Updates – YWCA Spokane

How To Do Your Civic Duty

October 3, 2022

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 …

RSJ SPOTLIGHT: ALEX GIBILISCO

September 20, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Get Involved, Spokane Resources

| Tags: equity, Partner Spotlight, racial and social justice, racial justice, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, social justice, Spotlight

Image of Hispanic man with text that reads, "I am not scared about what our next generation's going to do. As long as we're able to have these hard conversations about how history and current society and cultures can negatively impact our human experience, they will carry on that work and dismantle in a lot healthier ways because we're providing those tools for them to be able to have those difficult conversations, to express how they're feeling, and why they're feeling it. And to set expectations for everybody else on how they want to be treated, looked at, and being able to ask for that."

Racial & Social Justice Partner Spotlight Series Each month, our Equity Coordinator, Lara, sits down with an organization or individual in our community to spotlight the work they do to create real and lasting change for a more equitable Spokane. (13 minute read) September Spotlight Alex Gibilisco, Manager of Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Spokane City …

Sandy Williams

September 6, 2022

| By Erica Schreiber

Categories: Other

| Tags: rsj, WOA, Women of Achievement

We learned that yesterday, Sandy Williams, a prominent civil rights leader in Spokane passed away. Spokesman Review article with more information. There are no words to convey the deep loss experienced throughout our community by Sandy’s passing. As we became aware of this terrible news, leadership and staff at our agency shared memories and stories …

RSJ Spotlight: Jaime Stacy & SWAG

August 30, 2022

| By Rachel Dannen

Categories: Community, Get Involved, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Racial & Social Justice, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, Spotlight, Strong Women Achieving Greatness, SWAG, transformations, Transformations Camp

Racial & Social Justice Partner Spotlight Series Each month we will be spotlighting an organization or individual in our community who is putting in the work to create real and lasting change for a more equitable Spokane. Our Racial & Social Justice Partner Spotlight this August is Jaime Stacy and Strong Women Achieving Greatness. What …

Staff Spotlight – Rachel Dannen

August 26, 2022

| By Jemma Riedel-Johnson

Categories: Community, Get Involved, Impact, Other

| Tags: Community Engagement, impact, racial and social justice, staff

We would like to take this opportunity to spotlight Rachel & wish her well! In December of 2020, we welcomed Rachel Dannen to our team as our new Racial & Social Justice Intern, a position created to help further the work of our agency’s Racial & Social Justice (RSJ) Committee. We are sad to share …