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YWCA Lancaster is proud to announce that Cheryl Gahring has been honored with a Governor’s Victim Service Pathfinder Award. Cheryl was a longtime advocate and Chief Impact Officer for YWCA Lancaster until her tragic passing in 2021. The Governor’s Victim Service Pathfinder Award is the most prestigious award that Pennsylvania gives to a victim service […]

What does a Just Future look like to you? At YWCA Lancaster, we are committed to eliminating racism, empowering women, and making a difference for real people facing real challenges in our community. For this year’s ExtraGive, we invite you to join us in the fight for justice and envision a future that has realized […]

SALINA ALMANZAR-OREE Program Coordinator at the Center for Creative Exploration at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Salina Almanzar (she/her) is a Puerto Rican and Dominican artist, educator, writer, social justice advocate. Her art and scholarship examine the intersections of Latinidad, feminism, decolonial practice, and Taino spirituality. She is specifically interested in what it means to […]

We were honored to once again join Comcast Newsmakers for the opportunity to speak about our work in the community, and our plans for the future!

Lancaster, Pa. (10/4/22) – YWCA Lancaster and the Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Lancaster County, PA are proud to announce a grant award from the US Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). The Legal Assistance for Victims Program is intended to increase the availability of civil and criminal legal assistance needed to […]

We were honored to host a visit from Jennifer Berrier, Secretary of PA Department of Labor & Industry to share about the life-changing work being done through the New Choices Career Development Program, as well as our exciting plans to renovate our historic location and expand our programming through YForward! View this post on Instagram […]

YWCA Lancaster CEO Stacie Blake was one of five YWCA leaders selected to join YWCA USA in Washington, D.C. last week for a weeklong advocacy fly-in! Throughout the week, YWCA leaders along with YWCA USA CEO, Margaret Mitchell, participated in a series of Hill and Administration meetings that highlighted several critical YWCA initiatives. ( Kelly […]

While the mission of YWCA Lancaster is rooted in the Lancaster County community, there is immense power to the national model that helps support more than 1,000 YWCA’s across the United States, as well as 120 countries around the world. We’re proud to be able to leverage that power to share resources, learnings, and ideas […]

We’re proud to announce that YWCA Lancaster has earned a new $200,000 investment in YForward, our radical reimagining of our historic Lime St. location from the Lancaster Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s Community Block Grant Program! We are honored to be in partnership with Lancaster County government for their plans for the future: YForward will help will […]

A new way of creating community “True community is based upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together.” -Pauli Murray In order to create true change, you need to take lessons out of the workshop and into the community. Last […]