May 17,2019
VoteRunLead Training TOMORROW
Register now for #RunAsYouAre 2019, a day-long workshop happening tomorrow, Saturday, May 18! Our partners at VoteRunLead are hosting this workshop for women who want to run for office and support other women who want to run, in 20 cities across the country. This training is free to all YWCA staff, clients, and community members — just apply the code
YWCA at registration. Share this opportunity with your networks with this
social media toolkit. Email
runasyouare@voterunlead.org if you need financial/scholarship assistance to help with the registration fee, transportation costs, or child care costs for that day.
Rep. Lois Frankel at YWCA Palm Beach County
YWCA Palm Beach County hosted Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL-21) for a press conference at their child development center on Monday, May 13, where she announced that the House of Representatives included a $1.5 billion funding increase for Head Start and over $10 billion in other child care programs in the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill. Rep. Frankel also visited the YWCA child care center and read a story to the children. Local CEO Suzanne Turner shared how the Head Start program can make an incredible difference in helping families and their children be prepared to enter school. Congratulations to YWCA Palm Beach County on the recognition and a great event!
2019 National Conference
We are less than three weeks away from our 2019 National Conference! We’re looking forward to seeing you in Washington, DC. Here are a few updates and reminders:
- Registration: The last day to register for the conference is Tuesday, May 21.
- Capitol Hill Day: June 6th is fast approaching! Re-watch our first preparatory Capitol Hill Day webinar and sign up for our second Capitol Hill Day training webinar on May 29 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT. If that time doesn’t work for you, please email advocacy@ywca.org to schedule an alternative time. YWCA leaders — be sure to check your inbox for more information about getting your Customized Fact Sheet. Reach out to Caitlin Lowry or Lily Eisner with any questions!
Register for sessions: You must register for a session to guarantee your spot, so be sure to review our available pre-conference and breakout sessions on the conference website and sign up today.
Urge Your Senators to Support Full Funding of VAWA
On April 4th, H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (VAWA), passed through the House of Representatives with a 263-158 vote! Before VAWA is introduced in the Senate, take this opportunity to urge your Senators to support full funding of VAWA and to pass a substantially similar bill in the Senate. Contact your Senator TODAY!
Planned Parenthood Chat/Text Program Partnership
In case you missed it, YWCA is now a national partner for Planned Parenthood’s Chat/Text Program, an innovative program allows young people and adolescents to contact health educators through text or instant messaging, to ask questions about birth control, emergency contraception, STD testing, pregnancy testing, or abortion. With our partnership, young people can now access this live chat function directly from YWCA’s website. Please share this new resource with your staff, volunteers, clients, and networks. If you have any questions or are interested in connecting further with Planned Parenthood Federation of America about this program, please email YWCA USA Communications.
Communications Webinar
Thank you everyone who attended our Communications webinar on May 15 about creating videos on your smartphone, featuring Kim Foley, founder of Smartphone Video Production Academy. If you missed it, you can check out a recording of the webinar. We’re pleased to also share a few helpful resources from Kim, including a video checklist, list of music clips, and a video project worksheet. Please email communications@ywca.org if you have any additional questions from the webinar.
If you’d like to learn more and develop your video skills further, attend Kim’s session at the National Conference, which will go more in-depth about many of the topics she touched on in our recent webinar.
Health and Wellness Community & USA Volleyball
On May 16, YWCA USA hosted our quarterly Health & Wellness Community webinar to share updates from the national office as well as hear a presentation from our special guest, USA Volleyball. USA Volleyball has an expansive collection of free and low-cost resources for grassroots volleyball development. Learn about volleyball best practices and find out how you can involve youth at daycare, in middle school, and even as a part of family competition through USA Volleyball’s youth best practices. If you have a volleyball team or program, find out about your Regional Volleyball Association and join USA Volleyball. To learn more about how to bring USA Volleyball to your community — or you have an awesome idea about a resource you want to see — you can email John Kessel at john.kessel@usav.org.
Be sure to join our Health and Wellness community on the *NEW* YWCA Intranet! Learn more about creating an account and logging in to the YWCA Intranet. Once on the intranet, to go “Communities,” and click on “All Communities.” Here, you can join several YWCA communities, including the Health & Wellness community. Click “Join” and stay up-to-date with all things Health & Wellness!
Important Dates
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