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Last week marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and while the race and gender pay gap might appear to be slowly closing, the long-term economic impacts from COVID-19 are only just taking shape.

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YWCA participates at 2017 Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day in Olympia

January 8, 2018

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See what YWCA will be advocating for in the 2018 Washington State Legislature

December 13, 2017

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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for. Well, we certainly have. We are thrilled to reveal our new and refreshed website!

November 14, 2017

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Seattle's first mayor in 91 years, six of nine Council Members are now women, and a new Senator from the 45th District changes her party's control of the State legislature.

A rally of protestors against Betsy DeVos is shown

October 24, 2017

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Betsy DeVos stopped into Bellevue to speak at a think tank, and was met by a protest against her department's treatment of campus sexual assault survivors.

Brought to the US as children, thousands of undocumented Americans are at risk of being deported

October 3, 2017

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After months of saying that he was interested in protecting Dreamers, President Donald Trump made the decision to rescind the work authorization for undocumented immigrants brought to America as children through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

July 20, 2017

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We reflect on the 2017 legislative session and our successes and challenges. Additionally, because of intransience in the Washington Senate, we're calling for immediate passage of the housing-critical capital budget.