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Three foster grandparents with ELP children

We Love our Foster Grandparents!

Thursday, September 7, 2023

Since 1978, the first Sunday after Labor Day has been designated National Grandparents Day. This September 10, we are grateful for the grandparents and grandparent figures in our own families. We are especially grateful here at the YWCA for our foster Grandparent Volunteers. In our Early Learning Program, foster Grandparents partner with classroom teachers to… Continue Reading We Love our Foster Grandparents!

Woman in front of rainbow flag

Continuing the Challenge: BIPOC LGBTQ+ Liberation

Thursday, June 22, 2023

LGBTQ+ organizing has existed for centuries in many different forms, both formally and informally. However, Pride Month has been celebrated annually in late June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. Started by the “shot glass heard ‘round the world,” thrown after police raided the Stonewall Inn (a gay bar) in New York City, the Stonewall Uprising… Continue Reading Continuing the Challenge: BIPOC LGBTQ+ Liberation