Advocacy – YWCA Spokane

YWomen Vote

November 4, 2022

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact

| Tags: Advocacy, Community Engagement, impact, Racial & Social Justice

#YWOMENVOTE We’re less than one week away from Election Day on November 8th! YWCA Spokane is making sure their voices are heard and we hope you are too. Take a look through our gallery to see all the reasons why our staff votes! Know Your… Early Voting Options: Absentee, mail-in voting, or in-person early voting …

How To Do Your Civic Duty

October 3, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

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 …

2022 Spokane Pride Re-cap

June 14, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Events, Get Involved

| Tags: Advocacy, community, Community Engagement, LGBTQ+, outreach, photos, Pride, racial and social justice, Spokane Pride

(2 minute read) An earnest karaoke rendition of ‘What’s Up’ by 4 Non Blondes floated through the air as a group of festival goers walked by with a black cat on a leash. Roller derby girls whizzed by. Goths in platform boots towered over the crowds just as tall as drag queens in stilettos did. …

Prevention Team Celebration At Rogers

June 3, 2022

| By Caroline Mark

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved

| Tags: Advocacy, Children, community, Community Engagement, Domestic Violence, education, prevention, prevention team

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 health class talking about healthy …