Free Know Your Rights training in Minneapolis on April 11 covers police stops, ICE, evictions and more. Open to the public with free lunch included.
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YWCA officials, supporters rally for change at the State Capitol
Volunteers, community members and state representatives recently gathered at the State Capitol to celebrate ‘YWCA Day on the Hill.’
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YWCA Minneapolis names new president, CEO
YWCA Minneapolis recently announced that Shelley Carthen Watson has been elected as the nonprofit’s new president and CEO.
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Bestselling author keynotes race forum
YWCA Minneapolis’ ‘It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race’ will feature Ibram X. Kendi, author of ‘How to Be an Antiracist.’
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Sharon Sayles Belton receives YWCA Mpls’ 2019 Woman of Power Award
Sharon Sayles Belton will receive the YWCA Minneapolis’ Woman of Power Award.
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Let’s talk Whiteness: ‘Minnesota Nice’ and prejudice explored at race forum
When it comes to the history of White people and America, we should all be doing some heavy lifting
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Mpls YWCA: It’s time to discuss ‘White fragility’
As of 2017, Minnesota’s unenviable track record made it the nation’s second-most unequal state (just after Wisconsin). An inRead study measured disparity gaps between Black and White residents in, amongst other areas, unemployment, income, education and homeownership.
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Kim Nelson receives YWCA’s first-ever ‘Woman of Power’ award
Given her trailblazing efforts, it was only fitting that the YWCA Minneapolis recognized Kim Nelson with its inaugural “Woman of Power” award. Nelson received the honor at the 2018 Circle of Women fundraiser on May 10 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
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Standing your ground: YWCA program helps teens navigate sexual coming-of-age
It’s hard to save teenagers from themselves; there’s only so much even the most conscientious parents can do once all that sexually charged energy is out the door for the day or evening. When adolescents are left to their own devices, it looks like parental options are to wring their hands, keep the porch light […]
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Workshops help White folks fight racism
Arguably, few evils are more insidious than racism perpetrated under the guise of “Minnesota nice” in this so-called socially progressive setting where bigotry is considered bad form but routinely practiced. It is the elephant in the middle of the room, which one blithely pretends isn’t there. “Here in our Minnesota culture,” says Alicia Sojourner, Racial Equity consulting manager at YWCA […]