Denounce Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence
YWCA USA joined this letter calling on all child care and early learning advocates to denounce racism, white supremacy, and police violence; we call upon each of us to do the vital individual and collective anti-racist work that is required as we advocate for a more just and equitable child care system that truly demonstrates that Black families, Black educators, Black children, and Black lives matter.
Civil Rights Principles for Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Schools
YWCA USA joined this letter listing of principles to include in legislation to ensure Black children and all children are treated fairly in our nation’s schools addressing trauma, school discipline, and more.
Request to Investigate the Death of George Floyd
YWCA USA joined this letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr. Floyd’s death as well as the Minneapolis Police Department’s long history of brutality against Black and Brown individuals in the community it serves.
Request to Investigate the Death of Breonna Taylor
YWCA USA joined this letter requesting asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the recent fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
Request for a Special Session on the Escalating Situation of Police Violence and Repression of Protests
YWCA USA joined this letter urging members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to convene a Special Session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis borne out of the repression of nationwide given the recent history of racist policing in cities across the country that continues with seeming impunity from the killing of Michael Brown and the repression of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, to the murder of George Floyd.
Support the Nomination of Jocelyn Samuels for Commissioner on U.S. EEOC
YWCA USA joined this letter expressing strong support for the nomination of Jocelyn Samuels to serve as a Commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Federal Reforms Urgently Needed on a Range of Policing Issues
YWCA USA joined this letter urging leadership to take legislative action in response to ongoing fatal police killings and other violence against Black people across the country to hold law enforcement accountability.
Prohibit Discrimination in All COVID-19 Response Bills
YWCA USA joined this letter urging Congress to ensure that during the COVID-19 pandemic, all benefits, programs, services and assistance provided through COVID-19 response legislation are open to all persons who are eligible and in need, free from discrimination.
Additional Funding for Election Assistance in Response to COVID-19
YWCA USA joined LCCHR's letter urging Congress to pass additional measures that would fully fund and direct states and counties to administer the 2020 elections in a safe, fair, and accessible manner, through the implementation of vote-by-mail and the expansion of early voting and in-person voting options.
Statement of Solidarity Against Hate
YWCA USA joined LCCHR's statement standing in solidarity with Asian American and immigrant communities confronting a terrifying spike in COVID-19 related hate incidents.
Title IX Sexual Harassment Proposed Rule
YWCA USA joined NWLC's letter urging the Secretary to suspend the rulemaking process for the proposed Title IX sexual harassment rule until after the national emergency for COVID-19 has come to an end and schools have resumed their regular operations.
YWCA USA comments on RIN 0945-AA11 HHS proposed revision to Section 1557 of the ACA
YWCA USA urges the Office for Civil Rights to reject the Proposed Revisions to Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) permiting discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, immigrant communities, those with disabilities, those needed reproductive health care, and survivors of gender-based violence.
YWCA USA CEO's Statement on the Equal Rights Amendment
YWCA USA CEO, Alejandra Y. Castillo, submits a statement advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment as it would help improve the lives of survivors of domestic and sexual violence around the country by giving Congress the constitutional basis to pass laws that give women victimized by gender-based violence recourse in the courts and providing a constitutional basis for claims of gender-based violence.
Invitation to United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Racism
YWCA USA joined this letter urging Pompeo to extend an invitation to Professor E. Tendayi Achiume of the United Nations to conduct an official fact-finding visit to examine the historic and present marks of racism and racial discrimination that have presented new and renewed, alarming trends of racism in the United States.
Oppose William Barr's Nomination
YWCA USA joined LCCHR's letter urging the Senate to oppose Barr's confirmation for Attorney General of the United States.
Advance Gender Equality and Human Rights
YWCA USA joined this coalition letter urging the 116th Congress to prioritize legislation, oversight, and funding that directly promotes and advances gender equality and human rights regardless of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression.