Community Engagement – YWCA Spokane

Day 3: Housing Justice

September 20, 2023

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: community, Community Engagement, education, equity, Housing, Housing Justice, Housing reform, impact, Intersectionality, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, Redlining, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane, Wealth inequality, Yakima

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | Access to Housing Although overt discrimination in the housing market is no longer legal, there are still systemic barriers that prevent marginalized …

Day 2: Ableism & Disability Rights

September 19, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: ableism, community, Community Engagement, disability, Disability Justice, Disability Justice Principles, education, impact, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | In Day 1, we developed our understanding of disability as a social identity, challenged our conceptualization of disability, covered some bases of …

Day 1: Disability – Concept & Identity

September 18, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Education and Training, Get Involved, Impact, Other, Spokane Resources

| Tags: ableism, activism, Advocacy, community, Community Engagement, disability, disability pride, Imani Barbarin, impact, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, racial justice, Racial Justice Challenge, resources, RJC, rsj, Spokane

| CHALLENGE | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 | Before we begin… Welcome, community members! Before we dive into the Racial Justice Challenge, let’s take a moment to reflect on the …

2023 Transformations Camp – Camp 1 Recap

August 14, 2023

| By Erica Schreiber

Categories: Impact, Success Stories

| Tags: Community Engagement, impact, prevention, Transformations Camp

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 sense of belonging, and gained …

Recap | July Pathways Forward: Disability Pride

July 13, 2023

| By Lara Estaris

Categories: Advocacy, Community, Events, Get Involved, Impact, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Advocacy, community, Community Engagement, impact, Pathways Forward, Racial & Social Justice, racial and social justice, resources, rsj

LOCAL EXPERTS JOIN YWCA SPOKANE TO delve into intersectionality of disability & LGBTQ+ identities >1 min. read content warning: mention of suicide VIEW RECORDING I am grateful Erin and Misha of Inland Northwest Disability Experience shared their time, expertise, and experiences with us for our July Pathways Forward event that focused on the intersectionality of …