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Each year, YWCA Central Alabama hosts Santa’s Workshop to help families who are living in area homeless/transitional shelters or those otherwise in need to have a happy holiday season.
YWCA Central Alabama has a job opening for a Development Specialist, who will be responsible for managing the organization's donor database and producing correspondence to support the communications and fund development team. Among the essential job duties are administrating the YWCA’s donor database, reconciling database gift entries, generating reports, recording and ack
Each year 30 percent of the nation’s female murder victims are killed by intimate partners. YWCA identifies them as “silent witnesses” and hosts a vigil in their memory. YWCA Central Alabama invites the community to its annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month Walk & Vigil Thursday, Oct. 17. It is part of a two-fold event the local agency will host during National Week Without Violence.
Birmingham, Al – YWCA Central Alabama’s recently seated CEO is featured on Friday’s Organize your Butterflies, an original podcast of YWCA USA. Each episode discusses the way women, including amazing YWCA leaders, help women, girls, and families. Topics include organizing, strategizing, and mobilizing around issues like equal pay, domestic violence, women’s entrepreneurship, and so much more, and how YOU can get involved.
On Sept. 23 and in preparation for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, four YWCA Central Alabama volunteers pinned 1,000 purple ribbons to DV stat cards. Two of the volunteers are residents in YW's downtown Birmingham building, and both shared how much they enjoyed serving. The volunteers asked to be informed about other volunteer opportunities. Mary Golston shared that this was the first time in her 12 years as a resident that she has had a chance to volunteer. To learn more about YW volunteer opportunities, contact Volunteer Manager Valerie Johnson, 205.322.9922 ext.
According to the National Statistics Domestic Violence Fact Sheet,1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. These facts should not be ignored. In October, the nation observes National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and shines a spotlight on what each of us can do to end intimate partner violence.
It stands to reason that women would want to support single moms seeking job training that will lead them to a stable income. “The YWCA was my shoulder to lean on,” said 26-year-old LaTia Williams of Birmingham. “They helped me stay positive through (a domestic violence situation), because I wanted to give up a long time ago.”
YWCA Central Alabama hosted its Eleventh annual Purse and Passion St. Clair County Luncheon on Thursday, August 8th at First United Methodist Church in Pell City. The annual event raises funds for the YW’s domestic violence services in St. Clair County. Collectively over the past ten years, the event has raised over $650,000 for the YW’s domestic violence shelter and client services like court advocacy, case management, and legal assistance in the county. This year’s event raised over $54,000 towards YWCA Domestic Violence shelter and services in St. Clair County.
YWCA Central Alabama will continue to make a difference in the Woodlawn Communitythanks in part to the generosity of Publix Super Market Charities. Publix Charities presented the nonprofit with a $10,000 grant for affordable housing and homelessness services in the Woodlawn Community which aligns with the funder's focus on youth, education, reducing hunger, and alleviating homelessness in the community.
The Board of Directors of the YWCA Central Alabama is delighted to announce that LaRhonda Magras, EdD., has been elected CEO of the organization, effective September 1, 2019.
Currently Senior Vice President, Program & Operations with YWCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Magras succeeds Yolanda Sullivan, who retired as CEO late last year. Patricia Hoban-Moore will continue as Interim CEO through August 2019.