Education and Training – YWCA Spokane

RSJ January Spotlight: 2023 Washington Legislative Session

January 10, 2023

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

| Tags: equity, Racial & Social Justice, resources, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, Spotlight, waleg, walex, Washington Legislative Session

This year’s Washington legislative session has begun in Olympia. Being an odd-numbered year, we’re headed into a long session (105 days) which means more time to pass bills and negotiate a brand new biennial budget for 2023-2025, with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2023. This will also be the first in-person session since the …

2022 Racial & Social Justice Committee Recap

December 27, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Events

Another year has come and gone! 2022 was full of new beginnings and restarts after hitting pause the last couple of years. Our Racial & Social Justice Committee worked very hard to continue promoting diversity and inclusivity, and highlighting the social justice issues important to our community. This committee is made up of agency leaders, …

YWomen Vote

November 4, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

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

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, impact, Racial & Social Justice

#YWOMENVOTE We’re less than one week away from Election Day on November 8th! YWCA Spokane is making sure their voices are heard and we hope you are too. Take a look through our gallery to see all the reasons why our staff votes! Know Your… Early Voting Options: Absentee, mail-in voting, or in-person early voting …

Recap | October Pathways Forward: Centering Survivors

October 24, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

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

| Tags: Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Action Month, legislative advocacy, Pathways Forward, Week Without Violence

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Local experts join ywca spokane to discuss impacts to domestic violence survivors of current legislative changes (>1 minute read) During this year’s Week Without Violence, YWCA Spokane was joined by Sarah Dixit, Public Affair Manager of Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington & North Idaho, and Gonzaga Law Professor Mary Path Truethart, to engage …

How To Do Your Civic Duty

October 3, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

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

| Tags: Advocacy, community, Community Engagement, legislative advocacy, mid-terms, Racial & Social Justice, voter education, voting

We’ve been working hard on voter education here at YWCA Spokane – that means knowing WHO can vote, HOW to vote, WHEN to vote, and of course, WHY voting is important. Whomst indeed? Did you know you can still vote with a felony conviction? Your voting rights are automatically restored in Washington state as soon …