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YWCA Engages With Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation held its Annual Legislative Conference this week with the theme "400 years of our legacy, our history."
As part of this week’s activities, CEO Alejandra Castillo joined the Black Women’s Roundtable as a panelist. The forum, entitled “Power of Black Women Policy Forum”, was co-hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and ESSENCE. The panel centered on the role, power, and influence of Black women’s leadership in philanthropy, civic engagement, and political power building that centers a racial and gender justice agenda to bring about economic and social change in Black America.
Watch the video recap here.
YWCA was pleased to also co-sponsor the Sojourner Truth Legacy Town Hall and the CBC Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner.
We commit ourselves to the work of justice. We know first-hand how much more work we must get up and do. |
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Congratulations to YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
SHIFT: An AMEND Together Conference was held in Nashville this week. This was the first ever national conference on violence against women and healthy masculinity. AMEND Together, a program developed by YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee, is dedicated to ending violence against women and girls by engaging men and boys to change the culture that supports violence.
15 YWCA Associations (pictured here) attended the conference. As Terry Crews shared at the AMEND Conference this week, "Everyone needs to understand, your value is immeasurable!"
Check out our video about how we get up and do the work of restoring dignity. This was shared during the AMEND Conference.
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Organize Your Butterflies
Podcast Episode 12
Shan Foster
In this week’s episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down with Shan Foster, Vice President of External Affairs and AMEND Together at YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee. In this episode, they discuss the AMEND Together conference held in Nashville earlier this week. This was the first national conference on violence against women and healthy masculinity, hosted by YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee with support from YWCA USA. They also take a look at ways to engage men and boys to change the culture that supports violence.
Please visit our website page to share, download, and listen to Organize Your Butterflies. Please help us raise awareness by sharing these details to your network, posting it on social media using #YWCAButterflies, and talking about it with your community.
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Week Without Violence is scheduled for
October 14 - 18
Please host an event. Our goal is 100% Association participation. Your event can be any size, take place anywhere, and even be a private event.
Podcasts for Week Without Violence
We will post five special edition "Organize Your Butterflies" podcast episodes during the our Week Without Violence campaign. The five topics include:
- YWCA’s Annual Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence
- Economic Abuse – It’s More than Dollars and Cents
- Trauma Informed Care - Helping Survivors Heal
- Ensuring Safety for Immigrant Women
- Ending Gun Violence - Disarming Domestic Abusers
This free tool is available to everyone, to use as content for a "Listen and Learn Lunch" event the week of October. You could also share these podcasts on your social media or with partners in your community.
Organize You Butterflies episodes are available to download here:
APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER | SPOTIFY | TUNEIN | RSS
Visit ywcaweekwithoutviolence.org to learn more about the campaign and register your events. Want more information? Watch (or re-watch!) our Week Without Violence 2019 Introductory Webinar.
Create a Week Without Violence account to access a digital toolkit to help you plan your event. The toolkit includes educational resources, promotional materials, and more. Once you’ve settled on a date and event, come back to register your event to gain access to a personalized event page.
Check out our new resource to help with your Week Without Violence 2019 planning - a Partner Outreach Toolkit. Use these tools to guide your partner invitations and social media.
Finally, make sure to check out our new WWV merchandise options: Click here to order WWV merchandise.
Orders placed by September 27th are guaranteed delivery by October 14th.
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YWCA CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
September 15th - October 15th
Hispanic Heritage Month is here. The month-long celebration begins this Sunday, September 15th, and concludes Tuesday, October 15th. Follow along on our social media throughout the month as we highlight Latina change-makers. |
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CHCI Leadership Conference
On Wednesday, Alejandra introduced the panel "Developing the Next Generation of Latino Leaders" at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 2019 Leadership Conference. The all-female panel discussed, among other topics, imposter syndrome and the importance of mentors, and included remarks by Congresswoman Escobar (TX-16). |
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YWCA USA is Hiring
Please help us recruit new members for our team by sharing these opportunities with your network:
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VAWA 25th Anniversary
Twenty-five years ago today, President Clinton signed the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law. Since then, this legislation has helped thousands of survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. To commemorate this anniversary, let’s raise our voices to ensure that this law’s life-saving programs continue. Contact your Senators TODAY and urge them to support the reauthorization of VAWA! |
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National Voter Registration Day is September 24th
Don’t forget to sign-up for National Voter Registration Day to receive buttons, and signs from our partner non-profit vote.
Email questions to our State Advocacy and Civic Engagement Manager Natalie Cone at ncone@ywca.org. |
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Important Dates
Questions about what you read today? Contact communications@ywca.org.
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