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RSJ Spotlight: Nanette Cloud

November 30, 2022

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

| Tags: equity, Racial & Social Justice, resources, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, Songbird, Spotlight

Image of woman wearing wide-brimmed hat and scarf with hands on hips, with quote that reads, "I don't want to work under an alias. I think it's very important to be authentic and visibly a trans person, living and working and doing cool things in the world."

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. 2 minute read content warning: abuse, death, trauma November Spotlight Nanette Cloud Nanette grew up …

RSJ Spotlight: Mariah Brigman + Yoyot Sp’q’n’i

October 31, 2022

| By Lara Estaris

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

| Tags: equity, racial and social justice, racial justice, resources, rsj, RSJ Spotlight, social justice, Spotlight, Yoyot Sp'q'n'i

Image of Native woman with red handprint over her mouth symbolizing the Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women movement, with quote that reads, "It seemed like anyone who wasn't Indigenous had no clue what was going on. Which is why I feel really inclined to bring awareness to it. Learning about the disproportionate rates of domestic violence, of violence in general towards Native woman and women of color just made me more passionate."

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. (3 minute read) CW: domestic violence, death/murder October Spotlight Mariah Brigman, co-founder of Yoyot Sp’q’n’i …

Navigating DSHS Resources with YWCA Spokane Staff

April 9, 2021

| By Mia Morton

Categories: Advocacy, Impact

| Tags: Domestic Violence, dshs, resources, TANF

Written by Emily Stohr, YWCA Spokane CSO Advocate Navigating DSHS Resources with YWCA Spokane Staff At YWCA Spokane, we provide Community Service Office Advocates (CSO) who work closely with clients receiving TANF assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). The CSO advocates help clients learn about support offered through YWCA Spokane, how to navigate TANF and …

Therapy Team Launches Mindful Moment Series

March 12, 2021

| By Jemma Riedel-Johnson

Categories: Community, Spokane Resources

| Tags: Mental Health Therapy, mindfulness, resources

YWCA Spokane’s Mental Health Therapy team has launched “Mindful Moment,” a series of videos to help listeners relax and calm themselves. “Mindful Moment is to help us find a few moments of peace throughout our day,” explains Melva Moore, director of Mental Health Therapy. Having these moments to ground ourselves helps us to go out …