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HUD Secretary Statement

This is an excerpt: Housing and Urban Development (HUD) leads the nation on a variety of critical issues, including home ownership, affordable housing, and anti-discrimination work. As an affordable housing provider since 1858, we believe that the secretary of HUD must understand the intersecting complexities of poverty and housing, particularly as they relate to domestic violence.

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HUD Secretary Statement

This is an excerpt: Housing and Urban Development (HUD) leads the nation on a variety of critical issues, including home ownership, affordable housing, and anti-discrimination work. As an affordable housing provider since 1858, we believe that the secretary of HUD must understand the intersecting complexities of poverty and housing, particularly as they relate to domestic violence.

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Young women's empowerment: Leading us into the future!

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA's Director of Research and Program Evaluation Alicia Gill just arrived back from a World YWCA meeting in Taiwan, where young women and leaders from around the world got together on a mission for young women's empowerment and leadership (go girl power!)

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Young women's empowerment: Leading us into the future!

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA's Director of Research and Program Evaluation Alicia Gill just arrived back from a World YWCA meeting in Taiwan, where young women and leaders from around the world got together on a mission for young women's empowerment and leadership (go girl power!)

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The Attorney General We Need

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA believes deeply that our nation needs an attorney general who will help restore faith in our justice system. We need a leader who will bring together members of local communities, law enforcement agencies, churches and civil rights organizations, and ensure that law enforcement agencies receive adequate training, document racial profiling incidents, and are held to high standards.

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The Attorney General We Need

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA believes deeply that our nation needs an attorney general who will help restore faith in our justice system. We need a leader who will bring together members of local communities, law enforcement agencies, churches and civil rights organizations, and ensure that law enforcement agencies receive adequate training, document racial profiling incidents, and are held to high standards.

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YWCA USA statement on Steve Bannon appointment to key White House position

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA calls upon the incoming administration to uphold the core American values of justice, equity, and fairness in their upcoming political appointments. The most recent appointee, Steve Bannon, holds and amplifies anti-Black, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynist, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ perspectives which are counter to these values.

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YWCA USA statement on Steve Bannon appointment to key White House position

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA calls upon the incoming administration to uphold the core American values of justice, equity, and fairness in their upcoming political appointments. The most recent appointee, Steve Bannon, holds and amplifies anti-Black, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynist, anti-immigrant, and anti-LGBTQ perspectives which are counter to these values.

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150 Years of Action

YWCA USA is committed to finding opportunities to push our mission forward and will continue to prioritize the issues that impact the families and communities we serve.As necessary, we will work fervently to oppose policies and halt legislation that would harm or oppress women, girls, and communities of color.

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150 Years of Action

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA is committed to finding opportunities to push our mission forward and will continue to prioritize the issues that impact the families and communities we serve.As necessary, we will work fervently to oppose policies and halt legislation that would harm or oppress women, girls, and communities of color.

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Chatting to #CenterEachOther

This is an excerpt: Together, we discussed how to “tie-in” each other’s work and address the varied needs of survivors and their families. Advocates shared ways that their organizations work to end domestic violence, as well as multiple barriers that survivors face.

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Chatting to #CenterEachOther

This is an excerpt: Together, we discussed how to “tie-in” each other’s work and address the varied needs of survivors and their families. Advocates shared ways that their organizations work to end domestic violence, as well as multiple barriers that survivors face.

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The Deadly Intersection of Guns and Domestic Violence

This is an excerpt: By Qudsia Raja, Policy Director, National Domestic Violence HotlineIn cases of domestic violence where guns are involved, whether they are being used as a form of coercive control or to physically hurt a partner, the risk of fatality increases exponentially.

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The Deadly Intersection of Guns and Domestic Violence

This is an excerpt: By Qudsia Raja, Policy Director, National Domestic Violence HotlineIn cases of domestic violence where guns are involved, whether they are being used as a form of coercive control or to physically hurt a partner, the risk of fatality increases exponentially.

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