YWCA USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. It is one of the "oldest and largest multicultural organizations promoting solutions to enhance the lives of women, girls and families."
Safor is a comarca within the province of Valencia, Spain. The capital is the city of Gandia, but also includes the towns of Oliva, Piles and Daimús, among others. The beach area of Gandia, La Platja, is well known for its wild nightlife during the summer.
Camp Westwind is a summer camp on the Oregon Coast in the United States, that takes place at the historic 'Westwind' property just north of Lincoln City and south of Cascade Head.
Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (Y&MV) was incorporated in 1882 and was part of the Illinois Central Railroad system (IC). Construction began in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued to Yazoo City, Mississippi. The line was later expanded through the Mississippi Delta and on to Memphis, Tennessee. In 1886, the IC purchased the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. In 1892, the IC bought the Memphis to New Orleans line, forming the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway.
The YWCA Building, located at 25 West Rayen Avenue in Youngstown, Ohio, is an historic building built in 1911 for members of the Young Women's Christian Association. On July 23, 1986, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. YWCA Mahoning Valley, formerly known as YWCA Youngstown, occupies the building. YWCA Youngstown merged with YWCA Warren on May 1, 2018 to become YWCA Mahoning Valley. YWCA Mahoning Valley also operates a site at 375 North Park Avenue in Warren, Ohio, as well as scattered-site housing in the greater Youngstown area.
Mary Andrews Clark Memorial Home is a four-story, 76,000-square-foot (7,100 m2) "French Revival Chateauesque" brick structure in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles near downtown. It was built in 1913 as a YWCA home for young working women.
Camp Mar-Y-Mac was a summer residence camp along Dinkey Creek in the Sierra Mountains east of Fresno, California, which functioned from 1951 until 1981. The camp was established by the Fresno YWCA and named after Marian McKee, who was instrumental in its development. The camp opened in July 1951 with four cabins, costing $300 each, donated by Fresno clubs. The camp expanded over the years and eventually served 80 campers during each of six summer sessions. Typical camp activities were swimming, horseback riding, archery, arts and crafts, folk dancing, camp craft, camp lore, sports, music and drama. Camp brochures also list riflery, canoeing, world fellowship, conservation and astronomy. Campers could elect to take a day hike to Bald Mountain, an overnight in the meadow north of camp, and a 3-day wilderness outing. During the 70s, the camp program expanded to include a coed Macateer session for younger children and a 9-day Dinkey Lakes Back Pack trip for older campers. Mar-Y-Mac added Labor Day weekend camping for family groups.
The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA is a Young Women's Christian Association building in Washington, D.C. that was designed by architects Shroeder & Parish and was built in 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The Young Women's Christian Association of the Philippines is a member of World YCWA, a global network of women that leads social and economic change in more than 120 countries all over the world. It advocates for peace, justice, human rights and care for the environment, raising the status of women for more than a 100 years. The movement was established in the Philippines in 1926.
Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders sometimes written as Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, was an African-American civil rights leader, and executive director of the Harlem, New York YWCA. She is best known for working against racial discrimination in wartime employment during World War II, for broader work training and opportunities for African-American women, and against police violence in Harlem.
Emma Kaufman (1881-1979) was a Japanese-Canadian activist and philanthropist who worked as an international YWCA administrator. For over 25 years she served as a secretary on the staff of Tokyo Y.W.C.A., and also a member of the national Y.W.C.A. committee of Japan. In 1929 she was honored for her distinguished service to the Japanese Y.W.C.A. by being presented with the Emperor's silver cup. During the Golden Jubilee celebration of the "Y" in Japan, a special ceremony was held for the unveiling of a bust of Kaufman. In 1941 Kaufman was appointed by the world's Y.W.C.A. executive committee to make a survey of the British West Indies. In 1965 she received an International Cooperation Year medal from Cardinal Leger at a ceremony in Montreal. Kaufman is a daughter of the founder of the K-W Y.W.C.A.
Eva del Vakia Bowles was an American teacher and a Young Women's Christian Association organizer in New York City. When she began working at the New York City colored YWCA in Harlem, she became the first black woman to be a general secretary of the organization. For eighteen years she organized black branches of the YWCA and expanded their services to community members. She received recognition from former president Theodore Roosevelt for her work during World War I on behalf of the colored Y.
Hon. Emily Kinnaird CBE or Emily Cecilia Kinnaird was an English missionary and writer. She was active for the Young Women's Christian Association and she had a long association with India.
Juanita Jane Saddler (1892-1970) had a long involvement with the Young Women's Christian Organization (YWCA) and was active in working to integrate that institution. She also served for a time as dean of women at Fisk University.
Emma S. Connor Ransom was an African-American educator and clubwoman, active in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and the YWCA.
