Join us and co-facilitators from the Greater Dayton LGBT Center on the first Monday of each month for this community support group for anyone identifying as LGBTQIA affected by sexual violence: survivors, family, friends, and/or loved ones.
Join us and co-facilitators from the Greater Dayton LGBT Center on the first Monday of each month for this community support group for anyone identifying as LGBTQIA affected by sexual violence: survivors, family, friends, and/or loved ones.
Each October, YWCA Dayton recognizes the strength and resilience of domestic violence survivors at a special fundraising event to support YWCA Dayton’s domestic violence shelter and support services, including its 24-hour crisis hotline. Formerly called the YWomen Breakfast, it has been refreshed (and expanded!) as the Voices Against Violence Breakfast and the Voices Against Violence Lunch to better reflect the platform it provides for both survivors and supporters to be a voice for change.
This event also features the recognition of our annual Marsha Froelich Survivor Award, which honors women who embody Froelich’s spirit of survivorship and resilience and give graciously to others. The late Marsha Froelich, a former development director at YWCA Dayton, was a fearless leader who advocated — at work and in her spare time — for the under-served, the women of the YW, and those within the community who did not have a voice. This award recognizes a woman whose words and actions serve to exemplify, inspire, set an example, and celebrate the spirit of a survivor who has overcome the odds and continued on an amazing journey, personally or professionally.
REGISTER NOW. Interested in serving as a table captain? Contact events@ywcadayton.org.
Especially during this challenging pandemic, YWCA Dayton is proud to offer a virtual way for survivors and their loved ones to access support. Weekly online group chats for sexual assault survivors and friends/family are held in partnership with RAINN. As an affiliate partner of RAINN, YWCA Dayton is able to use RAINN’s technology to manage its own online support group, or HelpRoom. HelpRoom is an anonymous, confidential online group chat option that allows those who have been affected by sexual violence to connect with one another. Trained staff facilitate these group discussions to ensure a safe environment for all visitors. Follow link below to join.
HelpRoom link: https://affiliate.rainn.org/helproom/ywcadayton
Thursdays from Sept. 1 through Nov. 17, 2022
5:30-7:00 p.m.
YWCA Dayton Huber Heights Campus
7650 Timbercrest Dr. or virtual option available
YWCA Dayton’s Center for Survivors of Sexual Violence presents Body Talk, a 12-week trauma-informed yoga course focused on healing and restoration.
Join us for 90 minutes of trauma-sensitive yoga, guided meditation breathing techniques, and a facilitated psycho-educational discussion to release trauma from the body and restore homeostasis. Through Body Talk, we seek to provide an environment built on safety, strength, trust, validation, compassion, relief and release. Come for any or all sessions.
To register or for more information, contact cssv@ywcadayton.org or 937-461-5550. Virtual option available!
What our past participants are saying:
“This is the first support group I have attended that felt trauma-informed and actually discussed dissociation.”
“I felt like I was finally in a room full of people that are just like me.”
“The facilitators are so engaged, helpful and open to sharing, which made the support easier for me to accept.”
Especially during this challenging pandemic, YWCA Dayton is proud to offer a virtual way for survivors and their loved ones to access support. Weekly online group chats for sexual assault survivors and friends/family are held in partnership with RAINN. As an affiliate partner of RAINN, YWCA Dayton is able to use RAINN’s technology to manage its own online support group, or HelpRoom. HelpRoom is an anonymous, confidential online group chat option that allows those who have been affected by sexual violence to connect with one another. Trained staff facilitate these group discussions to ensure a safe environment for all visitors. Follow link below to join.
HelpRoom link: https://affiliate.rainn.org/helproom/ywcadayton
Especially during this challenging pandemic, YWCA Dayton is proud to offer a virtual way for survivors and their loved ones to access support. Weekly online group chats for sexual assault survivors and friends/family are held in partnership with RAINN. As an affiliate partner of RAINN, YWCA Dayton is able to use RAINN’s technology to manage its own online support group, or HelpRoom. HelpRoom is an anonymous, confidential online group chat option that allows those who have been affected by sexual violence to connect with one another. Trained staff facilitate these group discussions to ensure a safe environment for all visitors. Follow link below to join.
HelpRoom link: https://affiliate.rainn.org/helproom/ywcadayton
Tour de Gem: The Wright Brothers 2022 Cycling Classic is a fundraising cycling event for local nonprofits to raise money and bring awareness to their important missions. This is a fun, family-friendly way for cyclists of all ages and abilities to have a positive impact in their community and explore the many Gems Dayton has to offer. In just four years, this event has already raised over $295,000 for 60+ nonprofits, including YWCA Dayton! Virtual ride begins Sept. 26 and ends at live ride on Oct. 9. Learn more at www.ms-stride.org/tourdegem.
YWCA Dayton is having a fundraiser at City Barbeque Miller Lane on 10/12/2022 as part of our Domestic Violence Awareness Month fundraising! Order online or head on over to show your support and enjoy some BBQ—we’ll get 20% of sales from everyone who uses our fundraiser code when they order in-person, at (https://order.citybbq.com/menu/miller-lane) or in the City BBQ app!
- For an online order to count toward our fundraiser, you must apply code FundA prior to checkout at order.citybbq.com or in the City BBQ app. If you are ordering in person, you must present our group’s flyer or social media post with code FundA visible, either by pulling it up on their phone or presenting a printed copy.
- Online orders must be fulfilled—i.e. picked up or delivered—on the date of our fundraiser in order to be eligible: orders placed on the date of our fundraiser for fulfillment at a later date will not count toward sales. (Orders can, however, be placed in advance for fulfillment on our fundraise/r date.)
- Online orders must be placed at City Barbeque Miller Lane in order to be eligible: orders placed using our code at any other location will not count.
- Our total fundraising proceeds must be $500 or more to receive 20% of the proceeds from eligible sales, so tell everyone you know!
- The percentage of sales we will receive is based on food, beverage, and bottled sauce sales. Gift card and non-sauce retail purchases are ineligible, as are catering orders, orders placed via third-party delivery services like Door Dash, and sales tax.
Especially during this challenging pandemic, YWCA Dayton is proud to offer a virtual way for survivors and their loved ones to access support. Weekly online group chats for sexual assault survivors and friends/family are held in partnership with RAINN. As an affiliate partner of RAINN, YWCA Dayton is able to use RAINN’s technology to manage its own online support group, or HelpRoom. HelpRoom is an anonymous, confidential online group chat option that allows those who have been affected by sexual violence to connect with one another. Trained staff facilitate these group discussions to ensure a safe environment for all visitors. Follow link below to join.
HelpRoom link: https://affiliate.rainn.org/helproom/ywcadayton