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By: Margaret Mitchell | 5:11pm EDT July 24, Originally Published on Smart Business What were our community’s most pressing issues 20 years ago? 50? 100? The answers are wide and varied, and looking back upon some of them, it can be difficult to comprehend a society where those problems existed. It’s something I’ve been reflecting on recently as my… Continue Reading Issues evolve, but strong leadership remains critical to finding solutions

Today, Distinguished Young Woman LaShawn Reed-Kendricks runs her own business, Essentials 4 Success, which helps women turn their hobbies into sustainable businesses. She also founded its nonprofit arm, Success Her Way, in addition to serving as a leader of two local non-profits. However, her path to success was not a straight line. LaShawn went from… Continue Reading LaShawn Reed-Kendricks: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree

Yesterday, Wednesday August 8th, our President & CEO Margaret Mitchell and YWCA staff met with staff from Representative Marcia Fudge, Senator Sherrod Brown, and Senator Rob Portman’s offices as part of In-District Advocacy Day. YWCA’s across the country met with their elected leaders and staff to advocate for change and share our mission of eliminating… Continue Reading Advocacy Day 2018

On Friday August 3rd, a volunteer team from Hyland Software visited our offices on Prospect to help with landscaping needs. After giving our flower beds some TLC, they visited Independence Place, the permanent supportive housing units for youth aging out of foster care located on the second floor of our building. Volunteers cleaned up the common space… Continue Reading Thank You Hyland!

The machine of patriarchy has many parts and YWCA’s Distinguished Young Woman Katelyn Bowden has her sights on dismantling the impunity of those who post explicit images of people without their consent. These crimes affect not just personal lives of the victims who currently do not have a particular state law in their defense, but… Continue Reading Katelyn Bowden: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree

  Rachel is grateful for the opportunity to empower other women in her role at the Cleveland Leadership Center where she is the Vice President of Strategic Engagement and Director of Cleveland Bridge Builders. “I wake up every day and love what I do. I have found a role that is fulfilling and helps me… Continue Reading Rachel Ciomcia: Distinguished Young Woman Honoree

The Major Cities Chiefs Association listed Cleveland as having the fifth highest murder rate per capita in 2017, with four out of every five homicides related to gun violence. According to Cleveland Scene, there were seven confirmed shootings in Cleveland between the evening of Saturday June 16th and early Sunday June 17th alone. To encourage… Continue Reading During this Year’s Circle the Cities with Love, Remember Victims of Gun Violence

If you visit YWCA Greater Cleveland today, you won’t find a gym or swimming pool. However, providing women access to sports and physical fitness programming was a focus of YWCA for decades and remains dear to our hearts. Although there are many more opportunities for women in sports and fitness today, partially due to the… Continue Reading Creating Opportunity for Women in Sports

We are so proud of the our Early Learning Center Graduates! These bright, capable kids are SO ready to take on Kindergarten! We celebrated with a graduation ceremony last week that featured songs, poems, and readings from our graduates. Thank you to all of the teachers and staff who made this special day such a… Continue Reading Congratulations to Our Early Learning Center Graduates!