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- Future Leaders Council “Leader...
The Gage Restaurant & Tavern
Thursday, March 19 at 6:00pm
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- hero of the day: the cast/crew of The Lovely Bones 6:22am Dec 16
- Why I’m an Advocate part 3: Because We Don’t Blame the Victim 7:51am Dec 14
- paid sick days: we get it, the trib gets it 6:30am Dec 14
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago YWCA Metropolitan Chicago would like to thank all of our donors and volunteers who supported us this year. With your help, we provided services to more than 138,000 women, children and families in greater Chicago. We wish you a happy holiday season and hope you will continue to support us in the new year! Please click ...here if you'd like to make a tax deductible, end-of-year gift to the YWCA - http://donatechicago.ywca.org.
For choosing *not* to show the sexual assault, murder, and dismemberment of a young girl in Peter Jackson's upcoming film, The Lovely Bones (based on the Alice Sebold novel):Jackson: There are artistic reasons, moral reasons, practical reasons...
Last week the Chicago Tribune’s advice columnist Amy Dickinson delivered some problematic advice to a woman who wanted to know whether she was the victim of a sexual assault. And here is Ms. Dickinson’s response to a critic. (You can also find sharply worded criticism in response to Ms. Di...
Even when sick, workers slog into work -- chicagotribune.comThe angle for this story is infectious disease, like H1N1, but the larger context of providing low-wage workers with paid sick leave is an ethical one: it's just the right thing to do...
So I recently had to accompany a client to 555 W. Harrison to assist her with filing a Civil No Contact Order. A Civil No Contact Order is a civil "stay away" order for victims of sexual assault and nonconsensual sexual conduct who don't have a relationship with the offender...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays - the food, friends, time with family, and the bounty of the holiday buoys my spirit. But there is another side to our national Thanksgiving mythology that should not be forgotten - our bounty came, and continues to come, at a price...
Do you trust women? We do. For 133 years, the YWCA has trusted women when they tell us what they need for themselves and their families.Trusting women means recognizing that women have unique, differing and complex needs...
At his first concert since his legal troubles Kelly says: “Never would have made it without you,” he said midsong, addressing the audience. “My house, my kids, my family, my band. I wo...
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Did you know victims of sexual violence are generally less likely to take advantage of health care options after an assault? Illinois Healthcare and Family Services provides free vouchers allowing patients to receive follow-up services related to their sexual assault from any community provider for 90 days following th...e initial hospital visit. For more information, call our Rape Crisis Hotline at 888-293-2080.
The buzz is growing about the movie Precious (which will probably be a topic of discussion here very very soon - stay tuned) but this was an interesting take from The Root, an online mag we usually don't mind:Sidibe—and the media—are quick to point out, the harrowing, yet ultimately redemptive sto...
From one of our fave blogs comes a heads up about a celebrity breaking her silence and speaking in response to that horrific sexual assault in Richmond, CA: Shakesville: You Go, Grrl: Gabrielle UnionA key 'graph:When I was 19 years old, I was raped...I was fortunate enough to go the UCLA rape...
[Interested in seeing the growth of a program from the ground up? Follow our Economic Empowerment blogger, Jenny D. She is a Resource Specialist in the Economic Empowerment Services Program and has been with the YWCA since early 2008...
[As a way to share more of our work with our friends, we'll be hearing more from the dedicated women who do the work that drives the YWCA and our mission forward.JVP is a new advocate at the YWCA, working in our SVSS program...
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Did you know YWCA Metropolitan Chicago is the largest provider of Sexual Violence Support Services in Chicago. Check us out under ‘Programs’ at http://www.ywcachicago.org
