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Healing Justice Collective Eliminates Barriers to Therapy for Y-WE Youth

Y-WE’s Healing Justice Collective is a new initiative that connects current and past Y-WE participants to values-aligned mental health practitioners and covers the cost of these resources. Learn about the genesis of the collective, what inspired it, and how we can make healing more accessible.

How to engage with the 2023 legislative session

We always encourage our young participants to use their voice and strive for change in their communities. One way to do this is to engage with local lawmakers. However, this process is often very inaccessible and confusing. Check out our step-by-step process for getting involved in the 2023 Washington State legislative session!

Feeling sad and it’s not even raining: Seattle’s new ‘Smoke Season’ is not a crisis we can ignore

Today, for the second day in a row, Seattle has the worst air quality of any big city on the planet. Since July, we’ve had less than half an inch of rain. And politicians and news outlets have been relatively quiet about it – pretending that this type of weather is normal. But every year, the temperatures are rising, the rain is decreasing, and the impact of wildfires is growing exponentially.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month 2022

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is an annual, national effort to bring light to intimate partner violence (IPV) among young people. It is designed to create intentional space to uplift young survivors.

In Response to Anti-Asian Violence

Y-WE would like to express our care, respect and love for our Asian community members. This week’s terrorist violence in Atlanta, which left 8 women, 6 of whom were Asian …

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