What's New
Virtual Angel Giving Tree - 2022 Put a present under a family's tree this holiday season.
Fall, Family Reading Night October 19th
Week Without Violence - 2022
Get out the Vote - 2022
Employee Spotlight - Erika Bowman, Light A Path Coordinator
Empowered Self Defense Course in Partnership with OurVoice
YWCA Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Employee Spotlight: Melinda Aponte
WE WELCOME LIGHT A PATH TO OUR FAMILY
New Fitness Classes with Instructor Sam Davis
Melinda Aponte of YWCA Asheville Named CACFP Inspire Collaboration Award Finalist
Getting Ahead, Participant Spotlight - Porshea
Continuing the Challenge - Reproductive Justice
Standing up for Young Women and Young Women of Color at the Supreme Court
Register to Vote at the YWCA - April 18th
Letter to County Commissioners from YWCA, Faith 4 Justice and Racial Justice Coalition
YWCA of Asheville is seeking a consultant who will partner in developing a business plan that redefines childcare for our community.
Our Programs
This #SmallBuisinessSaturday join our Health & Wellness Center and receive free merch along with no joining fee and one month free. Or, stop by to see our latest merch with nalgenes, tshirts, hip packs, and more sporting our bold mission of #eliminatingracism and #empoweringwomen
Our Virtual Angel tree is up for this holiday season. This gift tree provides our broader YWCA community a path to join us as we aim to support our program participants and their families with a holiday season full of love and support.
If you would like to adopt a family this holiday season please follow the link in our bio.
#YWCAisonaMission #EliminatingRacism #EmpoweringWomen #AngelTree
We are closing the week with #SelfCareSaturday and encourage you to take the time to engage in healing and self-care as a provider, advocate, activist, or survivor. This restorative yoga class for our community comes from our newest program, Light a Path, and focuses on yoga, meditation, strength training, and running for the incarcerated, the unhoused, older adults, and those in recovery. Your own mental and physical well-being and will help make you an even more powerful advocate for your causes and clients. — with Community. Our final #WeekWithoutViolence Free Community Class will be today at noon or enjoy a restorative yoga class for your home practice linked in our bio.
Advocacy Day of Action Capitol Hill Call-In Day This Capitol Hill Call-In Day, we invite you to engage your Members of Congress by taking action online; calling your legislators; and engaging with these discussions on social media using #WWV22 and tweeting at your Member of Congress. Link in Bio.
#WeekWithoutViolence 2022 starts TODAY! Join us all week long as we raise awareness and #CenterSurvivors so that together, we can end #GenderBasedViolence. Visit the link on our bio for this week's schedule including free community wellness classes designed to support survivors and those help workers that support them. #WWV22 #EndGBV
This month we recognize the contributions of Latinx Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. We celebrate not only the contributions from the past but those that continue AND we celebrate them every day of the year as US Heritage and History.
#HispanicHeritageMonth2022 #latinxheritagemonth #wepreferlatinx #empoweringwoman #eliminatingracsim #ywcaofasheville
Back by popular demand! Join us in partnership with @ourvoicenc for a 7-week Empowered Self-defense Course and learn to combat the whole spectrum of violence, from verbal harassment to physical violence. Enrollment is limited, call today to reserve your spot. Registration link in bio.
We are excited for our next cohort for our virtual 3-part Racial Justice Workshop beginning this Tuesday, July 19-21, from 2-3:30pm (ET)! This is an in-depth educational experience that includes context specific to Asheville's history. We only have a couple spots left for this upcoming series, so be sure to register now! Link in bio
The #SCOTUS decision to overturn #RoevWade has already taken the right to choose away from millions. @ebonikwilliams and YWCA USA COO @elisharhodes_ will discuss what the decision means for women and all people who can become pregnant, and how we can move forward in the struggle to protect #AbortionRights and reproductive health care. Join @ywcausa TOMORROW on Instagram Live at 11 a.m. ET for a conversation you don’t want to miss!
BREAKING NEWS: Today the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and an individual's constitutional right to an abortion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
This generation will be the nation's first in almost 50 years to come of age without a constitutionally protected right to abortion, turning back the clock to a time of limited rights and opportunities that no young person in America today has ever known.
As we all continue to process this egregious decision, join advocates across the country at a rally in your community as we stand up and tell the Courts #WeWontGoBack
Link in Bio for our full statement
____
Upcoming Rallies and Protests:
Western North Carolina Rally for Reproductive Rights
Where: Rabbit Rabbit - 75 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC
When: Friday, June 24, 5PM (speakers will begin at 5:30PM)
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
.
Abort the Supreme Court
Where: Pack Square Amphitheater - 80 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC
When: Friday, June 24, gather at 7pm and March 8pm
Mountain Area Abortion Doula Collective
Vigil for Women’s Rights
Where: Veterans Park - 10 Veterans Park Dr, Black Mountain, NC
When: Friday, June 24, 5:30-6:30pm
.
Not in the Asheville Area? Link in Bio for search of your local events with @wewontgoback
Today is #Juneteenth! Now officially a federal holiday, Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. As we celebrate this milestone for #RacialJustice in America and reflect on the progress made toward #RacialEquity, today's commemoration also calls us to consider the work that remains to create a world that is truly equitable.
Join @sistas_caring_4_sistas and @quiltedhealth for their upcoming BIPOC Birth in Asheville Community Listening Sessions.
They be at our building, 185 S. French Broad
▪️June 21, 5pm - 7pm with a focus on BIPOC community members and partners
▪️June 22, 5 pm - 7pm with a focus on all of the birth worker community
This will be an opportunity for the community to make its voice heard – raising awareness about important issues facing families here in WNC and developing support for taking action for maternal and child health. We want to hear from you, our community and see how we can work together to ignite change and potential solutions to problems facing our communities.
