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View ArticleYWCA is fighting for YOU on Capitol Hill Day!
by Desiree Hoffman Director of Advocacy and Policy, YWCA USA Today is an important day for the YWCA and for all the women we serve. Here in our nation’s capital, 250 YWCA leaders — from Oregon to New...
View ArticleYWCA’s Young Women Advocate for Reproductive Rights
by Danielle Marse-Kapr YWCA Orange County, N.Y. In April 2011, I joined a group of YWCA advocates under 30 in Washington, D.C., for the YWCA National Conference. We joined thousands of activists around...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: Unity of a National Movement and Vice President Biden
by Maria Abenes Executive Director, YWCA of Central Orange County, Calif. The main thing that I will take away from this conference as a young woman of the YWCA is the feeling of unity and belonging...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: Advocating for Women on Capitol Hill Was Empowering
by Amanda Quinn, Program Director for the Teen Court Program, Teen Mentoring and Stepping into the Future, YWCA of Hawaii Island I had the opportunity to attend the YWCA USA National Conference in...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: The National Perspective and Intergenerational Networking
by De’Kendrea Stamps YWCA of Madison, Wisc. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to see the YWCA on a national level at the 2012 National Conference. While working every day in the field sometimes it...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: Inspiration and Motivation
by Carmille Lim, Development & Advocacy Manager YWCA of O‘ahu Although there are three YWCA associations in the state of Hawaii, we rarely get to see each other, let alone representatives from...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: A Unified Voice in the Fight for Women and Girls
by Amanda Larson Girls Inc. Coordinator, YWCA Madison, Wisc. An incredible opportunity was bestowed on me just days before the YWCA’s National Conference. As a young woman in our organization, I was...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: Learning How to Lobby for Issues I’m Passionate About
by Tiffany D. Salgado Executive Director, YWCA Greater Johnstown, Pa. At the YWCA National Conference, I learned how to lobby for issues that I am passionate about. This is a skill/act that I have...
View ArticleConference Take-Aways: Bonding Over YWCA’s National Movement
by Andrea Grant Job Developer, YWCA Greater Milwaukee I am both grateful and honored to have been sponsored to participate in the 2012 YWCA National Conference and Capitol Hill Day, themed “Shaking It...
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