A Letter from our Directors
2020 was difficult in so many ways and these first days of the new year have revealed a continuation of the same ugliness embedded in the very fabric of our country.
Y-WE Heal
This Fall, we invite our community of supporters to go on a journey to heal in solidarity with us. When we are healed, we have the ability to pour in to our communities, cultivating a space for collective healing.
A Space for Black Healing
Over the past 2 months, Y-WE’s Program Director, Reagan Jackson, and Mary Williams have been cultivating a series “Blackout Healing” events. Regan and Mary created the Blackouts as a way …
Y-WE’s Youth Leadership Summit
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, offering an in-person Youth Leadership Summit this May was not feasible or safe. Thus, under the creative and adaptive leadership of Program Director, Reagan Jackson, Y-WE’s Youth Leadership Summit took place online via Facebook Live, over the course of an entire week.
Y-WE Youth Speak on BLM
At Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) we center the voices of young people, especially BIPOC youth. We are honored and inspired by the young people who have chosen to share their …
“Black Body Beauty” – a poem by Nikai Mackie
Black Body Beauty This black body is sacred This black body is kind, soft This black body is made of cocoa butter, sweet hibiscus, and lavender leavesThis black body is the closest …