This is an excerpt: This week on Organize Your Butterflies we continue our series on women’s entrepreneurship. YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo is joined by Kimberly Hill, Business Development Manager in Amazon Logistics.

This is an excerpt: LaPiere Carby, financial advisor at Northwestern Mutual, and Angel Rich, founder and CEO of The Wealth FactoryPersonal money management can be complicated but is entirely necessary for women entrepreneurs, who can sometimes struggle to maintain their homes and families while also building a sustainable business.

This is an excerpt: Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USAGuest: Mónica Ramirez, National Domestic Workers Alliance’s Gender Justice Campaigns Director, founder of Justice for Migrant Women, co-founder of Alianza Nacional de CampesinasIn the latest episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down for an engaging conversation with advocate, organizer, and attorney, Mónica Ramirez.

This is an excerpt: Statement from YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo:Today, our prayers and support are with the people of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Yet once again, we stand with communities that have been terrorized by active shooters whose only goal is to unleash fear, inflict pain and cause great loss of innocent life.

This is an excerpt: Castillo, CEO, YWCA USAGuest: Dee Claxton, Director, Washington DC Women’s Business CenterAcross the country, more and more women are becoming entrepreneurs and breadwinners.

This is an excerpt: YWCA’s new interactive data map helps tell the story of how critical our work is to women, children, and families throughout the United States. We’ve always known firsthand about the demand for social services in our communities, but this innovative online tool is a game-changer.

This is an excerpt: YWCA’s new interactive data map helps tell the story of how critical our work is to women, children, and families throughout the United States. We’ve always known firsthand about the demand for social services in our communities, but this innovative online tool is a game-changer.

This is an excerpt: Host: Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USAGuest: Margarita Dilone, Chairman of the Board at Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and President/CEO of Crystal Insurance Group, and Bridgett Gagné

This is an excerpt: #RunAsYouAre Partners Statement on “The Squad”Joint Statement from YWCA USA, VoteRunLead, IGNITE, and United State of WomenRally cries and tweets calling for four elected women of color to “go back home” have, once again, revealed the depth of racism and gender bias that have hindered the leadership of women and people of color throughout our nation’s history.

This is an excerpt: Castillo chats with Blanche A. Williams, a former SiriusXM radio talk show host who earned a reputation as a gifted communicator, debating current issues from a woman’s perspective and conducting one-on-one interviews with extraordinary figures, including Dr. Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson

This is an excerpt: Host: Alejandra Y. Castillo, CEO, YWCA USAGuest: Valerie Jarrett, former Obama Administration senior advisor, bestselling author of “Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward”In this episode of “Organize Your Butterflies,” YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo sits down for a conversation with Valerie Jarrett, bestselling author and former Obama Administration senior advisor.

This is an excerpt: Episode 1# - Welcome to Organize Your Butterflies, an original podcast by YWCAEach episode, we discuss the ways women — including many of the amazing leaders at YWCA — are working to organize, strategize, and mobilize around issues like equal pay, domestic violence, entrepreneurship, and more.

This is an excerpt: Today, the Supreme Court took an important step in the right direction to protect our constitution and our democracy by affirming a lower court ruling that challenged the underlying motives for the proposed addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census—a question that is unnecessary, untested, last-minute, and jeopardizes an accurate and full census count in 2020.

This is an excerpt: During the first 12 months since Norma Herr Women's Center — the only publicly funded shelter for single-women in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — came under the management of YWCA Greater Cleveland, 300 women experiencing homelessness at the shelter transitioned to stable housing, an increase of more than 230 percent.YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo

This is an excerpt: During the first 12 months since Norma Herr Women's Center — the only publicly funded shelter for single-women in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — came under the management of YWCA Greater Cleveland, 300 women experiencing homelessness at the shelter transitioned to stable housing, an increase of more than 230 percent.YWCA USA CEO Alejandra Y. Castillo credits

This is an excerpt: National Women's Law Center and other nonprofits in "commemorating" Moms Equal Pay Day on June 10—the date marking how far into the year that the average working mom has to work to earn what the average working dad earned in one year.

This is an excerpt: National Women's Law Center and other nonprofits in "commemorating" Moms Equal Pay Day on June 10—the date marking how far into the year that the average working mom has to work to earn what the average working dad earned in one year.

This is an excerpt: Over 300 YWCA leaders from across the country gathered together last week to connect and learn together during our biennial National Conference in Washington, D.C. During several days of panel discussions, speeches, and workshop sessions, leaders focused on identifying new opportunities and forging new connections to help us unleash and leverage our power as a national movement.

This is an excerpt: Over 300 YWCA leaders from across the country gathered together last week to connect and learn together during our biennial National Conference in Washington, D.C. During several days of panel discussions, speeches, and workshop sessions, leaders focused on identifying new opportunities and forging new connections to help us unleash and leverage our power as a national movement.

This is an excerpt: Washington, DC, June 6, 2019 — YWCA USA honored the achievements of extraordinary women leaders Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Debbie Dingell, Fatima Goss Graves, Brittany Packnett, and Mónica Ramirez during YWCA’s 2019 national conference, Dare To Be Powerful, whose theme is derived from a famous Audre Lorde quote.