June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month and YWCA Dayton will be marking the month by advocating for the safety and dignity of Q+ individuals. YW first recognizes that pride is a protest that would be nothing without the Black transwomen who started it all. Pride month has been celebrated annually in late June to commemorate… Continue Reading YWCA Dayton celebrates Pride 2023
Women were able to build confidence and build new workforce skills after completing the first cohort of YWCA Strive. Strive is a free professional development program offered through YWCA Dayton’s Resource Center and helps women served by YW who struggle to secure or retain living-wage employment. The first cohort started fall 2022 and was… Continue Reading Women build new skills with YWCA Dayton Strive
YWCA Dayton, the region’s oldest women’s organization, is pleased to name Terra Fox Williams as the next president and CEO. Fox Williams’ commitment to YWCA Dayton’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women can be seen across her more than 26-year career. This includes her most recent position as Director for the Office of Health… Continue Reading YWCA Dayton announces new President & CEO
YWCA Dayton held our first Racial Justice & Social Equity Summit, giving a platform to four community members to pitch their idea for a volunteer-powered project. Attendees voted on their top project and the winner, Nourishing our Neighbors, presented by Miami Valley Abolitionists, received $1,500 in seed money. The project was chosen for the group’s… Continue Reading Get involved with our 2023 Summit Pitch Projects
Using a clothesline, YWCA Dayton’s Preble County Office created a powerful display of violence statistics that often go ignored. For the last week of April, at the Preble County Courthouse, a pop-up clothesline was displayed with each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or by someone who has lost a loved one to… Continue Reading Clothesline Project powerfully displays violence statistics