Today, along with more than 200 sister YWCA’s across the country, we reflect on the life and legacy of an icon in promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His drive for equality still informs the work we do, every day, to ensure that women, girls, and people… Continue Reading Six ways to continue the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
YWCA Dayton is celebrating 11 women as graduates of its new Sojourn Leadership and Justice Academy, which completed its inaugural year this month. First introduced in late 2019 and paused for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first class of Sojourners began in April 2021. Sojourn is a professional development cohort for women,… Continue Reading Inaugural class of Sojourn Leadership & Justice Academy graduates
For this year’s Chanukah celebrations, the Jewish Community Relations Council invited several organizations, including YWCA Dayton, to partner to “Be the Light to Standup Against Antisemitism” in collaboration with The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center’s Cincy Upstander Project. As an #Upstander, YW commits to: Stand up for others and their rights Fight… Continue Reading YWCA Dayton joins Upstander Project to stand against antisemitism
On Sept. 30, 2021, City of Dayton police initiated a traffic stop on Clifford Owensby, a Black man with paraplegia. Owensby was forcibly removed from his vehicle, by his hair, and arrested. Owensby has filed a complaint with the Dayton Unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. YWCA Dayton stands firmly… Continue Reading Statement on City of Dayton traffic stop incident
YWCA USA is serving as the lead organization on an amicus or “friend of the court” brief in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a current Mississippi case that will determine the future of Roe v. Wade, a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects… Continue Reading Standing up for young women and young women of color at the Supreme Court
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