on Washington rally sign that Bernice Cosey-Pulley, now 86, carried in 1963. She still has two of the rally signs from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom perfectly laminated… Continue Reading Joining our Foremothers on the Lincoln Memorial Steps