The idiom is old and familiar: “Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.” As children, it’s innocently taken quite literally while thinking about the array of different shoes people wore: how much of a difference would it really make to walk in cowboy boots rather than stiletto heels? Of course, with
From all of us here at YWCA. We can’t wait to see what 2018 brings us. Stay tuned for some really cool upcoming projects.
The holidays can hold different meanings for different people, but for us, they’re a time for our Disability Services individuals, families, and staff to come together as a community. On December 14, around 200 attendees filled the Alberta Avenue Community League for our annual Disability Services Christmas Party. Decorations, gifts, turkey dinner, and a visit from Santa (herself)
Community. It’s at the heart of all that is the Edmonton Community Foundation, right down to its name. Announced at our annual Rose Campaign Breakfast, the Edmonton Community Foundation is living up to its name — and then some — with a transformational gift of $75,000 per year over the next 3 years towards a new Registered Psychologist for
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The devastating discovery of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is a painful reminder of the residential school system’s horrific legacy of violence and abuse. The YWCAs of Alberta mourn these children, and extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the survivors, families and all First Nations people throughout Turtle Island. Without Truth, there can be no Reconciliation. The traumas that communities, families, and survivors of residential schools endured have been passed
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