Familiar to taking leaps of faith, Liesl Kistow joined the board of YWCA St. Paul to help give back to the community. Her corporate strategic knowledge combined with her compassion make her an invaluable resource.
Rose McGee, owner of Sweet Potato Comfort Pies, and Bonnie Alton, owner of Great Harvest Bread Company in St. Paul, joined together to recruit volunteers to help bake and deliver 46 sweet potato pies to George Floyd Square, as George Floyd was 46 when he died. They then decided to make additional pies to give to families in YWCA St. Paul’s transitional housing program and to Ujamaa Place, an organization that provides holistic transformation for young African-American men experiencing inequity at the intersection of race and poverty.
Thank you to the incredible Securian Financial volunteers who braved the heat and generously gave their time. These volunteers not only helped clean up a
As we observe the one-year commemoration of the death of George Floyd on May 25, we can be sure of one thing: the protests and court proceedings after his murder in Minneapolis may never have happened without the video that was recorded by Darnella Frazier. Her activism sparked the largest protest movement in U.S. history.
Nicole became a personal trainer to help others reach their health and wellness goals safely, based on individual abilities and lifestyles. She likes to train the body as a whole functioning system, and her workouts and programs reflect this.
YWCA St. Paul is honored to present its annual Change Maker award to Rebekkah Lamar Brunson. Assistant Coach of the Minnesota Lynx. Rebekkah uses her platform to advocate for racial justice and gender equity and works to promote positive change in our society.
Familiar to taking leaps of faith, Liesl Kistow joined the board of YWCA St. Paul to help give back to the community. Her corporate strategic knowledge combined with her compassion make her an invaluable resource.
Our communities are struggling more than ever, and homeless rates are skyrocketing because of the pandemic and other factors. Every night, thousands of young people
While we can never bring George Floyd back, we are grateful that the criminal justice system has delivered some measure of justice for George Floyd and his family and friends with its verdict to convict former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
YWCA St. Paul is thrilled to congratulate Raie Gessesse, a 2020 graduate of the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota (YWIMN), a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota and the State of Minnesota, on being named a 2021 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow.
