YWCA Family Resource Center

Happy Monday BHam‼️

Before we jump into CREW 2024-2025 Alumni Network season, we want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to our CREW Summer 2024 worksite partners! The interns had a BALL at their respective sites & we at YWCA Central Alabama () FRC TRULY appreciate your partnership & investment in this program.

🤝🏾 This year we were able to partner with these TERRIFIC sites:
- Christ Health Center
- The Cohill Foundation
- i3 Academy
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm
- Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co.
- Partyology Event Planning
- UAB Dept. of Physical Therapy
- Woodlawn Library Branch
*YWCA Internal Departments*
- Community Housing
- Facilities
- Innovation & Technology

HAPPY FRIDAY BHAM‼️

The late great Mrs. Shirley Chisholm once said, “Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth”. Here at YWCA Central Alabama (YWCA Central Alabama), we strive daily to honor such privilege by upholding our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

What’s more, we warmly open our arms to embrace the leaders of our future by paying homage to those from our past & present.

At last Friday’s CREW 2024 graduation, in addition to celebrating the program’s graduating interns, the FRC staff also recognized two individuals who have proven to be to staples of integrity, community advocates, and upholders of YW’s mission.

BHAM, please give a round of applause to the Honorees of our first inaugural CREW Legacy Fellow recognition award, Mr. Mohamed Jalloh & Mr. William Brown 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.

THANK YOU both for your continued service to the CREW program & Birmingham as a whole, your lasting impact on tomorrow’s leaders, and your decision to be the change.

(First slide Mr. Jalloh & second slide Mr. Brown)

Alexa, play Gifted by Cordae!

📊 Last Tuesday, just a few days before CREW 2024 graduation, our Family Resource Center CREW Fellows & Ambassadors presented their end of summer project on censorship.

🤐🚫From identifying the different forms of censorship to emphasizing the importance of Gen Z using their voice to influence change, Jadon, Skylar, Tiara, & Jayla (LtoR) showed up & showed out!

🧡 🧡 A huge THANK YOU to our Interim CEO, Monica Romano, our Grants Controller, Meg Evans, our Director of Grants, Aisha Prewitt, & our Senior Director of Family & Community Engagement, Monica Y. Shields for taking time out of you all’s day to come & listen to the Fellow & Ambassador’s presentation.

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Happy Monday BHam‼️

Allow us to shout “CONGRATULATIONS” to Mr. Sabian Swain, who was voted by his peers & site supervisor as the CREW 2024 Elna Brendel Member of the Year🏅🏆.

Sabian, your investment in yourself & the CREW program has shown through the way you lead, offer assistance, encourage your peers & your “genuine care and dedication”. This award is well deserved & we are SO super proud of you! We cannot wait to see what you accomplish next!

Trust is defined as “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or some thing”. Here at the YWCA Central Alabama () Family Resource Center we have spent the last few weeks of the 2024 CREW program building a village based on respect, positivity, social awareness and trust.

Swipe left to see moments from our in-person orientation day, where our CREWsaders put that trust into practice during our “Trust Me 2 Trust U” Trust Walk.

⛔️ NO CREWsanders WERE HARMED IN THE CAPTURING OF THESE PHOTOS

Happy Thursday BHAM! It’s cloudy outside, but FRC’s CREW 2024 has all the smiles to brighten your day 😁🧡

HAPPY TUESDAY BHAM‼️
YWCA Central Alabama () FRC is proud to present our CREW summer 2024 interns 🧡

HAPPY FRIDAY BHAM‼️
It’s our FAVORITE time of the year & we at YWCA Central Alabama () Family Resource Center are TOO EXCITED to kick off CREW summer 2024 🧡🙌🏾🎉

This past week we have been orientating our CREW Fellows & Ambassadors to get them ready for the next 4 weeks with the CREW Interns. So without further ado, we introduce the CREW 2024 summer Fellows & Ambassadors

(LtoR: CREW Fellow Jayla Stafford, CREW Ambassador Tiara Davis, CREW Ambassador Skylar Smith, CREW Fellow Jadon Kenebrew)

WHAT IS CREW?

🗓️ Established in 2011, CREW stands for Creating Responsible Educated Working teens.

🏫 This 4-week youth summer enrichment program is for rising 9th-12th grade high school students within the Woodlawn community and metro Birmingham area.

📌 Internship opportunities are provided thanks to local business and community partnerships that will align with students’ education and career goals. Students receive a weekly stipend for their participation with tips on budgeting and saving. Students also hear weekly from leaders in various areas to help in their professional growth. Professional development areas for CREW participants include: Public speaking, self-esteem, financial literacy, social media, soft skills and more.

🪧 This year, CREW will be held from June 10-July 12, 2024.

🔗 For more information about CREW, please visit www.ywcabham.org and click the link in bio for the CREW 2024 application.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY BHAM‼️

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the graduates of the Family Resource Center’s Program!

🙌🏾 We are BEYOND proud of the graduating class of this Winter 2024 Cohort! This group of young people are like no other & we know they will do GREAT things in the near future 🧡

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EXTRA, EXTRA!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️

We are proud to announce that YWCA Central Alabama’s 2024 CREW NEW Applications are NOW available. CREW (Creating Responsible Educated Working teens) is a hybrid (virtual/in-person) four week summer enrichment program for rising 9th-12th grade high school students within the Woodlawn community and metro Birmingham area.

Internship opportunities are provided thanks to local business and community partnerships that will align with students’ education and career goals. Students receive a weekly stipend for their participation with tips on budgeting and saving. Students also hear weekly from leaders in various areas to help in their professional growth. Professional development areas for CREW participants include: Public speaking, self-esteem, financial literacy, social media, soft skills and more.

This year, CREW will be held from June 10-July 12, 2024. For more information about CREW, please visit www.ywcabham.org and click the link in bio for the CREW 2024 application.

YWCA Central Alabama is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

If you have any questions, you may contact us at [email protected] or 205.949.5550.

We welcome applications from all students regardless of race, creed, nationality, school, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or ability.

NOTE: APPLICATIONS DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2024

✨CREW Alumni!!! Please check your email!!! ✨

HAPPY WEDNESDAY BHAM ‼️

Last Saturday, Family Resource Center in partnership with Girls Inc. of Central Alabama () held our Girls Mentoring session!

This month, the fabulous facilitators Jayla Jones (Girls Inc. PAP Coordinator) & Kamberlyn Davis (Girls Inc. Health & Wellness Coordinator) educated the young ladies about substance abuse prevention.

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HAPPY MONDAY BHAM‼️

YWCA Central Alabama () FRC is hosting yet another Gen 2 cohort of amazing young people, through a partnership with Jones Valley Teaching Farm ().

Gen 2 Institute is a workforce development program, which equips current & post-high school young adults with soft workforce skills & more.

HAPPY MONDAY BHAM ‼️

On this gloomy day, we wanted to spread a little sunshine with some warming smiles ☀️😁

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HAPPY THURSDAY BHAM‼️ YWCA Central Alabama () has partnered with the US Department of Labor, the City of Birmingham (), & Lawson State Community College () to bring you a pre-apprenticeship program for Women in Advanced Manufacturing!!

WAM is a 6 month pre-apprenticeship through Lawson State for women living in Birmingham. Those enrolled in this program will have the opportunity to receive incentives & assistance with transportation, and child care.

🔗 :Visit https://www.workingforamerica.org/women-advanced-manufacturing to learn more or sign up TODAY!

HAPPY BHAM!

From education, the arts, technology, & SO MUCH MORE, Black history should be acknowledged, and appreciated all 365 days of the year ❤️🖤💚

HAPPY TUESDAY BIRMINGHAM ‼️

Last Thursday, Family Resource Center proudly graduated the second cohort of our YWomen Work program 🙌🏾

Join us in shouting CONGRATULATIONS to our Fall 2023 YWomen Work graduates! These 8 Boss Ladies (one not pictured) have supported each other, shared in laughter & song, AND they’ve added another gem to their entrepreneurial crowns 👑🧡

YWomen Work is a FREE six-week training program designed to strategically prepare a collective group of existing and aspiring women entrepreneurs towards a successful business model👩🏾‍💼

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HAPPY THURSDAY BHAM ‼️

Last Saturday, Family Resource Center in partnership with Girls Inc. of Central Al () held the second Girls Mentoring session of the season!

The lovely Kamberlyn Davis (Girls Inc. Health & Wellness Coordinator) & Jayla Jones (Girls Inc. PAP Coordinator) took time to talk with the young ladies about conflict resolution skills🤝🏾

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HAPPY THURSDAY BHAM ‼️

Today our FRC team is at () Woodlawn High School for the school’s College and Career Expo 🏫

HAPPY WEEKEND BHAM! 🥁🎷

Starting this month YWCA Central Alabama () FRC has teamed up with North Avondale Library to talk with middle school students about Kindness, Inclusion, & Character (K.I.C.).

This quarterly age appropriate training will help participants to develop awareness of cultural differences, educate on the importance of empathy, and provide tools for positive character development.

🗒️ NOTE: These lesson plans are centered around evidence based Strengthening Families 5 Protective Factors framework

Happy Monday BHAM‼️
Last week FRC hosted this season’s first CREW Alumni Enrichment Day where we covered conflict resolution 🤝🏾☮️

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HAPPY THURSDAY BHAM‼️

Last Thursday, FRC kicked off our parent’s group, “Parent’s Court: the future’s in your hands”.

This monthly in-person forum provides our client parents/guardians a safe space to share with one another, while equipping them with effective tools relating to parental resilience, self-care, social and emotional competence of children, and more.

The evening was filled with laughter 😂, Lingo Bingo 🗣️, and a lesson on self-care 🧘🏾. We had a BALL & we cannot wait to regroup next month!

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Family Resource Center in partnership with Girls Inc. Central AL () are happy to announce that GIRLS MENTORING IS BACK!

👑These in person sessions for 8th-12th grade young ladies will be geared towards equipping participants with practical tools for positive personal development!

👑 These FREE sessions will be held in person the 2nd Saturday of each month from October 2023-April 2024.

🪑 Registration is REQUIRED and seats are LIMITED

🪧To register or learn more information, email [email protected] or call 205.949.5550

HAPPY WEDNESDAY BHAM‼️

YWCA Central Alabama is proud to announce the launch of our Fall 2023 cohort YWomen Work program.

🔸YWomen Work is a FREE six-week training facilitated to a collective group of participants. These guided sessions include weekly accountability assignments.
Each session is designed to strategically prepare existing and aspiring women entrepreneurs towards a successful business model.

🙌🏾 YWCA Central Alabama wants to support women with opportunities for economic empowerment. Seed incentives will be available to participants who complete our the program.

THE DEADLINE FOR YWOMEN WORK FALL 2023 COHORT APPLICATION
IS: Friday, September 29, 2023. The program starts Monday, October 9, 2023. Seating is limited.

FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFO, EMAIL
[email protected]

HAPPY THURSDAY BHAM! Here are some throwbacks from this past summer’s CREW program! 🧡

Happy Friday BHam‼️

Before we jump into CREW 2023-2024 Alumni Network season, we want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to our CREW Summer 2023 worksite partners! The interns had a BALL at their respective sites & we at YWCA Central Alabama (YWCA Central Alabama) TRULY appreciate your partnership & investment in this program.

🤝🏾 This year we were able to partner with these 17 AMAZING sites:
- Birmingham City Council District 6 (Councilor Crystal N. Smitherman’s Office)
- Birmingham Zoo
- Christ Health Center
- i3 Academy
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm
- Leaders of Excellence
- Naughty But Nice Kettle Corn Co.
- Partyology Event Planning
- Polaris
- UAB Dept. of Physical Therapy
- Woodlawn Library Branch
- Woodlawn United
*YWCA Internal Departments*
- Administration
- Community Housing
- Domestic Violence Services
- Facilities
- Innovation & Technology

Alexa, play “Boss” by The Carters!

📊 Last Tuesday, just a few days before CREW 2023 graduation, our Family Resource Center CREW Fellows & Ambassadors presented their summer mental health project, “The Get Down”.

🧠🧘🏾‍♀️🍎From naming common symptoms to emphasizing the importance of Gen Z having the right tools to regulate their mental health, Joshua, Jadon, Jayla, and Kadyn (LtoR) showed up & showed out!

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Happy Monday BHam‼️
Allow us to shout “CONGRATULATIONS” to Regi Long Jr., who was voted by his peers as the CREW 2023 Elna Brendel Member of the Year🏅🏆.

Regi, from day one of your first year with us, to the final Zoom session this year, you have shown why you deserve this honor; and your peers clearly agree. Your investment in yourself & this program the last two years has shown through the way you lead, offer assistance, encourage your peers & “bring the energy”. We are SO super proud of you & we cannot wait to see what you conquer next!

It’s the CREW for me!

Family Resource Center is shouting CONGRATULATIONS to our CREW 2023 graduating class 🎓🙌🏾

These past four weeks have zoomed by. We have laughed, learned, affirmed ourselves, manifested our futures, and sooo much more! Everything mentioned all led up to this one moment…your graduation day 👩🏾‍🎓 👨🏾‍🎓!

From our CREWsaders to our CREW Alumni, our Ambassadors & Fellows too, know that we are SO proud of each & everyone one of you 🫶🏾

This is not goodbye, just see you later 🥹. Until then, remember to make good choices, invest in yourselves & never forget what you bring to the table🧡🧡

Stay tuned for more footage of CREW 2023 graduation 📸