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Spring Us Into Action
Celebrating Our Work Together
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Happenings
YWCA Northern New Jersey
Quarterly Newsletter
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In This Issue:
Letter from the CEO
Supporter Spotlight
Apr-Jun ’19 Showcase
In the News
Centennial Campaign
Ways to Give
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Dear Friend,
True to the season, our spring was marked by new growth. As we began our 100th year, we couldn’t be more excited to announce our expansion and name change to YWCA Northern New Jersey.
We have our supporters to thank for our first 100 years of service, and as our Centennial kicks off, we are energized to move forward together for our next 100 years of impact. This includes deepening our mission in our home county of Bergen while bringing vital new programs to additional northern New Jersey counties such as Essex, Hudson, Morris, and Passaic. Thanks for your patience as we apply our new name and branding to all our communications. As we shared during our May press conference, we expect to complete the process by fall.
Our full team is now housed at our new headquarters located at 214 State Street, Hackensack. As we prepared for our move, our work to eliminate racism, empower women, support survivors, and raise awareness didn’t slow down for a minute.
We helped dismantle barriers to equality with Undoing Racism training, empowered women to be their own advocates in a Courageous Conversation about birthing in communities of color, honored leaders tacking racism with our Racial Justice Awards, and amplified young voices with the publication of our
Voices literary journal on the theme No Hate, No Fear.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month included important prevention presentations, film screenings, Traveling Clothesline Projects, and Denim Days as well as an Enlightened Coffee House for survivors and Title IX workshops for college administrators thanks to funding from New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
We supported corporate women and women entrepreneurs with our WEN on the GO! workshops and helped seniors stay engaged and healthy with our Fitness & Friendship Fridays wellness workshops and Orange Sneakers walking groups.
We celebrated extraordinary community leaders at our annual Gala, connected with our amazing Legacy Ladies who bridge our past and future, and recognized our dedicated healingSPACE volunteers.
We are so proud of the work we have done together, and all that we will continue to do. We hope you enjoy looking back at our accomplishments from April through June 2019 in this quarterly newsletter.
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Helen Archontou MSW, LSW
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA Northern New Jersey
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Our Walking the Talk Gala 2019, hosted by Weekend Today In New York/WNBC Anchor Pat Battle, was a powerful celebration of extraordinary community leaders, including NJ Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, The Budgetnista Tiffany Aliche, CancerFashionista.com Founder Melissa Berry, Berkeley Research Group Managing Director Edwin Ordway, and BD Manager of Social Investing Ellen Rafferty. We are so grateful to our amazing sponsors, advertisers, donors, and attendees for making this important event possible.
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April to June 2019 Showcase
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Dismantling Barriers to Equality
Undoing Racism® - Training by the People’s Institute for Survival & Beyond to help stakeholders from diverse nonprofits, County agencies, faith-based organizations, and community groups understand where racism comes from, how it functions, why it persists, and how it can be undone. Sponsored by a grant from Bergen County to our Racial Justice Task Force.
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Empowering Women to Be Their Own Advocates
Birthing in Communities of Color -Courageous Conversations encourage, enlighten, and empower women to be their own advocates. This panel discussion focused on the vulnerabilities of mothers and babies of color, including high maternal and infant mortality rates. Hosted in partnership with Melinated Moms, Englewood Health, and The Community Chest of Englewood.
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Honoring Leaders Tackling Racism
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Annual Racial Justice Awards - A signature #StandAgainstRacism event to recognize leaders in the vital work of eliminating racism. 2019 honorees included: Charles Appel, Estina Baker, Johanna Calle, Anthony Cureton, Jeannette Curtis-Rideau, and Joshua Saladino. Co-hosted by The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood and sponsored by BD, CWA, SUEZ, and The Defining Moment Foundation.
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Amplifying Young Voices
Voices
Literary Journal - Our youth literary journal
Voices showcases original creative work by Bergen County students grades 7 through 12 on the theme No Hate, No Fear as part of our #StandAgainstRacism.
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Protecting Immigrants and People of Color
YWCA Stand Against Racism - A signature campaign to raise awareness about the negative impact of racism in our communities. As civil and human rights continue to be eroded for immigrant communities and people of color, YWCA USA and its associations stand united in solidarity with all immigrants, regardless of status, and communities of color facing the very real threat of racist and xenophobic attacks. #StandAgainstRacism
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Raising Awareness to End Sexual Violence
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) - In addition to prevention presentations, film screenings, Traveling Clothesline Projects, and Denim Days across the area, featured SAAM events included "Express Your Voice" Enlightened Coffee House, legal services lunch & learn, and Title IX workshops for college administratorsfor college administrators thanks to funding from New Jersey State Bar Foundation.
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Thanking Those Who Support Survivors
healingSPACE Volunteer Appreciation Dinner - An annual celebration of our caring, committed volunteers who do the critically important work alongside our staff of helping survivors of sexual violence navigate their trauma.
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Supporting Women’s Leadership
WEN on the GO!
– Corporate & Small Business Tracks - Quarterly workshops give corporate women and women entrepreneurs dedicated opportunities to network, exchange ideas, and get actionable advice. This quarter’s corporate topic was Bias Busting. The small business topic was The Lowdown on Law.
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Keeping Seniors Healthy & Engaged
Senior Wellness Programs – Fitness & Friendship Fridays inform seniors on monthly topics such as the psychology of money, healthy eating, and summer health while Orange Sneakers offers scenic guided walks to improve strength and stamina while socializing.
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Connecting Our Past & Future
Legacy Ladies Luncheon - An annual gathering to celebrate women who are a vital part of our organization’s past, present, and future, unfailingly supporting our work in myriad ways.
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Showcasing Our Impact
Annual Meeting - An annual lookback on a year of accomplishments and preview of our exciting course for the year ahead, including our expansion and name change to YWCA Northern New Jersey.
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YWCA Bergen expands to Essex, Hudson, Morris and Passaic ...
HACKENSACK - On the cusp of its centennial, a Bergen County women's rights and advocacy organization is expanding its footprint to four more North Jersey counties, making it the largest organization of its kind in the state.
Read more
www.northjersey.com
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MSU Alumni Profile: Helen Archontou
Posted in: Alumni Profiles Ever since Helen Archontou '91 was young, it was always in her nature to lend a helping hand to those who were in need of one.
Read more
www.montclair.edu
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Caring Through Contribution -
For a century, YWCA Northern New Jersey has been dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting equality for all. Our 100th year kicks off the expansion of our service area to include Essex, Hudson, Morris, and Passaic counties in addition to our home county of Bergen.
Your gift to our Centennial Campaign helps inspire change, create opportunities, and improve lives. Let’s step forward together into our next 100 years of service!
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Your donation helps strengthen and empower women, girls, and families in our communities.
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Whether you are an individual, community group, or company, we welcome the gift of your time and talents.
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Help YWCA Northern New Jersey keep seniors healthy and engaged.
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Contact our Director of Development and Communications Lori Murray at
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New Jersey Charitable Registration Notice
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Information filed with the Attorney General concerning this charitable solicitation and the percentage of contributions received by the charity during the last reporting period that were dedicated to the charitable purpose may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey by calling 973-504-6215 and is available on the internet at
www.njconsumeraffairs.gov
, Registration with the Attorney General does not imply endorsement.
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Copyright © 2019 by YWCA Nothern New Jersey All rights reserved.
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YWCA Northern New Jersey
214 State Street, Suite 207
Hackensack, NJ 07601
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