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Last week in our Stand Against Racism Challenge, we learned about Critical Race Theory. Whether or not you’re taking the Challenge with us, you can still learn more about how this concept comes to play in Spokane. Take The Challenge What is Critical Race Theory? Critical Race Theory is a…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for YWCA Spokane’s annual courageous conversation. Last Thursday, April 28th, we held Stand Against Racism 2022 and discussed Housing and Income Inequality. Participants had the option of joining us in person or attending virtually. We opened the event with a blessing, followed by…
Keep Up The Momentum After Stand Against Racism Today, we are holding our annual Stand Against Racism event where we are engaging in open, honest dialog with Spokane community members about racial and social justice issues. Over 200 Spokane community members registered to join our free event! We are incredibly…
Discrimination against home renters and buyers by landlords, sellers, and lenders on account of race, color, religion, and nationality was outlawed in the United States by the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Six years later, the federal government expanded this act to include protections for genders (and again in 1988,…
What is Redlining? Redlining | A ranking system that categorizes neighborhoods as more or less impoverished largely based on the race of the residents. Government maps were created so that banks could determine where it was a “safe” bet to lend money to residents. The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC)…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for YWCA Spokane’s annual courageous conversation. Last Thursday, April 22nd, we held Stand Against Racism 2021: Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis. There were performances of rap, song, and spoken word by local artists and a panel of experts in the field…
Thank you to everyone who joined us for YWCA Spokane’s annual courageous conversation. On April 22nd, we held Stand Against Racism 2021: Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis. There were performances of rap, song, and spoken word by local artists and a panel of experts in the field of…
Keep Up The Momentum After Stand Against Racism Today, we held our annual Stand Against Racism event where we engaged in open, honest dialog with Spokane community members about racial and social justice issues. Over 400 Spokane community members registered to join our free, virtual event, and many expressed that…
The conversation on racism as a public health crisis is long overdue. Beyond conversation, we need action and justice. Structural racism continues to impact social determinants of health today. Racially discriminatory governing policies and practices contribute to social, economic, and health inequities that people of color face today. For instance,…
Public health is impacted by systemic and institutional racism. Racism is ingrained in our systems, policies, and norms. Recognizing racism as a public health crisis requires a historical lens to help us understand how we got to where we are today. As we learned in the blog Racism is a…
Written by Lynn Luu With the 2021 Stand Against Racism event coming up on April 22, we wanted to introduce this year’s topic: Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis. The global impact the COVID-19 pandemic has empowered community organizations to frame racism as a public health crisis. It is…
STAND AGAINST RACISM 2020 Tele-Town hall We are so grateful to all who joined YWCA Spokane in tuning into YWCA USA’s Stand Against Racism Tele-Town Hall event! Each April, 40+ YWCA agencies across the nation host public events that engage in open and honest dialogue, with over 250,000 people, that…
Thank you to all who joined YWCA Spokane for Stand Against Racism 2019! We are so grateful to all who came to YWCA Spokane’s annual Stand Against Racism event! We had 179 community members register to join this year’s Courageous Conversation: No Hate. No Fear. Immigrant Justice is Racial Justice. …
Stand Against Racism 2018 4월 26일 목요일, YWCA Spokane과 Spokane 커뮤니티는 Liz Moore와 Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane(PJALS) 및 Ginger Ewing이 이끄는 올해의 Stand Against Racism 행사에서 용기 있는 대화를 나누기 위해 함께 모였습니다. 지형과 함께. 사려깊은…
YWCA Spokane은 Spokane 커뮤니티를 매우 자랑스럽게 생각합니다. 4월 28일 금요일, 2017년 인종차별에 반대하는 용기 있는 대화에 엄청난 참여율이 있었습니다. 기조 연설자인 Erin Jones는 군중에게 영감을 주고 각 사람에게 찾는 방법에 대한 인식을 넓히는 놀라운 일을 해냈습니다.
인종차별에 반대하세요(Stand Against Racism)는 YWCA USA의 대표적인 캠페인입니다. YWCA는 인종차별을 철폐하고, 여성에게 권한을 부여하고, 사회 정의를 옹호하고, 가족을 돕고, 지역 사회를 강화하는 사명을 갖고 있습니다. 매년 전국에서 250,000명 이상의 사람들이 인종차별 반대 입장에 섰습니다. 2017년 YWCA USA의 전국적인 행사에 대해 자세히 알아보세요…