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Rockford YWCA makes vital services available through Mexican consulate

'Increasing opportunities': YWCA Northwestern Illinois in Rockford offers new web development course

‘Increasing opportunities’: YWCA Northwestern Illinois in Rockford offers new web development course

Your turn: Together, we can end gender-based violence

We must be better as a community and as a country. Together, we can end gender-based violence, but it takes a commitment from all of us.

Funds and recognition – An Illinois nonprofit is offering both

This is the season of giving and one northern Illinois nonprofit is offering recognition in the forms of scholarships and other awards.

A nonprofit will give women of color a chance to level up by offering them entrepreneurship training

A northern Illinois nonprofit that works to eliminate racism and uplift women is offering women of color the opportunity to learn how to start, maintain or grow their own businesses.

Grant Allows Law Enforcement Training In Winnebago and Boone Counties

Audio for the story. The YWCA Northwestern Illinois is one of 86 recipients that received a Healing Illinois grant. The organization will use these funds for Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency training. YWCA Northwestern Illinois CEO Kris Machajewski said some police officers aren’t informed of the many cultures that exist. “And just like anyone, we have to first even bring the awareness that there are all of these cultures,” she explained. “And then where do our implicit biases lie in those that we don't even know we have?” Machajewski said culture isn’t just someone’s ethnic customs but also their way of life. She cited examples like poverty and imprisonment.

YWCA Northwestern Illinois receives $1M donation

YWCA Northwestern Illinois receives $1M donation The gift to the YWCA is part of $4.2 billion donation to 384 organizations announced Tuesday. Scott, who was formerly married to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give at least half of her wealth to charity. The Rockford-based YWCA Northwestern Illinois will receive $1 million in unrestricted funding, the nonprofit announced Wednesday. According to a news release, planning is underway to determine the most appropriate way to use the funds that will ensure the intent of the gift: creating ongoing stability and resources to continue the mission of YWCA “eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.”