This past August, we, the YWCA of Asheville and WNC dedicated ourselves to an all-staff professional development week. This was an important time to connect with our needs as individuals, recommit and reaffirm our work in the community, and most importantly, center ourselves as a team. We are grateful for our program partners at Light… Continue Reading Doing the Internal Work – Together
Today we will be getting to know Sonia Kay, YWCA MotherLove Coordinator. Sonia is a well-known member of our community and an advocate for so many. It is not out of the ordinary to see her and her family volunteering on a weekend or out on a fun new trip and adventure giving all of… Continue Reading Employee Spotlight – Sonia Kay, MotherLove
This year, Mothers Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Provider Appreciation Day all fell in the same week. To me, the confluence of special calendar events designed to help us recognize the importance of caregivers in our lives highlights how broken our childcare system remains. Childcare is expensive, hard to secure, and for many low and… Continue Reading Call to Action: The Child Care For Working Families Act
Racism hurts everyone! Watch the recording of our conversation between the YWCA of Asheville and our siblings at Our Voice. During the discussion, we navigated some of the intersections that create the current landscape of hate towards the AAPI community.
Violence Against the AAPI Community Is Not the Exception, It Is The Norm We’ve just concluded our March 21 Day Challenge on Racial Equity and Social Justice. The conversation continues with this continuing the challenge because the work is not over! As we see markers like continued anti-Asian racism and the coddling and rationalizing… Continue Reading Continuing the Challenge – Violence Against the AAPI Community Is Not the Exception, It Is The Norm