Get Involved – YWCA Spokane

YWCA Spokane Safe Shelter Welcomes Tutor

November 3, 2020

| By Jemma Riedel

Categories: Community, Get Involved, Success Stories

| Tags: community, COVID-19, Safe Shelter

Like all of Spokane’s homeless service providers, YWCA Spokane has had to adapt and adjust to additional barriers that have been created by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those challenges, and something that affects our most vulnerable, was the remote learning return to school in September. In response, we felt it necessary to hire additional …

Hope for the Holidays 2020

October 31, 2020

| By Jemma Riedel

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Donations, Events, Get Involved, Impact

| Tags: Adopt-a-Family, Community Engagement, Holiday Giving, Holiday Wishlist, Hope For The Holidays

Join us for YWCA Spokane’s 5th Annual Hope for the Holidays Adopt-A-Family Wishlist Program In these difficult times, your contributions are so meaningful and will make this season a little brighter for those impacted by domestic violence, homelessness, and unemployment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope for the Holidays looks a little different this year. …

YWCA Get Out The Vote 2020

October 30, 2020

| By Mia Morton

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Get Involved

| Tags: board, GOTV, staff, supporters, voting

YWCA Spokane Encourages Voter Participation In the final stretch of this election, YWCA Spokane continued to dedicate itself to actions which encouraged robust, diverse voter participation in the November 2020 Election. With election day on Tuesday November 3rd, YWCA Spokane staff, board members, and supporters took the time to share their personal reasons for voting. …

Esteem

October 14, 2020

| By Erica Schreiber

Categories: Education and Training, Get Involved

| Tags: Domestic Violence, DV, intimate partner violence, ipv, Learn and Give Challenge

Content developed by YWCA Spokane Domestic Violence Action Month Committee. YWCA Spokane Learn & Give Challenge Today, we are continuing our journey through Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, specifically looking at level 5: Esteem. We focus primarily on some of the ways survivors meet their esteem needs and how their different circumstances can impact their ability …

Love & Belonging

October 14, 2020

| By Erica Schreiber

Categories: Education and Training, Get Involved

| Tags: Domestic Violence, DV, DVAM, Intimate Partner Domestic Violence, ipv, Learn and Give Challenge, one mission

Content developed by YWCA Spokane Domestic Violence Action Month Committee. YWCA Spokane Learn & Give Challenge Today’s challenge will be focused on love and belonging, specifically through the experiences of transgender survivors of intimate partner violence. Share online with #YWCALearn&GiveChallenge ONE MISSION | The Challenge | Learn | Give | Intersectionality | Physiological | Safety …