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The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Four Recap: Mental Health

Friday, May 12, 2023

With the close of week four, YWCA South Florida’s 2023 Community Justice Challenge has reached its end! During Mental Health Week, our community immersed itself in important discussions surrounding mental health to discover how psychology has become a tool of marginalization in our society. Together, we educated ourselves on how systemic injustices and issues of… Continue Reading The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Four Recap: Mental Health

Introducing our Global Education Moment

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

The Global Education initiative at YWCA aims to create a space to think critically about the relationship among all diverse people and their cultural awareness. Students in YWCA’s after school and summer camp programs experience Global Education weekly, practicing skills they can use within the context of their future academic and professional pursuits. Being an… Continue Reading Introducing our Global Education Moment

The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Three Recap: Music

Friday, May 5, 2023

Week three of our 2023 Community Justice Challenge has officially come to a close! During this week’s lessons, our South Florida community danced to the beat of progress as we educated ourselves on the legacy of musician activists, the cultural appropriation of music, racism in the industry, music’s place in opposing gender stereotypes and the… Continue Reading The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Three Recap: Music

The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Two Recap: Housing

Friday, April 28, 2023

During week two of the 2023 Community Justice Challenge, our community explored redlining’s continued impact on housing access and how homophobia, racism, transphobia and other forms of discrimination drive homelessness and its criminalization. This dialogue provided insight into why legislation is essential to ensure all citizens can obtain safe and stable living conditions without discrimination… Continue Reading The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week Two Recap: Housing

Finding Career Opportunities for Unemployed and Underemployed in South Florida: Kerry-Ann Royes on Voices with Jawan Strader

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Our president & CEO, Kerry-Ann Royes, had the opportunity to connect with Jawan Strader at NBC 6 South Florida to discuss our Skills Accelerator Program in partnership with gener8tor, JPMorgan Chase and Microsoft. The Skills Accelerator program is a free, virtual, rapid-skilling program for people seeking local or remote/cross-country employment in high-demand jobs. The Accelerator… Continue Reading Finding Career Opportunities for Unemployed and Underemployed in South Florida: Kerry-Ann Royes on Voices with Jawan Strader

The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week One Recap: Disability

Friday, April 21, 2023

The 2023 YWCA South Florida Community Justice Challenge kicked off this week, focusing on disability rights and justice. We heard from inspiring speakers, shared thought-provoking dialogues and explored resources to be used in our continued fight for justice. Our conversations and lessons during week one of this challenge were an important reminder of why the… Continue Reading The 2023 Community Justice Challenge Week One Recap: Disability

Join YWCA South Florida’s 2023 Community Justice Challenge

Monday, February 13, 2023

YWCA South Florida’s Community Justice Challenge officially begins on Monday, April 17, 2023 and registration is now open! This year’s challenge is the action component of YWCA’s greater, ongoing Until Justice Just Is campaign to increase awareness of and action against systemic racism in our society. Since 2019, the Community Justice Challenge has united YWCAs… Continue Reading Join YWCA South Florida’s 2023 Community Justice Challenge

gener8tor with JPMorgan Chase, YWCA South Florida and Microsoft to create opportunities for digital skilling in the technology and sustainability industries

Thursday, February 2, 2023

MIAMI, Fla. – Global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor today announced the kickoff of a new Skills Accelerator cohort with support from JPMorgan Chase, YWCA South Florida, and Microsoft. The gener8tor Skills Accelerator expands the Miami Digital Skilling in Action program, an initiative launched in 2021 to help Miami residents build digital skills necessary… Continue Reading gener8tor with JPMorgan Chase, YWCA South Florida and Microsoft to create opportunities for digital skilling in the technology and sustainability industries