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The Youth Self-Care Summit in Spokane is a one-day celebration empowering young women of color through self-care education and community. Hosted by YWCA Spokane and SWAG, the summit features interactive workshops, local facilitators, and a keynote by SWAG director Jaime Stacy, fostering connection, healing, and collective growth together locally.
YWCA Spokane and SWAG’s Transformations Camp 2025 empowered youth through a week-long, affirming experience centered on confidence, leadership, and belonging.
Prevention work is adapting in response to recent funding cuts, necessitating difficult pauses in youth programs such as Healthy Roots & Teen Council.
This Pathways Forward event featured Licensed Therapist Brit, who joined Logan and Maggie for a conversation on how best to support trans and nonbinary youth.
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). Join us to learn how to support youth and take action to promote healthy, respectful relationships.
YWCA Spokane partnered with Shadle Park High School to deliver Healthy Roots lessons helping students build relationship skills for post-secondary success.
YWCA Spokane’s Healthy Roots series at On Track Academy empowered students with tools for self-care, healthy relationships, and recognizing abuse.
The third annual Youth Self-Care Summit was held on Saturday, December 14th. The Youth Self-Care Summit is a special one day celebration brought to the community through a partnership between YWCA Spokane and Strong Women Achieving Greatness (SWAG). The Summit brings youth together to participate in interactive workshops that teach…
At YWCA Spokane, our commitment to empowering survivors and creating a safer community is brought to life through the work of the Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Task Force. This dynamic coalition brings together YWCA Spokane legal advocates, the Spokane Police Department’s Domestic Violence Unit, county law enforcement, and city and…
About the Summit Since 2022, YWCA Spokane has been offering youth in the community the opportunity to connect, learn, and grow at the Youth Self-Care Summit. This is a unique opportunity for young people to embrace self-love, connection, and personal growth. Designed like a conference, the summit celebrates each participant…
Ein Gespräch über Selbstregulierung und soziales emotionales Lernen mit Schwerpunkt auf Jugendlichen. Aufzeichnung ansehen Am 21. Februar 2024 moderierte Caroline Mark (YWCA Spokane) ein eindrucksvolles Pathways Forward-Gespräch zwischen Rumyana Kudeva (SRHD) und Jaime Stacy (SWAG) über Selbstregulierung und soziales emotionales Lernen mit Schwerpunkt auf Jugendlichen. Während ihrer gemeinsamen Zeit teilten sie …
Die Rolle der Eltern im ECEAP ECEAP (ausgesprochen „e-cap“) steht für Early Childhood Education Assistant Program. Das ECEAP des YWCA Spokane vermittelt wichtige Lebenskompetenzen und umhüllt die gesamte Familie mit ganzheitlicher Betreuung. Wir wissen, dass die Unterstützung von Eltern, Betreuern und der gesamten Familie dazu beiträgt, eine Umgebung zu schaffen, die Kinder auf… vorbereitet.
Diesen Januar haben wir in Spokane unseren zweiten jährlichen Selbstfürsorge-Gipfel für Jugendliche abgehalten. Der Selbstfürsorge-Gipfel (früher Transformations Self-Care Celebrations genannt) ist eine spezielle eintägige Konferenz für Jugendliche, die im Rahmen einer Partnerschaft zwischen YWCA Spokane und SWAG (Strong Women Achieving Greatness) angeboten wird. Der Gipfel konzentriert sich auf die Förderung von…
About ECEAP ECEAP (pronounced e-cap) stands for Early Childhood Education Assistant Program. At its core, ECEAP is free preschool for qualifying families, focusing on kindergarten readiness. YWCA Spokane’s ECEAP does more than prepare kids for school; it teaches important life skills and wraps the entire family in holistic care. “We’re…
Transformations Camp – July 2023 This past July, we held our first Transformations Camp of the summer and it was a beautiful success! This week-long empowerment camp is tailored for young women of color ages 11 to 16. Throughout the camp, participants forged strong connections, nurtured self-acceptance, explored the true…
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…
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…
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…
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…
YWCA Spokane’s Prevention Team Celebrates the Recent Successful Completion of an Educational Series at John R. Rogers High School Focused on Health Relationships & Dating Violence During the spring semester, the YWCA Spokane Prevention Team spent one day a week for five weeks with students in a Rogers High School…