This is an excerpt: Time and time again, it is women who, when confronted with the gut-wrenching challenges of our time—sexual harassment, racism, economic adversity, and more—find the strength to work relentlessly to move society to a better place.

This is an excerpt: Last week, YWCA USA, YWCA Lincoln, and YWCA Lower Cape Fear joined nearly half a million Black women in all their beauty and diversity in New Orleans for the largest ever Essence Festival.

This is an excerpt: By Dominique Cravins, student, YWCA USA Mission Impact internGrowing up, my parents instilled in me the history and importance of voting. My parents lovingly explained that voting was a great responsibility, as women and minorities were not always allowed to vote.

This is an excerpt: On Saturday, June 30, YWCA and many other organizations will be gathering in Washington, D.C. and communities across the country to say that families belong together and free – and to demand that this administration reunite families immediately and end family separation and detention.

This is an excerpt: No one wants to believe that they would turn their back on the cries of tormented children, yet we stand again as a nation with their tears staining our souls. Recordings of children crying out for their loved ones in utter terror have surfaced from border detention facilities — but when it comes to our nation’s leaders, their pleading falls on deaf ears.

This is an excerpt: Just last week, YWCA USA hosted our biennial Leadership & Capacity Building Institute (LCBI) conference in San Antonio, Texas, welcoming over two hundred YWCA leaders from across the country for four days of trainings, panel discussions, and more.

This is an excerpt: By Debbie Johnson, Development Coordinator, YWCA New HampshireI recently had to have a hard conversation with my ten-year-old daughter. She was working on an "Images of Greatness" project for her Key Club and chose to profile Coco Chanel. During her research, she discovered that Coco was rumored to be a Nazi sympathizer.

This is an excerpt: By Desiré Bennett, Advocacy Manager, YWCA Greater CincinnatiI stealthily slipped into the cavernous Shrine Auditorium about 20 minutes before it flooded with hordes of more than 6,000 other anxious women and girls (and some men) eager to score good seats. The auditorium was abuzz with stage hands, sound technicians, and musical talent running a sound check. The lights throughout were dimmed, with only the stage illuminated.

This is an excerpt: At YWCA, we’ve been working for justice for 160 years. While we’re not new to this work, we also know that we are experiencing a watershed moment in the fight for racial justice.