Thursday, April 30, 2020

At YWCA Madison, Community is one of the core values that guides us. When we think of the word community, we often think of a group of people that share common interests or characteristics. These commonalities may be based on identity, physical location, religious, ideological, or occupational groupings, or myriad other ways that we group ourselves.…

Monday, April 27, 2020

At YWCA Madison, one of the core values that guide us is the truth of our shared Humanity— the truth that each and every one of us is sacred, has dignity, and has the right to well being in this human experience. The shared aspect of our Humanity means that we are closest to wholeness…

Thursday, April 23, 2020

STAND AGAINST RACISM: AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE-STANDING FOR JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
As the global community contends with the new reality and suffering that COVID-19 presents, we at YWCA Madison are reflecting on what it means to practice our values of Humanity, Community, Growth, and Restoration during this time of upheaval. The societal response to Coronavirus and its fallout has brought many of the truths of the…

Monday, March 30, 2020

YWCA MADISON: A MESSAGE FROM CEO, VANESSA McDOWELL
YWCA Madison is taking the health and wellbeing of our residents, staff, volunteers, and community very seriously with the arrival of the COVID-19 virus. We will get through this together by upholding our organizational values of Humanity, Community, Growth, and Restoration. A Message from YWCA Madison CEO, Vanessa McDowell Please understand that our staff is…

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

YWCA MADISON’S STATEMENT ON COVID-19
Dear Community, YWCA Madison is taking the health and wellbeing of our residents, staff, volunteers, and community very seriously with the arrival of the COVID-19 virus. We will get through this together by upholding our organizational values of Humanity, Community, Growth, and Restoration. Please understand that our staff is working…

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

LETTER BY YWCA MADISON CEO VANESSA McDOWELL
Dear Secretary Barrett, Senator Baldwin, Senator Johnson, and Congressmember Pocan, We ask you to oppose stationing the F-35s Lightning II to the Wisconsin 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Air National Guard Base in Madison, Wisconsin. As documented in the Environmental Impact Statement drafted by the United States Air…

Thursday, March 14, 2019

STATEMENT FROM YWCA MADISON’S ADVOCACY TEAM
YWCA Madison is both outraged and devastated at the decision last week not to pursue criminal charges against a school administrator who attacked an 11-year old black girl at Whitehorse Middle School. We are outraged because we cannot understand how violence from an adult white male against a black…

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

LETTER BY YWCA MADISON CEO VANESSA McDOWELL
Dear Madison Common Council Alders and Mayor Paul Soglin, YWCA Madison strongly supports Common Council Proposed Operating Amendment #4 and Common Council Proposed Capitol Amendment #1 to remove funding to pilot body cameras for Madison Police. The city is not ready yet for body cameras. In 2015, YWCA Madison…

Friday, February 9, 2018

STATEMENT BY YWCA USA CEO ALEJANDRA Y. CASTILLO
Domestic violence continues to be an epidemic impacting one in four women in the United States. One of the primary reasons domestic violence continues at this pace is because abusers face little to no accountability for their actions. Often, they are protected by other people in power,…

January 31, 2018

STATEMENT BY YWCA USA CEO, ALEJANDRA Y. CASTILLO
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Trump doubled down on his standard dog-whistle of divisive rhetoric and scapegoating our most underserved communities. Last night’s litany of policies focused on building a border wall, separating immigrant families and ramping up penalties for drug offenders…

December 13, 2017

STATEMENT BY YWCA USA CEO, ALEJANDRA Y. CASTILLO
Recently, new stories of sexual assault and harassment dominate the news cycle. But women, survivors and advocates confront these issues every day, whether or not they make the press. From the White House to the halls of Congress, from Hollywood to main street, men use their positions…