At YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, we are working actively to embody Land and Labor Acknowledgment practices. This entails not only crafting a written statement, but also identifying clear objectives and calls to action for our work internally and in communities across the Metropolitan Chicago region. You may be wondering, what is a land and labor acknowledgment? …
On Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, we would like to highlight Institute for Women’s Policy Research Fact Sheet entitled “A Decade Without Improvement: Native Women and the Wage Gap” which states the following: Native American women must work 20 months to make the same amount White men make in 12 months The gender wage gap …
Election Day (November 8, 2022) is fast-approaching. As you prepare to head to the polls, you may be wondering: What are the key issues I need to think about? What are some of the main things to consider with special attention to racial and gender equity? YWCA USA recently created two important resources to help …
YWCA’s Policy, Research, and Evaluation Team is thrilled to share our interactive 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Walk. Data walks entail facilitated dialogues that engage people in collective reflection around data. Through data walks, we can gain awareness of issues, build relationships with others, share resources, better understand data or missing data, and develop strategies together. …
Indigenous Peoples’ Day is observed the second Monday of October in the United States to celebrate the survival and contemporary experiences of Native peoples. It is important to note that this observance is recent. Historically and conventionally, this date has been recognized as Columbus day, and it continues to be observed as such by the …