Governor Pritzker’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Supports Economic Equity for Illinois Families and Communities

| By YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Categories: Policy & Advocacy

On February 15, Governor J.B. Pritzker presented his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July 1, 2023. YWCA Metropolitan Chicago applauds Governor Pritzker and his staff for presenting a budget that supports the needs of all Illinoisans and their families by including transformative funding for education, human services, and economic equity.  Read more …

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Black History Month 2023: Black Resistance

| By YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Categories: General

2023’s theme for Black History Month is “Black Resistance.” This February, we’re called to learn more about how Black people in America have for centuries resisted oppression in its systemic, institutional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal forms. This ongoing struggle to right inequities needs to be centered not just every February, but each and every day. The …

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Roe v. Wade in the wake of the Dobbs Ruling

| By YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Categories: General

Peter Keegan / Keystone / Getty Images file January 22, 2023 would have been the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But this year, instead of reflecting on progress, many are reflecting on tremendous setbacks to reproductive rights in the United States. By overturning Roe v. Wade via the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization …

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Latina Equal Pay Day 2022

| By YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Categories: General

Latina Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the inequality in wage earnings for Latina women. According to Equal Rights Advocates, “part-time Latina workers earn only 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men. Those who work full time year-round only earn 57 cents to the dollar.” This means Latina women must work an …

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