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Read Our Annual Report

Our latest Annual Report is now live, and we’re excited to share it with you. Inside, you’ll find stories from young people, highlights from our programs, and a snapshot of …

My Goodbye to Y-WE

“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change.” – Octavia Butler In a season of great change, I am writing …

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.

How Y-WE Creates Collective Power

Y-WE creates necessary conditions for action – personal, interpersonal, institutional, systems – that advance equity and justice. Centering youth of color voices and cultivating their agency, creativity, and leadership is fundamental to claiming a liberated future now.

*those who identify as women, girls, trans, non-binary, or gender expansive