YWCA Columbus just awarded their 2024 Women of Achievement. Meet this year's winners.
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YMCA-YWCA tries to fend off attempt to build a road near Camp Thunderbird: An Alberta company that had mineral claims on land near the camp has been fighting for ...
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YWCA Minneapolis sells Uptown fitness facility to nonprofit creating workforce development hub
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Highland Springs development combines affordable housing, childcare and retail space
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Trailblazer, healer, abundance goddess and warrior: 4 women receive YWCA achievement awards
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International Women’s Day: financial anxiety a burden, as traditional Hong Kong gender roles blamed for less savings but more worries
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YWCA Minneapolis sells downtown fitness facility to St. David's Center in Minnetonka
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YWCA Yorkshire hunts Doncaster volunteers to support local women, children and families
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Warner, Stoney meet with child care advocates to discuss funding, policy issues: After $37 billion in pandemic-related child care funding expired in September ...
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YWCA Clark County’s CEO says ‘Ours is a very big mission’: Organization’s latest CEO says ‘Ours is a very big mission’
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Virtual courtroom keeps domestic violence victims safe during proceedings: A program administered by the YWCA can help domesitic violence victims attend family ...
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Urban farm programme in KL aims to build a strong connection to food: An urban farm programme in the heart of Kuala Lumpur aims to boost environmental ...
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Savoring new perspectives: Nonprofits boost understanding through dinners with strangers
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South Bay history: Eye-catching brick buildings near Torrance High School have had multiple uses
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Travelers Aid Society has provided succor to lost and lonely new arrivals to Chicago since the late 1800s
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Six women named 'Women of Achievement' by YWCA Columbus: The award “honors leaders in Columbus for their determination, generosity, courage, and fight for equity ...
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One of the ugliest buildings in downtown Minneapolis will likely be demolished. Should we care?
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#BangkokPost : Premium quality products from around the world will be presented during the 68th YWCA Diplomatic Charity Bazaar at CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road ... Show more #lifestyle #shopping #event www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/2684624/
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich brings star power to YWCA event: "Welcome to the game -- because we're the change," Erin Brockovich told ...
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We know getting medical coverage isn't easy for everyone...that's why this free event caught our own NC5_RebeccaSchleicher's attention this week ... Show more
YWCA Minneapolis members push for buyer to save fitness centers: YWCA Minneapolis announced its closing the downtown and Uptown fitness centers in August and ...
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Purple Thursday events aim to raise awareness of domestic violence: About a dozen YWCA employees and volunteers gathered Thursday at the organization’s ...
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The Women of the Women’s Reservation Bill: It is women who carried the campaign, asserting democracy at the grassroots and faced the wrath of vested interest ...
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St. Petersburg hires first Chief Equity Officer: Lenice C. Emanuel was the chief executive officer of the YWCA of Tampa Bay from 2010 to 2015.
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YWCA Minneapolis shutting down two fitness centers, closing swim programs and laying off 112
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YWCA, NAACP call for Vancouver police officer to be fired in Taser case: Local advocacy groups, including the YWCA Clark County and the NAACP of Vancouver ...
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The old gym floor is still visible, upon entering the building’s second level: Below, a quaint tile pool once occupied space.
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Lalamove and YWCA KL Join Forces to Celebrate Malaysia's Cultural Heritage in Merdeka Campaign
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School-Supply Drive: All kinds of families feel the pinch at back-to-school time | Editorial
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'Tiny homes' project denied $8M federal grant, builders remain hopeful: A St. Thomas agency is looking for new ways to fund an affordable housing project after ...
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Union Government Cancels FCRA Licence of Sadbhavana Trust: The latest NGO to face this action had focused on empowering Dalit and Muslim women.
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Former Detroit councilwoman and civil rights icon JoAnn Watson dies at 72: The former Detroit political leader will be remembered for fostering racial justice in ...
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More than 11 million caregivers in the United States provide unpaid care for loved ones with dementia, and millions more care for parents or aging loved ones ... Show more
In Joint Statement, Rights Orgs Slam BJP and Delhi Police for Supporting Brij Bhushan
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Charleston YWCA honors longtime shelter director: The self-described “daughter of a sharecropper,” Margaret Taylor said she never imagined there would someday be ...
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Respectful conversations can be an effective way to build community | Opinion: YWCA South Florida’s Community Justice Challenge has been a great resource | ...
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The YWCA’s Community Justice Challenge is a vital initiative for all of us in South Florida
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This Cinco de Mayo, celebrate with a bubbly brunch — fiesta style! — at WiNGS’ premier spring event, Pop Fizz Clink! on May 5 at the Thompson Dallas ... Show more wingsdallas.org/events/pop-fizz-clink/ #Sponsored
Program explores race and inequity in South Florida. Here’s how you can join: YWCA South Florida’s Community Justice Challenge is a weeks-long social justice ...
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In unearthing our roots and our stories, we’ll find common ground in South Florida | Opinion
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On the Town: YWCA Women of Achievement Luncheon: The YWCA Women of Achievement Luncheon was in the Grand Ballroom of the Charleston Coliseum and Convention ...
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'A great opportunity': Former YWCA land in downtown Calgary for sale again: The former site of the YWCA was originally sold in 2015 for $49 million to Toronto ...
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Jane Fonda coming to Baton Rouge for YWCA's Empower the W brunch: American film icon, author and women's advocate, Jane Fonda, will be the featured speaker at ...
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The Columbus Dispatch will host a panel to discuss the YWCA's Women of Achievement. This free town-hall event will stream live on Dispatch.com and on this ... Show more
'Truths, struggles and lessons learned.' A Columbus Conversation with 6 women who achieve
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200 persons apply for map reading, navigation short course - Guyana Chronicle: OVER 150 persons have applied for the map reading and navigation short course that ...
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Guest: New research shows why victims fight back against abusers: Research has recently begun to give voice to some domestic violence and sexual abuse survivors ...
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ExxonMobil responds to Jane Fonda after she lambasted company at event it sponsored
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Jane Fonda touts women's empowerment, environment issues at YWCA brunch in Baton Rouge
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At 94, Charleston civil rights leader Christine Jackson still inspiring generations of women
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YWCA: Educate a woman and educate a generation. Jane Fonda speaks Sunday in Baton Rouge
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Women's History Month: Meet the YWCA Columbus Women on the Rise: The Women on the Rise, along with the YWCA's Women of Achievement, will be honored at a ceremony ...
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Four local women were honored for making an impact on their communities on Friday, from a fundraising dentist to an activist educator, a dedicated healer ... Show more https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha_valley/ywca-honors-2023-women-of-achievement-during-ceremony/article_25fddeae-69f4-5c16-9f6c-d49ac16ceb99.html
Goodwill picks YWCA officer as its new CEO
post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2023/02/08/goodwill-ywca-officer-ceo-monique-mcintosh/stories/202302080104
Column: Guns, weapons have no place in a hospital: This is an opinion column from The Times-Dispatch opinion page.
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Weinstein retires after nearly 40 years at YWCA: A road trip mishap first brought Debby Weinstein to Charleston decades ago. She and her then-boyfriend, James ...
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Less than a third of Latitude Five25 households have found permanent housing, city says
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Column: For many, medical cannabis is a game changer: Recent reports of injury and death associated with unregulated and synthetic products like Delta 8 have ...
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With domestic violence reports on the rise, women at the lone Anne Arundel County safe house struggle to find safety
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After 2 years of virtual events, Charleston's MLK Celebration resumes in person: After suspending in-person activities for two consecutive years because of ...
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Former YWCA Dayton CEO to become president of Community Shelter Board in Columbus
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Elizabeth Brown won't rule out pursuing public office again someday: Elizabeth Brown jumped into Columbus politics during an FBI feeding frenzy on City Hall ...
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Six honored as 2023 YWCA Columbus Women of Achievement for advocacy, professional work
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Columbus City Council's Elizabeth Brown announced as next CEO, president of YWCA Columbus
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50 years after historic Detroit election, Erma Henderson's legacy lives on: 50 years ago, Erma Henderson made history by becoming the first Black woman on the ...
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YWCA welcomes Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Malala Fund: The entrepreneur and Stanford grad spoke to an audience of more than 500 people at the YWCA's Inspire ...
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As the #MeToo movement turns 5, N.J. women leaders say it is still tough for women on the campaign trail
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Guest column: There aren't enough resources to save victims of abuse in Oklahoma: If our government is going to do less to serve abuse victims, then we must all ...
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Redlining practices decades ago still influence life in Columbus neighborhoods: Redlining maps that the federal government created in 1936 for Columbus still ...
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Intel's Ohio contributions to go beyond semiconductors: As construction of Intel's factories in Licking County ramps up, the company says it's committed to ...
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Diplomatic fair raises funds for worthy cause: The much anticipated "YWCA Diplomatic Charity Bazaar" will be back with a myriad of outstanding products ...
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Guest column: How inclusion helps companies, communities value diverse backgrounds
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YWCA Pittsburgh and POISE Foundation to give out $2.1 million in community grants
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Last chance to donate to this year’s school-supply drive: Your cash donations help ensure every child in the region grows up with fond school memories.
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One Month At A Time: Going Over the Edge: Three minutes into Jeff’s talk about Over The Edge, the company that facilitated the YWCA’s rappelling event ...
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At least 1 hurt in explosion at former McKeesport YWCA
post-gazette.com/local/east/2022/08/02/mckeesport-explosion-former-ywca-building-ninth-avenue-injuries/stories/202208020084
Charleston condos being converted to College of Charleston student housing project
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Highlights: YWCA Resolve and Girls Night Out: On this week's episode of "Highlights,'" Jim Strawn talks to Julie Britton about the YWCA Resolve program ...
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One in three young women in abusive relationships, YWCA Scotland and Scottish Women's Aid report finds
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