YWCA Dayton will honor seven women during its 2018 Women of Influence awards luncheon on March 8, 2018, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Dayton Convention Center. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the award; with an average attendance of 800, it is the single largest daytime nonprofit luncheon in Dayton. Since 1998,… Continue Reading 2018 Women of Influence Honorees announced
Wind couldn’t keep Daytonians away from visiting Downtown Dayton Partnership’s Art in the City community event Aug. 4 – and zero prior modeling experience didn’t stop YWCA Dayton’s Girls Inc. summer campers from shying away from the camera. For the inaugural Art in the City, YW partnered with local photographer Whitney Saleski on a street… Continue Reading Viewfinder
As the adage goes, if you want something done, do it yourself – or, let a YWCA Dayton Women of Influence Honoree spearhead it. Clarece Darden Richardson, a 2013 Women of Influence Rising Star Honoree, gets credit for giving her husband, Gerald Richardson, the final nudge he needed to open a catering business. Today, the pair… Continue Reading Comfort food
As a new social work graduate, Mariah Rivera knew she wanted to be a part of transforming hundreds of lives. When she signed on for a year-long AmeriCorps VISTA stint as YWCA Dayton’s volunteer coordinator, she got what she wanted – by the thousands. Under Rivera’s detail-oriented eye, YW’s volunteer numbers increased dramatically, jumping 346%… Continue Reading In service to Dayton
YWCA Dayton has long been a voice for domestic violence victims. Now, thanks to a local team of public relations students, twice as many people are listening. Students in Dr. Alan Abitbol’s spring Public Relations Capstone course at the University of Dayton were charged with forming their own (albeit fictional) PR agencies and executing marketing campaigns… Continue Reading A PSA for today