Until Justice Just Is centers the racial justice work that the vast network of YWCA Local Associations carry out in communities across the country. This year the campaign’s theme is Building Bridges to Equity and will be based on the topics for the 2024 YWCA Racial Justice Challenge; Bodily Autonomy, Women's Financial Empowerment/Caregiving, Gun Violence and Transportation.
Events
April 18 - 20
Game of Equity
The Classic Up and Down Game About Transportation!
Each spring we create a life size interactive board game in Jackson Square Park. Participants are invited to walk through the park, play the game, and learn about race and gender equity. In 2024, we are playing Game of Equity; Chutes and Ladders.
This year's Game of Equity is a riff on the classic up and down game for children. It is a fun and active way to learn about how transportation access and infrastructure divides us and how we can use transportation to build a better, more just future! Through players' choices and circumstances, each will take a unique journey through the park. Who in your group will make it to the end first and who will stumble into a chute?
Thursday/Friday: 10am-6pm Saturday:10am-1pm
Information and instructions are provided through QR codes, so players should bring smart devices with QR code reading capabilities to play.
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April
Leaders are Readers
Reading to children at a young age enriches their understanding of the world around them, enhances cognitive development, and helps them gain the language they need to express themselves. By reading to our children, we prepare them for future success, while building a foundation of empathy for others. Each week during Until Justice Just Is, a community leader will volunteer time reading to our childcare students. Everyone is invited to attend each reading virtually via Facebook livestream – follow us on Facebook to read along as we choose books on Kindness with a justice lens.
Charm Der, Author oh My Happiness Counts
Amaad Rivera, Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Green Bay
Dennis Buehler, President and CEO of Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
YWCA USA Virtual Town Hall
Building Bridges to Equity
April 11, at 2pm (CT)
How do we build bridges to equity in our communities and advance racial justice? Tune in on Thursday, April 11, 2 p.m. CT as we convene a panel of activists, advocates, and YWCA leaders to discuss how they each advance racial equity in their communities, and how you can get involved in bridge-building efforts to help realize a world of equity for all. Click here to register.
Tune in to hear from:
Adrienne Maree Brown (She/They) | Writer, Activist, Facilitator, Doula
Areeba Haider (She/Hers) | Senior Executive Administrator & Research Manager, National Partnership for Women and Families
Francesca Rattray (She/Hers) | CEO of YWCA San Antonio
Nicole R. Robinson (She/Hers) | CEO of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Joyce Levingston, MA CNP (She/Hers) | Executive Director of YWCA Black Hawk County
Racial Justice Challenge
April 2024
Diving Deep into all Things Racial Justice
The challenge includes daily materials around racial justice topics. Each day includes written articles, videos, and spoken materials, and you can engage with all or choose which is best for you. Materials come from a variety of sources including PBS, bicycling.com, Teen Vogue, and TED talks, but everything is in plain, informal language that doesn't require a degree in sociology to understand. The challenge is also fully available in Spanish.
Here at YWCA Greater Green Bay, we are also supporting our community members through the challenge with optional weekly discussion groups to connect with other local folks participating in the challenge. These discussion groups will be Fridays at noon via Microsoft Teams. They are completely optional, and participants are welcome to drop in at any time during the discussion. Invitations to the Friday discussions will be sent out to those who register through our registration page. Additionally, if you have a group of folks who would like to take the challenge together, please contact us about supports we can offer your group.
The Racial Justice Challenge is an excellent opportunity to dig deep in understanding the way that race and gender shape our everyday lives and the ways we have both shared and different experiences. – Register to take the challenge.
For questions and help with registration and steps for registering, please email Andrea Huggenvik at: ahuggenvik@ywcagreenbay.org.
Learn more about how access to transportation impacts every aspect of our lives, from our ability to get to work, access healthcare, and educate our children.
Learn more about the history of gun ownership in America and how it has impacted the lives of marginalized people.
Learn more about how women are taking control of their finances and making important decisions about budgeting, saving, and investing despite inequities that persist and interfere with them reaching their full economic potential.
Learn more about some of the many ways marginalized bodies are restricted, policed, and violated..
Until Justice Just Is Pledge
YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, stand up for social justice, help families, and strengthen communities. I am joining the movement for racial justice with YWCA and hundreds of thousands of people across the country. Join us and YWCA in advancing justice — until justice just is.
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