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Black Maternal Health Week: The Topeka Doula Project
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Black Maternal Health Week was founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a national network of Black women-led organizations and professionals. This week is a chance to amplify the voices and experiences of Black birthing people and Black-led maternal health programs, and center reproductive and birth justice. Local Resource: The Topeka Doula Project, Inc. Here… Continue Reading Black Maternal Health Week: The Topeka Doula Project

Advocating for Bodily Autonomy at the Statehouse
Thursday, March 9, 2023

This week, YWCA Northeast Kansas attended Kansans for Bodily Autonomy Advocacy Day, organized by ACLU of Kansas, URGE Kansas, Trust Women, and Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. The event brought advocates from all over the state together to speak up for abortion rights and the LGBTQ+ community. Despite overwhelming support for constitutionally protected bodily autonomy… Continue Reading Advocating for Bodily Autonomy at the Statehouse

Can we end racism with the lessons learned from the pandemic?
Thursday, February 16, 2023

In a recently published article, “Racism Is a Public Health Crisis: Social Workers Leading the Charge,” YWCA Advocacy Committee Co-Chair Tara Wallace, MSW, LSCSW, draws connections between racism, public health, and the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Social workers were uniquely positioned as professionals who were not only frontline workers during the pandemic, but… Continue Reading Can we end racism with the lessons learned from the pandemic?