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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…
MoreYWCA 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…
MoreDAY 9 Of YWCA Spokane’s 14-Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge We hope this challenge provides you with an opportunity to better understand concepts related to race, power, privilege, and leadership. DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 |…
MoreThank you to everyone who joined us for YWCA Spokane’s Pathways Forward roundtable event. This year, YWCA Spokane launched our new Pathways Forward series to begin having progress-minded conversations as we enter the post-pandemic world. Our July discussion focused on the trauma experienced by kids and caregivers in our community.…
More2019 eNews Editions: March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct Giving Thanks With A Grateful Heart From Regina Malveaux, YWCA Spokane CEO It is at this time of year, with a grateful heart, that our family at YWCA Spokane celebrates the generosity received by friends like…
MoreMake an impact this week by donating to YWCA Spokane! Our Domestic Violence Safe Shelter is in need of school supplies. Providing school supplies like notebooks, pencils, pens, rulers, and scissors creates a huge impact on those staying in our Shelter, and ensures that children staying in our shelters are…
MoreMake an impact this week by donating to YWCA Spokane! Our Domestic Violence Safe Shelter is in need of summer survival kits to help kiddos in our shelter have a blast this summer! Providing summer games, swimsuits, lunch items, snacks, sprinklers, and beach towels to our agency makes a huge…
MoreThank you to the Charlotte Martin Foundation for your grant to benefit YWCA Spokane’s Transformations Camp! Because of their amazing support, YWCA Spokane’s Transformations Camp will be able to provide young women, especially young women of color, in Spokane with a week of workshops on what to do when bullied,…
MoreMarch eNews | April eNews Your Incredible Community Impact The past few weeks have been ones of great impact. Our community continues to show they are committed to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Recently, YWCA Spokane hosted our annual Stand Against Racism;…
MoreThank you to Numerica Credit Union for your grant to benefit our Drop-In Childcare Services! Because of their amazing support, in 2018, YWCA Spokane’s Drop-In Childcare was able to serve 230 moms and 336 children during their time accessing services. We were able to serve 6 to 12-year-olds throughout the…
MoreYWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. Federal funding and funding from community sponsors and donors help YWCA focus on programs that address specific areas of interest such as gender-based violence, child care, housing and community services, education,…
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