WCA to present Joyce Stein Award at JUMP On Thursday, Aug. 31, from 4-6 p.m., the WCA invites you to join in a special celebration as the WCA Board of Directors recognizes a community member who positively impacts the growth and advancement of women in our community. Since 1980, The WCA has annually presented the […]
You Can Make a Difference Joyce Stein was instrumental in creating programs to help empower women – starting at the then YWCA in 1973. In that year, the YWCA worked with female Job Corps members experiencing harassment as they came to Boise looking for work. With a focus on female empowerment and eliminating sexism, the […]
(Y)WCA Women as agents of change As we come to the end of Women’s History Month, I want to take another page out of our (Y)WCA history book, which highlights the difference that women have made and continue to make in our community. In 1968, the YWCA opened the first tuition-free kindergarten in Boise, serving […]
Luci McDonald Luci McDonald has been active in impacting the lives of women and children in the Treasure Valley for more than 30 years. Her involvement has been both at the leadership level as well as in the trenches where she has worked directly and indirectly in providing the opportunities for women and their families […]
