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The newly renamed YWCA South Florida hopes to engage the community June 29 through July 27 in its “21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge” that invites participants to read an article, listen to a podcast, or reflect on a personal experience. The challenge aligns with YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women, and… Continue Reading Miami Herald | As summer program remains shut, Grove Rotary donates 40 bikes to help kids exercise

Challenge Coincides with Agency’s 100th Year, Expansion of Services to Broward County  and Name Change to YWCA South Florida MIAMI (June 22, 2020) – YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade today announced a 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge to engage the community on issues of race, power, privilege and leadership. Scheduled to run June 29 – July 27, the… Continue Reading YWCA GREATER MIAMI-DADE LAUNCHES 21-DAY RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGE TO SPARK CONVERSATION AND ENCOURAGE ACTION

The Golden Arches, with the help of local franchisees, expand YWCA Greater Miami-Dade, Inc.’s Women’s Empowerment 3600 program to help empower minorities in business WHO: McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden Movement, YWCA USA and YWCA [insert market] WHAT: McDonald’s USA, through its Black & Positively Golden movement, is extending its partnership with… Continue Reading McDonald’s Black & Positively Golden Movement & YWCA USA Team to Help Close Entrepreneurship Knowledge Gap for South Florida Area Budding Moguls

On Saturday, January 25th, five human trafficking survivors, led by Theresa Flores, founder of The S.O.A.P. Project (Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution) will team up with more than 500 volunteers to label 60,000 bars of soap with the national human trafficking hotline and deliver them to every hotel in Miami, in an effort to save… Continue Reading Human Trafficking Survivor Theresa Flores Partners with the YWCA and It’s A Penalty to Save Human Trafficking Victims at Super Bowl LIV