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  • YWCA Madison Deepens Commitment to Resident Leadership in Housing Justice

    Through the generosity of two significant grant investments, YWCA Madison has launched a transformative Resident Development Leadership to build resident agency and ensure that people most impacted by housing inequities help shape the systems and communities that impact their lives.

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  • Where Justice Lives: A Call to Courage

    Courage is alive at YWCA Madison because of supporters like you. Explore how your generosity fuels safe housing, empowers families, and strengthens community-led justice work. Every gift helps justice live in our city every day.

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  • Youth Mural Unveiled: A Celebration of Youth, Art, and Restorative Justice

    The three-panel mural, born from restorative justice circles and a co-creation process came together for the first time among the artists and an audience of community members.

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  • The Art of Coming Together in Circle: The Creation Story of a Youth-Centered Community Mural

    Born from a spark of inspiration, Madison youth co-created a powerful mural through restorative justice circles and community art. Learn more about the collaboration behind this transformative project and YWCA Madison’s new Restore Art program.

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  • Reflections from YWCA National Conference for Executive Directors

    Gery Paredes Vásquez, Executive Director of YWCA Madison, shares deep insights from YWCA National Conference with Executive Directors. She offers important takeaways on how YWCA Madison plans to navigate the challenging times with love, joy, and dignity.

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  • Moving with the Spirit of a Humming Bird: An Open Letter from YWCA Madison's Executive Director

    This week, Gery Paredes Vásquez, Executive Director of YWCA Madison, travels to Phoenix to join fellow YWCA leaders from across the country. As she prepares for this national gathering, she reflects on a powerful story shared with her in Teotihuacan—a myth of Coatlicue, the Earth Goddess, whose vulnerability gave rise to immense power and protection.

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YWCA Madison is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women, promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

About YWCA MAdison

Since our founding in 1908, we have worked alongside our Madison community and in solidarity with over 200 YWCA sibling associations across the United States to build a more just and equitable world on a path towards collective liberation.

Guided by our co-created values of community, humanity, growth, and restoration, the heart of our mission lives through programs in housing justice, economic justice, restorative justice, and learning and movement building. 

To truly dismantle racism and build a liberated world, our collective approach must be multifaceted, nuanced, and rooted in solidarity as all systems of oppression are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. In all areas of our work, we are committed to addressing the ways racism intersects with other systems of oppression while also working across movements to advance justice for all.

Featured Stories

Sunset of Driver’s License Recovery Program and Changes to YW Transit Services

Due to the end of funding, YWCA Madison will sunset the Driver’s License Recovery Program on December 31, 2025. Additionally, beginning January 1, 2026, YW Transit will reduce weekend service hours as a result of significant funding reductions, while continuing 24-hour service Monday through Friday.

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We are being challenged to do more with less, but after 116 years, YWCA Madison knows this work must continue. We cannot do it alone. Now is the time to give, to join, and to be courageous so justice in action not only endures, but thrives.

Where Justice Lives: A Call to Courage

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Co-Creating Joy on Giving Tuesday

As the holidays approach, community and connection matter more than ever. Many families at YWCA Madison face economic uncertainty. This Giving Tuesday, we invite our community to support our Annual Holiday Party, a beloved tradition that brings residents, families, and staff together to share warmth, belonging, and hope.

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