Young Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin Inc.

FOUNDED IN 1893, THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN (D/B/A YWCA SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN) IS A SOCIAL SECTOR SERVICE ORGANIZATION PROPELLED BY WOMEN (AND THEIR SUPPORTERS) OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, AGES AND EXPERIENCES WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN BY PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL. NATIONWIDE, ALL YWCAS HAVE THREE PILLARS: ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, RACIAL JUSTICE AND HEALTH & SAFETY. AT YWCA SEW, WE SEEK TO BUILD A HEALTHY, VIBRANT REGION SO OUR HEALTH & SAFETY PERSPECTIVE IS SHAPED BY A SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH LENS. THAT LENS GUIDES OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND SHAPES THE DELIVERY OF OUR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND RACIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, WHICH ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.