February 2023 – YWCA Spokane

Recap | February Pathways Forward: Prevention Efforts

February 10, 2023

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Events, Get Involved, Impact, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, community, Community Engagement, Domestic Violence, impact, prevention, TDVAM, Teen DVAM, youth advocate

LOCAL EXPERTS JOIN YWCA SPOKANE TO DISCUSS PREVENTION EFFORTS FOR YOUTH During Teen Domestic Violence Awareness Month, YWCA Spokane was joined by Citlalli Briseño, Program Supervisor for Mujeres in Action, and Kami LaMoreaux, Violence Prevention Coordinator for Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition, to speak about their work with young people. Hosted by Lizbeth Reyes, YWCA …

February RSJ Spotlight: If You Could Save Just One

February 2, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Spokane Resources

| Tags: equity, If You Could Save Just One, Racial & Social Justice, resources, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, Spokane, Spotlight

Image of dark grey background with white text that reads, "I think that our past trickles into our future and the in choices that we make. And in that, we can get lost on emotional support for our kids. I'm not here to tell anybody that their kids are at risk. I do understand it takes a village."

Racial & Social Justice Spotlight Series Each month, our Equity Coordinator, Lara, sits down with an organization or individual in our community to spotlight the work they do to create real and lasting change for a more equitable Spokane. 5 minute read content warning: mentions of suicide, molestation February Spotlight If You Could Save Just …

TDVAM 2023

February 1, 2023

| By Lizbeth Reyes Soto

Categories: Community, Education and Training, Events, Impact, Other

| Tags: Children, community, Domestic Violence, education, prevention

Every February, a month long national initiative takes place to bring awareness to teen dating violence. Similar to intimate partner domestic violence, teen dating violence can take on many different forms and has a significant impact on our community. When we think about abuse, physical abuse is the first form to come to mind but …

Mission Moment – Prevention Efforts

February 1, 2023

| By Jemma Riedel-Johnson

Categories: Community, Impact

| Tags: Community Engagement, Mission Moment, prevention, TDVAM

Purpose At its core, violence prevention is about ending cycles of abuse. YWCA Spokane’s prevention efforts focus on doing this with teens by “Holding space to have conversations with teenagers about relationships that they don’t normally have with adults in their lives,” according to Lizbeth Reyes, Prevention Coordinator. She sees the Prevention Team as being …