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Guest opinion: Despite national setback, we’re commemorating Roe in Colorado

Friday, February 24, 2023

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 Sc

Thursday, November 17, 2022

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

NIST and Zayo Host YWCA’s Virtual STEM E3 Jam Sessions for Students

Thursday, November 19, 2020

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