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PRESS RELEASES

Affordable housing development and supportive services will address housing barriers for low-income residents in Seattle
November 30, 2022
King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office Shares Data & Resources During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
October 15, 2021
Held online, the event celebrates women inspiring change in their communities
June 15, 2021
Inaugural awards presented virtually on June 10
May 24, 2021

IN THE NEWS

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Hear from YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish CEO Maria Chavez-Wilcox as she shares her career journey and talk about the women who inspire her.
Puget Sound Business Journal
Read about YWCA CEO Maria Chavez Wilcox as she shares shares stories about the discrimination she faced growing up as a young woman of color, and how her experiences in life and in the workplace led her to YWCA.
Kiro 7 News
Learn more about the 2023 annual Point In Time Count and hear from YWCA Director of Housing Services Kresha Green.
Crosscut
Learn more about the stipend for Washington homeless-service workers, and hear from YWCA's Ashleigh Desvigne, the lead family advocate at Project Reunite.

BLOGS

March 22, 2023
For almost 30 years, this local Seattle quilting group has created more than 5,000 beautiful handmade quilts for women in domestic violence shelters. We sat down with Penny Hazelton, the lead >>
March 15, 2023
At YWCA, we know there's no racial justice without gender justice, and no gender justice without racial justice. It's important to recognize how different forms of oppression overlap, and >>
March 8, 2023
We often refer to little known facts as trivia. However, sometimes these facts are unknown simply because they’ve been ignored culturally, not because they actually are trivial. Here is a roundup of >>
March 1, 2023
Racism can take many forms, but not all forms are immediately recognizable. By understanding the different ways racism can manifest, we can understand the best ways to combat it as individuals and a >>
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