YWCA
noun
ˌwī-ˌdə-bəl-yu̇-(ˌ)sē-ˈā 
-ˌdə-bə-yu̇-
: an international organization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare originally of young women
—usually used with the
a member of the YWCA
—sometimes shortened informally to the Y
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More than 1,000 miles north east, in Worchester, Massachusetts, the YWCA hosted Juneteenth celebrations with a flag raising ceremony and a vow to keep tradition and the history alive, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 June 2025
This event is organized by YWCA Elgin, Centro de Informacion, Chinese Mutual Aid Association, City of Elgin, Elgin Community College, Elgin History Museum, Gail Borden Public Library and The Literacy Connection.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Guys stroll Santana Row in heels for YWCA’s Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
Tovar, 27, was a suspect in the Jan. 3, 2021 fatal shooting of a San Benito County man in Gilroy and in an earlier shootout on the same street, and in a shooting two days later in Morgan Hill that seriously injured a man.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
After graduation, Rashad moved into the YWCA on 51st Street in Midtown, above the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, then the home of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
—Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Billy Webb Elks Lodge 6 N. Tillamook St. Built in 1926, this Colonial Revival-style building housed the African American branch of the YWCA and a meeting place for civil rights groups like the NAACP and Urban League.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Domestic violence groups, including the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and YWCA Nashville endorsed the legislation.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Adams also volunteered with the YWCA, National Urban League and United Way and founded Dayton’s Black Leadership Development Group in 1982.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Many of the young passengers, invited from local New Jersey hospitals and community programs such as RWJBarnabas Health Children’s Health Network, University Hospital and the YWCA, experienced the thrill of flying for the very first time.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 June 2025
This event is organized by YWCA Elgin, Centro de Informacion, Chinese Mutual Aid Association, City of Elgin, Elgin Community College, Elgin History Museum, Gail Borden Public Library and The Literacy Connection.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Guys stroll Santana Row in heels for YWCA’s Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
Tovar, 27, was a suspect in the Jan. 3, 2021 fatal shooting of a San Benito County man in Gilroy and in an earlier shootout on the same street, and in a shooting two days later in Morgan Hill that seriously injured a man.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
After graduation, Rashad moved into the YWCA on 51st Street in Midtown, above the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, then the home of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
—Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Billy Webb Elks Lodge 6 N. Tillamook St. Built in 1926, this Colonial Revival-style building housed the African American branch of the YWCA and a meeting place for civil rights groups like the NAACP and Urban League.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Domestic violence groups, including the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline and YWCA Nashville endorsed the legislation.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Adams also volunteered with the YWCA, National Urban League and United Way and founded Dayton’s Black Leadership Development Group in 1982.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Many of the young passengers, invited from local New Jersey hospitals and community programs such as RWJBarnabas Health Children’s Health Network, University Hospital and the YWCA, experienced the thrill of flying for the very first time.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024
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YWCA
noun
: an international organization that promotes the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare originally of young Christian women
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Young Women's Christian Association
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