Recap | February Pathways Forward: Prevention Efforts

Kategorien: Interessenvertretung, Gemeinschaft, Schul-und Berufsbildung, Veranstaltungen, Machen Sie mit, Auswirkung, Spokane-Ressourcen
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 …

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TDVAM 2023

Kategorien: Gemeinschaft, Schul-und Berufsbildung, Veranstaltungen, Auswirkung, Sonstiges
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 …

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Mission Moment – Prevention Efforts

Kategorien: Gemeinschaft, Auswirkung
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 …

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2022 Transformations Self-Care Celebration Recap

Kategorien: Gemeinschaft, Veranstaltungen, Auswirkung, Erfolgsgeschichten
Join us in celebrating the success of our recent Transformations Self-Care Celebration event! Last year was a milestone year for one of our youth programs called Transformations. After a two year pause due to the pandemic, we were able to bring back our summer empowerment camp called Transformations Camp through a partnership with Jaime Stacy …

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Transformations Camp 2022

Kategorien: Auswirkung, Sonstiges, Erfolgsgeschichten
Last week was a powerful week at YWCA Spokane! In partnership with SWAG (Strong Women Achieving Greatness) we held an empowerment camp called Transformations Camp. This week long camp, facilitated by Jaime Stacey, centered the experience of 11-16 year old’s who identify as young women of color. Each day the group came together from 9am-2pm …

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