Saluting Peg Calhoun
Friday, December 20, 2013
The Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA., on New Year’s Day featured a float honoring the women pilots of World War II. Almost three years ago (in March 2010) 300 remaining … Read More
Joining our Foremothers on the Lincoln Memorial Steps
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Link to original post: http://www.ywcablog.com/2013/08/20/joining-our-foremothers-on-the-lincoln-memorial-steps/#sthash.9aPmCvGB.dpbs By Desiree Hoffman Director of Advocacy, YWCA USA “We Demand an End to Bias Now!” was inscribed in big letters on the March on Washington … Read More
The March Continues
Thursday, August 1, 2013
The YWCA’s march for justice is long — We were there in the beginning: In 1915 when the YWCA organized the first interracial conference ever held in the South at … Read More
YWCA Sri Lanka
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Members of the Sri Lanka YWCA help survivors of the Tsunami. Sri Lanka, an island country the size of Ireland, is located about 18 miles (28 kilometers) from the southeastern … Read More
YWCA Sudan
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Salome is now living in safety with a relative. The YWCA provides school supplies, enabling her to obtain an education. Sudan, in Northern Africa, is larger than Texas, and it … Read More
International Women’s Summit on HIV and AIDS, convened by the World YWCA in Nairobi, Kenya, July 4-7, 2007.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Girl loses parents and siblings and test positive for HIV The YWCA, UNAIDS and other partners in the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS discussed, planned, and pledged to answer a CALL … Read More
YWCA Belarus
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Belarus is about two-thirds the size of Great Britain and it is located in central Europe, bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Part of the former Soviet Union for … Read More
YWCA Rwanda – Giving Hope
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Located in central East Africa, Rwanda is the most densely populated nations in Africa. It is a rural country where 90 percent of the people subsist on agriculture. As a … Read More
The Salahs Welcome Foreign Visitors
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
It was a beautiful Saturday in May when I joined Doris and Rima Salah, longtime and well-known members of our YWCA World Service Council, for a one-day visit with two … Read More