Day 14: Raising Our Voices
DAY 14 Of YWCA Spokane’s 14-Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge
Thank you for completing our 14-Day Challenge!
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DAY 14: Raising our voices
Congratulations – you’ve made it to the end of YWCA Spokane’s 14-Day Challenge for 2021!
These 14 days were thoughtfully curated to inform you, to challenge you, to make you uncomfortable, and to inspire you. Our commitment to the work of racial equity and social justice requires action from each of us.
Completing this challenge is a great way to further your social justice journey. It is also important to recognize that “choosing” to learn or talk about race is not a privilege everyone has. We must remain actively engaged and talk about racism within our spheres of influence. This could be with your coworkers, family members, or friends. You might be the one person they listen to or say something that helps them further their own journey.
There is no “one way” to have this brave conversation. And while we may never have the perfect response, we always need to try. Now is the time to do our part by speaking up so, together, we can eliminate racism.
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| Need resources for the kids in your life? Check out this toolkit for discussing race with children as parents and caregivers. |
and | Want to effect change at work? Read this guide on building an anti-racist workplace. |
and | Nervous about speaking up? Continue challenging yourself with this toolkit of ways to respond to everyday instances of racism. |
Please consider taking a moment to share with us feedback about your experience while navigating this 14-Day Equity Challenge. Did you find it valuable? Do you think we should do it again in the future? Are there specific topics you would like us to address? We welcome any insights you would like to share with us. Thank you!
Support Racial & Social Justice Work
YWCA Spokane’s Racial and Social Justice Committee is so grateful to be able to bring you this equity challenge. At YWCA Spokane, we are committed to a world of equity and human decency. We commit ourselves to the work of racial equity and social justice. We will continue to do the work until injustice is rooted out, until institutions are transformed, until the world sees women, girls, and people of color the way we do: Equal. Powerful. Unstoppable.
Support other local organizations who are committed to peace, justice, freedom, and dignity. In addition to your partnership with YWCA Spokane, we encourage you to take time to learn about, join, and support other organizations doing equity work in our community. We have compiled information about many of these partners to make it easier for you to get involved.
YWCA and Racial Justice
YWCA agencies across the country are commitment to racial justice and civil rights. Collectively, we are committed to ensuring that everyone is afforded equal protection under the law, and our intersectional mission to eliminate racism and empower women demands that we show up to advocate against the oppression that many groups and individuals endure, including through recognizing the interconnected experiences of discrimination and disadvantage that women face from their overlapping identities.
Too often, stereotypes, biases, and racial power dynamics are embedded in our laws and public policies. They are also reflected in the use of racial profiling, heightened surveillance tactics, targeted enforcement strategies, and other practices that increase policing of certain racial and ethnic communities (but not others) that lead to criminalization and often the death of people of color.
Learn More About YWCA USA’s Leadership With Racial Equity & Social Justice
- Learn about YWCA USA racial justice and civil rights policy priorities.
- Take a stand for racial justice and civil rights.
- Take advocacy action.
- Stand Against Racism.
- Fight racial profiling in your community with the Racial Profiling Community Watch Checklist.
- Oppose racial profiling in education with the Racial Profiling Education System Checklist.
- Download these resources to learn more:
YWCA USA Blog Posts
- Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis – Migrant Women
- A Story of Empowerment, Education, & Advocacy: How YWCA Supports AAPI Communities
- Why It’s Important to Address Racism as a Public Health Crisis
- Shining a Light on How the American Rescue Plan Supports Women
- YWCA Empowering Women Across the Globe
- The Current State of Black Women, Police Violence, and What We Are Doing About It
- Talking to Kids About Racism
- Unhooded and Exposed: What COVID-19 Reveals about Racism in America
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