Coordinates a consortium of young individuals who are dedicated to matters of social justice, knowledge acquisition, and community involvement. 

Opens each gathering with a check-in as well as a brief overview and contextual understanding of the social justice subject matter.  
Fosters an open dialogue, enabling collective learning from one another. 
By adhering to the YWCA's guiding principle of Eradicating Racism and Sexism, all conversations will be grounded in an intersectional, feminist, and anti-racist framework.

Sessions are held every Monday from 4:30-6pm at the YWCA Olympia, located at 220 Union Avenue.

Youth Circle offered at YWCA of Olympia

Provides a structured peer support group to increase positive connection and personal and collective strengths.

Programs that offer a wide variety of activities including arts and crafts, academic programs, sports, reading clubs, workshops and other recreational, leisure, cultural, social and civic activities for school-age children and youth in out-of-school hours. The objective of youth enrichment programs is to promote healthy social interaction and help participants maximize their social, emotional, physical and academic potential.

Youth Enrichment Programs

Programs that link individuals of a particular age group (e.g., youth, adults, older adults) with others of the same age group for the purpose of information sharing and support.

Age Peer Networking

Programs that offer workshops, discussion groups and other types of training which focus on helping participants develop a sense of self-worth and importance as a means of strengthening their character, supporting their ability to resist peer pressure and helping them to act more responsibly toward others.

Self Esteem Workshops

Program for women that includes image and spiritual makeovers, life skill classes and support in partnership with churches, businesses, community leaders, transitional housing programs and rehab centers.

Queen It's a New Day offered at Hoff Foundation

Programs that offer training which focuses on the knowledge and skills an individual may need to live independently or make a successful transition to independent living. Participants may include runaway youth who are living on their own, youth who because of age can no longer be maintained in foster care, new widows, victims of domestic abuse, people who have previously been homeless, and others who have lived in an environment in which decision making and responsibilities of daily living have been handled by another as well as people currently living independently who want to be more effective. Training may address job search and retention, money management, insurance, taxes, rental agreements, vehicle purchase, nutrition, home management, health care, legal emancipation for teens and other similar topics.

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Youth Circle offered at YWCA of Olympia

Queen It's a New Day offered at Hoff Foundation