See Y-WE Grow in Action
We invite you to see what’s germinating at Y-WE’s garden plot at Marra Farms! Here’s your inside glimpse of our farming and food justice program, Y-WE Grow.
Still True: Interview with Reagan Jackson by Y-WE Alum Naomi Kirori
In a candid Q&A with Y-WE alum Naomi Kirori, Reagan Jackson, Co-Executive Director of Young Women Empowered, reflects on her unconventional journey into journalism, never fitting the checkboxes, advice for aspiring writers, and the community responses to her recently released book, “Still True: The Evolution of an Unexpected Journalist.”
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth, otherwise know as Freedom Day, became a National Holiday in 2021. Since then, the public outcry for justice and reparations has grown quieter. Let’s not forget that the demand for change is still just as alive.
Y-WE Career Day 2024 Draws 130+ Seattle Teens to Network and Learn
Y-WE Career Day is an annual opportunity for teens in Seattle to build practical skills for success, dream into their futures, and gain support from a diverse group of inspiring professionals.
Y-WE’s STEAM Day Inspires the Next Generation of Professionals
Y-WE STEAM Day is a place where BIPOC young women, trans, and gender expansive youth imagine possibilities, build skills and knowledge, and grow their community of support on the path to STEAM related careers where diverse talent is still vastly underrepresented.
No Mud, No Lotus: A Tribute to the Imperfection of MLK
For many, Dr. King is an icon, a legend, a martyr, the face of the Civil Rights Movement, the voice of a visionary whose “dream,” while remaining unrealized, has been incorporated into the metrics of success for the contemporary wave of liberatory movements. Read these MLK Day reflections from Y-WE’s Co-Executive Director Reagan Jackson.