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In October, 23 students from BVSD and SVVSD spent time at Medtronic’s new campus in Lafayette for our STEM E3 Jam Session with the biomedical technology company. As part of the afternoon, the students were able to tour parts of the Medtronic campus and participate in learning activities around different types of biomedical technology. Students… Continue Reading Medtronic Hosts STEM E3 Jam Session About Healthcare Technology

We are thrilled to welcome these wonderful new Board Members to YWCA Boulder County’s Board of Directors! Tracy Dundon Tracy Dundon currently serves on the Boulder Valley School District’s Title IX Stakeholder Council. Working collectively to build systems, policies, and programs that move the district beyond Title IX compliance towards prevention, inclusion, and equity. She… Continue Reading Welcoming New Board Members

YWCA Boulder County aligns our programs with our mission to eliminate racism and empower women. One of the pillars of our work is economic advancement for women and families. Our keystone program Persimmon Early Learning, a critical community resource for over 40 years, provides reliable, quality child care that makes it possible for women to… Continue Reading Persimmon Early Learning: Because Quality Child Care Empowers Women

Posted Jan. 20, 2023 in the Boulder Beat Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 Norma McCorvey, left, who was Jane Roe in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, with her attorney, Gloria Allred, outside the Supreme Court in April 1989, where the Court heard arguments in a case that could have overturned the Roe v. Wade decision.… Continue Reading Guest opinion: Despite national setback, we’re commemorating Roe in Colorado

Exploring Race and Racism Pilot Program at Southern Hills Middle School YWCA Boulder County is on a mission to eliminate racism, and last year we actively supported an important pilot program launched by a White 6th grade teacher in partnership with a Black poetic-storyteller. When our CEO, Debbie Pope, learned that racially motivated bullying against… Continue Reading Exploring Race and Racism Pilot Program at Southern Hills Middle Sc

Over the past month we have kicked off our fall virtual STEM E3 programming with two amazing Jam Sessions with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Zayo Group! For both Jam Sessions, over 20 young girls of color from Boulder Valley School District joined us online to learn from a panel of female… Continue Reading NIST and Zayo Host YWCA’s Virtual STEM E3 Jam Sessions for Students

YWCA Boulder County has joined YWCA USA in highlighting the economic impact of COVID-19 on women in the United States. 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… Continue Reading YWCA Boulder County Hosts “Shecession” Discussion

Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the cultural and historical contributions of Americans tracing their roots to Spain, Mexico, Central America, South American and the Spanish-speaking nations of the Caribbean.  The month begins on September 15, coinciding with several important anniversaries of independence in Latin American countries, and continues until October 15. Here in Boulder County, Latinx… Continue Reading YWCA Boulder Highlights Hispanic Heritage Month

On August 28, 2020, YWCA USA, the nation’s oldest and largest women’s organization, launched Until Justice Just Is, a campaign designed to bring awareness to the pervasiveness of systemic racism and the organization’s commitment to ending systemic and institutional racism. Against this year’s long overdue nationwide reckoning with racism, communities, companies, and individuals everywhere are… Continue Reading YWCA USA Launches “Until Justice Just Is” Campaign

YWCA Boulder County hosted its first Youth Who Code STEM E3 Virtual Summer Camp in July.  In partnership with Casa de la Esperanza and the City of Longmont Youth Center, YWCA offered a four-day, two-hours-per-day program that sent 21 young students of color on their journey to learn the fundamentals of coding. According to Director… Continue Reading STEM E3 Virtual Summer Camp Supports Longmont Youth