by Camille Taylor YWCA McLean County, Illinois (Blank) are usually good dancers, (Blank) people smell, special classes are for??? If you’re human, you couldn’t help but fill in the blanks… Continue Reading Moving Beyond Stereotypes
by Paulette T. Cross, Ph.D. Transitional Housing Economic Empowerment Specialist, YWCA Salt Lake City If someone or anyone had responded to the Trayvon Martin incident, perhaps he would still be… Continue Reading Anti-Discrimination Training as a Response to Racism
by Vanessa Wood YWCA New Hampshire I write this post from my own perspective, experiences, and observations. I’m a white woman and I don’t know what it feels like to… Continue Reading Raising My Awareness about Racism
by Margaret A. Mitchell President & CEO, YWCA Greater Cleveland The year was 1937. My mother and her sisters were playing in the front yard of their Greensborough, North Carolina,… Continue Reading 10 Steps Towards Bridging Our Painful Racial Divide
by Erica Thurman YWCA McLean County (Ill.) “Excuse me young man, are you lost?” It may have been just that simple. Seven words may have made all the difference in… Continue Reading We Are George Zimmerman