Education and Training – YWCA Spokane

2020 Census Engagement Efforts

February 5, 2020

| By Mia Morton

Categories: Advocacy, Awards, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact

| Tags: #YWomenCount, 2020 Census, Civic Engagement, Domestic Violence

YWCA Spokane Is Honored to Receive Grant Supporting 2020 Census Client Engagement Efforts YWCA Spokane staff members Brit and Mia lead initiatives among peers to facilitate trauma-informed census engagement effort among historically hard to count populations due to funding received through the Innovia Foundation‘s Eastern Washington Census 2020 Grant Program. We are so grateful for …

Census History, Practicalities, and Importance

February 5, 2020

| By Mia Morton

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

| Tags: #YWomenCount, 2020 Census, Civic Engagement

2020 Census – Y Women Count! Every 10 years, every household in America is surveyed on demographics that will determine how billions of Federal funds are distributed, the number of seats we have in Congress, where critical infrastructure is provided and much more. This year, YWCA Spokane is joining national efforts through YWCA USA and …

YWCA Offers Women Job Search Support & Mentorship

January 16, 2020

| By Mia Morton

Categories: Education and Training, Other

| Tags: job readiness, Mentorship, women to work, Women's Opportunity Center

When asked how much community members know about YWCA Spokane free programs, most share their awareness of our wrap-around services for domestic violence victims/survivors, including our safe shelter. What many in Spokane are still unfamiliar with is the array of services we offer that focus on women’s economic empowerment, which are provided through our Women’s …

World YWCA Council 2019

November 22, 2019

| By Kate Sowers

Categories: Education and Training, Success Stories

| Tags: Scholarship, World YWCA, ywca usa

Kate Sowers From YWCA Spokane Attends 2019 World YWCA Council In South Africa As the proud and grateful recipient of a scholarship to join the YWCA USA delegation at the 2019 World YWCA Council, I’m pleased to share with you – my YWCA Spokane community – some stories and photos from the first few days …

Youth Leadership Council

November 12, 2019

| By Erica Schreiber

Categories: Community, Education and Training, Get Involved

| Tags: healthy relationships, prevention, teen dating, teen dating violence, teen dating violence awareness month, youth advocate

YWCA Spokane is proud to announce our new Youth Leadership Council (YLC). What Is YLC YLC is a diverse, youth-led group, that stands to uphold leadership, promote change, and raise awareness about teen dating violence within the Spokane community. YLC Mission & Vision The Youth Leadership Council’s mission is to promote healthy relationships, to shift …