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CEO Update 2.26.2021

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A Page Right Out of Our Own History

As Black History Month comes to a close, I wanted to share a little about the YWCA’s role in working toward eliminating racism across the USA and right here in Boise. Our organization was at the forefront of this work in the early 1970s resulting in significant program changes.

The only three-generation group of YWCA members in 1968 included Miss Cherie Buckner-Webb, an active Y-Teen; her grandmother, Mrs. Claude Buckner, member of the Board and the World Fellowship and the Interracial Committees; and Cherie’s mother, Mrs. A.E. Buckner, active in the Public Affairs Committee and the Interracial Friendship Club. (Photo courtesy of Cherie Buckner-Webb and the Idaho Statesman) Photo caption from WCA’s History Book, published in 2010 in celebration of the organization’s 100th Anniversary (page 84).

Programs designed to eliminate racism became part of the YWCA’s offerings, along with other very popular classes like physical fitness, smoking cessation, weight loss, and one of the first licensed daycares in Boise available to community members on a drop-in-basis for free. While programs offered by the WCA have changed in the ensuing 50 years, we know that our outreach to underserved populations is just as important as ever.These remarkable Black women engaged with the work of the YWCA during the 1970s and the youngest one—Cherie Buckner-Webb—is still involved, following in her mom’s and grandmother’s footsteps. (By the way, our History Book is for sale and includes a lot of great photos as well as documenting the first 100 years of the YWCA, now WCA)

Thank you for your ongoing support of our vision of a community where individuals thrive in safe, healthy relationships. Through the years, we have helped many individuals, in many capacities… but there is still much work to be done.

I am grateful for each and every one of you being committed to our mission of safety, healing, and freedom from domestic abuse and sexual assault. Home is not safe for all—but it should be.

With gratitude,

EVENTS

Dec 11

2023

WCA Mission Tour

Join us for a 35 minute virtual tour to learn about our mission of safety, healing and freedom through the stories of clients and the impact of our services. The WCA Mission Tour aims to inspire and educate about the complexities and realities of domestic abuse and sexual assault, both here in the Treasure Valley […]

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Dec 14

2023

Concert for Cause

Mark you calendars for 2023 Concert for Cause – December 14th Thursday, December 14th 94.9 The River is excited to present headlining artist Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness with Michigander and Arlie for their 2023 Concert for Cause benefitting the WCA! Join us at The Knitting Factory Concert House in Bodo for an evening of […]

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Dec 28

2023

WCA Mission Tour

Join us for a 35 minute virtual tour to learn about our mission of safety, healing and freedom through the stories of clients and the impact of our services. The WCA Mission Tour aims to inspire and educate about the complexities and realities of domestic abuse and sexual assault, both here in the Treasure Valley […]

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Apr 03

2024

2024 TWIN Awards

The WCA will honor the women who have been chosen as this year’s TWIN Cohort at its 31st Annual Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Luncheon at Noon on Wednesday, April 3rd, at the Boise Centre. “These are women who have made outstanding contributions to the Treasure Valley business community,” WCA Executive Director Bea Black said. “It […]

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