9/8/20
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Acquires World of Money, Expanding Global Financial Inclusion Efforts

9/1/20
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago announces new Board members

7/1/20
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago launches Until Justice Just Is campaign, underscoring longstanding commitment to eliminating racism

6/22/20
Illinois Children’s Outcomes Improved Since 2010, but Significant Barriers in Health and Well-Being and Socioeconomic Indicators by Race and Ethnicity Remain

6/19/20
Nationwide Black Business Directory Launched on Juneteenth in Response to Calls to End Systemic Racism

3/5/20
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, A Local Leader In Addressing Gender And Racial Inequalities, To Acquire StreetWise

3/2/20
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Announces Acquisition of Voices for Illinois Children, the Leading State-Wide Children’s Advocacy Organization

11/26/19
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Joins SellSwipe to Provide New Small Business Solution

11/22/19
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Awarded $11.9 Million Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Contract to Administer Family Works Services to CHA Residents in Bronzeville and Chicago’s North Side

10/11/19
Non-profits and Employers Prepare to Support Parents as CPS Teacher Strike Looms

12/11/18
Innovative New Investment Products use Creative Marketing Strategies

8/27/18
Impact Shares and YWCA Launch Women’s Empowerment ETF on NYSE

4/13/18
Equality Vines and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Team Up to Release Respect Rosé and Respect Old Vine Zinfandel in Support of Women’s Empowerment

3/27/18
Coalition of Illinois YWCA Organizations Launch Statewide Policy Council for Women and Families

3/21/18
1871 and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Launch Community-Wide Sexual Harassment Awareness Initiatives with Joint Program

3/21/18
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago announces Small Business Development Center (SBDC) designation on 2nd Annual SBDC Day March 21st

1/30/18
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Implements 6 Weeks of Paid Family Leave Ahead of 25th Anniversary of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

6/9/15
YWCA and Uber Launch Drive to Thrive Partnership to Create 5,000 Jobs for Women Drivers in Chicago

8/13/14
YWCA’s “Taboo Topics” Empowers Women to Have a Voice in the Conversation of Sex, Politics and Money

8/7/14
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Hosts Brazilian Delegates to Discuss International Solutions to Violence

4/4/14
Why Sexual Assault Awareness Month Should be Observed by All (Op-Ed)

3/10/14
YWCA Goes Digital with the Help of The Chicago Community Trust

8/27/13
DuPage County Health Department Awards YWCA Metropolitan Chicago with Affordable Care Act Grant

6/18/13
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago CEO Dorri McWhorter Unveils Long-Term Vision for Agency
(Eleven Chicago Area Business Leaders to be Inducted to Board of Directors During Annual Meeting & Reception)

5/9/13
YWCA Partners with the 21st Century Youth Project for Haute and Smart: Girls in Fashion Tech Series

5/2/13
Local Non-Profit Agencies Launch “Strong Women. Strong Families.” Anti-Violence Initiative

4/11/13
YWCA Holds “Take Back the Light” Rally on Chicago’s South Side for Survivors on Sexual Violence

2/4/13
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Names Dorri McWhorter Chief Executive Officer