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Press Coverage from LONGMONT Leader: YWCA Boulder County led 115 girls and women in a day of advocacy at the Colorado State Capitol on April 9, meeting with lawmakers to support bills on reproductive justice, gun safety, and women’s economic security.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at today's Get Out the Vote Rally! It was a powerful, high-energy event and it was great to have so many people in our community show up and let their voices be heard. Special thanks to our partner organizations, DJ CIN, and our speakers (pictured).
YWCA Boulder County hosted inaugural Women's Empowerment Day at the Colorado Capitol, with multi-generational women advocating for change in our community.
YWCA Boulder County Announces Women's Empowerment Day at the Colorado State Capitol Building; Event Will Take Place on April 16, 2024
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.
News coverage from Daily Camera. Read here.
YWCA Boulder hosting event for reproductive health rights on Saturday, 1/27/24. Watch interview here.
Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom Event Will Take Place in Downtown Boulder on January 27, 2024
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
Longmont City Councilmember Shiquita Yarbrough worked remotely in January from Nepal, where she volunteered her time helping women in Kathmandu and surrounding regions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.