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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

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 …

How to Celebrate Pride in 2020

June is Pride Month. This commemorates the famous Stonewall Riots of June 1969, when thousands of New Yorkers joined together to make their voices heard and spearhead the gay rights …

COVID-19 Resources

Do you have ideas or resources you want to share? Send them to Aisha at aisha@y-we.org Liberation Resources READINGS & RESOURCES ON ABOLITION & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE List of actions you …

Ways to take action to support Black lives

Dear Y-WE Community,  This is a heartbreaking time. We face a pandemic and widespread violence in the context of hundreds of years of structural racism and institutionalized oppression. George Floyd, …

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