This is an excerpt: “We will not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the sick, the children, and the poor, who have already sacrificed enough in terms of lost jobs, lost wages, lost homes, and lost pensions.

This is an excerpt: “We will not balance the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the sick, the children, and the poor, who have already sacrificed enough in terms of lost jobs, lost wages, lost homes, and lost pensions.

This is an excerpt: Throughout the summer, the YWCA USA will be celebrating our sisters in arms, the women who volunteer for the United States armed forces.

This is an excerpt: YWCA USA will host a free, live webinar entitled “Beauty and the Beholder: The Politics of Beauty and Image” to address the issue of Appearance-Based Discrimination. The webinar will explore the impact of discrimination based on looks for all women across the nation. The webinar will also focus on this issue within the context of the mission of the YWCA: Empowering Women and Eliminating Racism.

This is an excerpt: I hope that they got the message that cutting CCDBG (Child Care and Development Block Grant Act) and CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) is not the answer. These cuts are going to impact our women and children in our communities. It will create more unemployment and we still have not recovered from the recession.

This is an excerpt: My name is Mikeya Jackson-Harper and I am a Junior at Washington State University who is majoring in Sociology and Digital Technology and Culture. This is my first time attending the YWCA National Conference USA in Washington, D.C.

This is an excerpt: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke out against cuts and elimination of government programs that serve women yesterday at the YWCA and Feminist Majority's "Women, Money and Power" Summit Luncheon in Washington, D.C.In addition to Pelosi, luncheon speakers included

This is an excerpt: Live Stream from 2011 "Women, Money and Power" Summit in Washington, D.C., April 7-9, 2011

This is an excerpt: Every news station in America right now is leading with the possibility of a government shutdown. The chasm between the two sides appears to be growing rather than moving toward agreement.

This is an excerpt: Join young women like yourselves for a special "30 and Under" Meetup this Friday night, April 8, during our 2011 YWCA National Conference in Washington, D.C. Watch this space for updates!

This is an excerpt: Follow our live Twitter stream from the 2011 YWCA National Conference in Washington, D.C.! Want your Tweets to appear here?