Empowerment Day at the CO Capitol
YWCA Boulder County hosted inaugural Women's Empowerment Day at the Colorado Capitol, with multi-generational women advocating for change in our community.
YWCA Day at the Capitol
YWCA Boulder County Announces Women's Empowerment Day at the Colorado State Capitol Building; Event Will Take Place on April 16, 2024
YWCA annual gala set for March 9
The YWCA Boulder County will honor two award recipients at its annual fundraising gala on Saturday, March 9, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 2601 Canyon Blvd.
Daily Camera coverage of reproductive rights and signature event
News coverage from Daily Camera. Read here.
9NEWS: YWCA’s Debbie Pope on reproductive health rights rally and signature-gathering event.
YWCA Boulder hosting event for reproductive health rights on Saturday, 1/27/24. Watch interview here.
YWCA Boulder County Reproductive Rights Rally and Signature-Gathering Event
Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom Event Will Take Place in Downtown Boulder on January 27, 2024
Colorado women to gather for Roe v. Wade ‘would-be’ anniversary
More than a dozen local organizations are coming together to discuss legislative action.
Amber Fisher, Longmont Leader Assistant Editor, Jan 16, 2023 8:00 AM
Photo Credit: Photo by Derek French
Councilmember Yarbrough visits Nepal; urges global perspective on helping women
Longmont City Councilmember Shiquita Yarbrough worked remotely in January from Nepal, where she volunteered her time helping women in Kathmandu and surrounding regions.
Saturday marks one year since Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2023 (segment aired at 5:00 p.m. on 6/24)
YWCA Boulder County’s CEO Debbie Pope helped organize a rally in Boulder on Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the court’s ruling.
Power of Peacemaking Film Screening
The Boulder JCC is partnering with YWCA Boulder County and YOUnify to host “The Power of Peacemaking” on Monday, October 30. The program includes a screening of the thought-provoking documentary The Abortion Talks, followed by a talkback with the Filmmakers.
‘Possibility and Power’
YWCA celebrates decade of Reading to End Racism
By Shay Castle - November 21, 2023 Boulder Weekly (cover story)
Read the interview with YWCA’s Director of Community Engagement and Equity Shiquita Yarbrough.
Boulder Weekly asked Yarbrough 10 questions about books, beliefs and having hard conversations.
YWCA Celebrates 10 Years of Reading to End Racism
Longmont City Councilmember Shaquita Yarbrough and Daniel Escalante, a founder of the reorganized Reading to End Racism program, talk during the 10th anniversary celebration of the YWCA Boulder County program in the Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library.
Guest opinion: Despite national setback, we’re commemorating Roe in Colorado
We’ve barely begun to grapple with the generations-long effects of turning the clock back 50 years. As we mark the first Roe v. Wade anniversary that we’re not celebrating, we invite you to recommit to building a world where our health and rights are valued and respected.
YWCA Boulder County Hosts "Shecession" Discussion
YWCA USA, in conjunction with the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, recently released a new white paper entitled “America’s Recovery from the 2020 “Shecession”: Building a Female Future of Childcare and Work,” which details how challenges and systemic inequities are contributing to this year’s economic crisis’ and the disproportionate impact on women.