YWCA Madison

Recruiting & Employee Resource Specialist

YWCA Madison is seeking candidates for a Recruiting & Employee Resource Specialist. The Recruiting & Employee Resource Specialist will play a key role in sourcing candidates with the ability to speak to the mission and values of YWCA Madison in addition to providing non-traditional resources to employees. This role also provides administrative support to the Human Resources Director as needed.
https://ywcamadison.bamboohr.com/careers/126?source=aWQ9Mw%3D%3D

Senior Accountant

YWCA Madison is seeking candidates for a Senior Accountant position.

The Senior Accountant plays a pivotal role on YWCA Madison’s Finance team. This position is integral to the monthly financial close and reporting processes, and is responsible for financial planning, analysis, and a variety of other accounting functions.

https://ywcamadison.bamboohr.com/careers/125?source=aWQ9Mw%3D%3D

Today, YWCA Madison held its annual block party outside of our Mifflin Street location on the Capitol Square. The block party is an opportunity for YWCA Madison's residents, participants, staff, neighbors and board members to come together in community. Thank you to our community partners, Madison Children’s Museum, VoteRiders and Madison Reading Project for being on-hand with resources, books and fun activities. Thank you, Ernest Tetteh for rocking the 1s & 2s and keeping the party going and to everyone that joined us!

📣The deadline to register for YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit has been extended through the end of the day, Monday, September 9! 👉🏽This is the final extension.

🌎🌈The Summit is a cannot-miss opportunity to hear from our amazing line-up of keynotes who are at the cutting edge of racial justice and movement building. Register now for the Racial Justice Summit, happening September 25-27.

💻Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

✨Introducing our brilliant and talented featured artist, Melana Bass✨

🌎Melana created "New Worlds" for the 2024 Racial Justice Summit. "New Worlds is an interactive, acrylic painting demonstrating the creation of new worlds and possibilities," Melana shares. "As the two women reflect each other, they are connected by their hair, symbolizing a roots connection that is familiar. Their hair is a symbol of life and shared family background. New Worlds is adorn by beautiful visions of colorful kaleidoscopes that tell a story of community impact and the ever changing cycles of family history and knowing where you come from."

🖌🎨Melana Bass is a contemporary painter and muralist born and raised on the southside of Chicago. She utilizes acrylic paint and mixed media objects to tell the magical stories of black women through portraiture. Her inspiration comes from the lens of her experience as a Black woman from a big city. It is her surroundings that drive her visual expression as she amplifies the beauty in the slang and culture of black and brown people.

🎓In 2013, Melana studied Fine Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On that journey, it became clear that although she had a love for the arts, blacks were not historically represented in that field. As an undergrad, she began her professional career as an artist, starting a business called MB Art.

💗 Since 2016, MB Art has become a movement of her own, A campaign that uses paintings, prints and custom products that illustrate stories that the past has prohibited. Since graduating with her BFA in 2017, Melana has become even more passionate about creating and displaying Art that celebrates Melanin, Black History and Natural Hair. Her work is a testament of the historic manner in which she has fought for the positive portrayal of blacks as she continues to carry her ancestors with pride in the face of injustice. Each piece is a love letter to black people and a unique opportunity to adorn the world with the illustrious standards of black beauty.

🌈You will be able to support Melana at the BIPOC Creatives and Justice Initiative Pop-Up on our in-person day at the Monona Terrace (September 27)! She will have prints made available.

Follow MB Art - Melana Bass (FB), (IG and TikTok)

‼️‼️‼️ We are elated to have Ruth King, Kazu Haga, Stephanie Janeth Salgado Altamirano, and Kamewanukiw Paula Rabideaux as contributors in an intergenerational generative dialogue that will speak to how we connect, relate, and belong to each other in our movements for justice and co-liberation. This beautiful group dialogue will be facilitated by our beloved Alice Y. Traore (who was our 2021 featured artist).

🌈With the kaleidoscope as a guiding metaphor, Ruth, Kazu, Stephanie, and Kamewanukiw will come together in reflection of wisdom from their respected areas of justice to reimagine pathways for building sustainable, fulfilling, relational, and lasting movements grounded in our humanity.

💻Register TODAY to experience Ruth, Kazu, Stephanie, and Kamewanukiw at YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit occurring September 25-27. The deadline to register has been extended to Wednesday, September 4.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

Ruth King
Kazu Haga
Stephanie Janeth Salgado Altamirano
Paula Rabideaux
Alice Traore

🥁Another drumroll please!!🥁

We are beyond delighted to share that we have a second returning featured guest this year, ✨David Dean✨!! David will be LIVE at the Monona Terrace on our in-person Summit day (Friday, September 27).

🌿David invites attendees racialized as white to attend his institute, Radical White Anti-Racism: Rooting ourselves in a politics of solidarity, collective belonging, and class struggle.

💻Registration deadline is extended to September 4. Register to learn alongside David Dean and an amazing community dedicated to racial justice and collective healing at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

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David Dean is a political educator, writer, and speaker seeking to support the growth of transformative alliances in our social movements – solidarity that undoes the centuries-long project of reactionary elites to divide and rule.

He gives particular focus to supporting white people to engage in multiracial movements with emotional strength, political clarity, and fierce purpose. David leads independent trainings and is also a contributor and former Associate Director at White Awake, a racial and economic justice education center where he has taught courses for more than 5000 people and trained activists throughout the country.
David's forthcoming book, Roots Deeper than Whiteness: Remembering who we are for the well-being of all, is meant to help white Americans cultivate a rooted, anti-racist identity, based on a deeper understanding of their ancestry, that can drive their participation in efforts for collective liberation. To receive regular writing from David and learn about training opportunities with him, sign up for his newsletter, Toward Solidarity.

🚩Did you forget to register for the Racial Justice Summit??

☘️ You're in good luck! YWCA Madison is EXTENDING the registration deadline to September 4, 2024.

We have an amazing line-up of inspiring keynotes and presenters with an invitation to Connect, Reflect, and Create New Worlds. This is a can't-miss opportunity.

💻Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

⏸Don't forget: This year, we have a couple other discounted ticket options that are available to the general public.

The Collective Ticket: Groups of 6 to 10﹘ Virtual + In Person Experience for $260/person. This ticket is an opportunity to attend the Summit at a discounted rate by gathering a group of 6 - 10 people to register and pay together.

The Young Adult Ticket: Ages 18-25 ﹘ Virtual + In-Person Experience for $160/person

Youth & Chaperone Ticket: Grades 9-12 -Virtual + In-Person Experience for $50/person

Visit https://www.ywcamadison.org/racial-justice-summit to learn more about the special tickets and keynotes speakers.

🎉IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

💫The In-Person Closing Intergenerational Generative Dialogue for our 2024 Racial Justice Summit will feature Sarah Noble, Ali Khan, Dr. Lola Loustaunau, kristy kumar, and Maliha Nu’man! This conversation will be facilitated by our beloved YWCA Madison CEO, Gery Paredes Vásquez.

🎡Each person in this conversation was invited to bring insights from their distinct experiences, vantage points, and work in various areas of justice in the local area to draw out the abundant possibilities that can emerge from the spaces between them.

🧵🪡As they connect and weave their reflections together, this dialogue will support attendees in developing their ongoing commitments and actions to Create New Worlds beyond the Summit.

💻Register TODAY to hear from our amazing group of brilliant and audacious local change-makers at YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit occurring from September 25-27.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

😍Thanks OG Granny Cakes for this sweet way to end the week at our 101 Residential Building with your donation of delicious cakes for our Staff and Residents 🥮🧡✨Granny Cakes

🥁DRUMROLL PLEASE! 🥁We are happy to announce that the Summit community will be receiving a returning guest!

😍Our beloved Autumn Brown (Keynote for the 2023 Racial Justice Summit) will be returning to facilitate a virtual session. Autumn’s invitation into creating new worlds features an exploration of fugitive practices that support attendees to become lost from systems of domination.

💻Register TODAY to practice with Autumn Brown at YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit occurring from September 25-27.

🚩You have less than one week left until registration closes on Monday, August 26!
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Autumn Brown is a mother, organizer, theologian, artist, and facilitator. The youngest child of an in*******al marriage, rooted in the complex lineages of counter-culturalism and the military industrial complex, Autumn is a q***r, mixed-race Black woman who identifies closely with her African and European lineages, and a gifted facilitator who grounds her work in healing from the trauma of oppression.

She was a founding member of the Rock Dove Collective, a radical community health exchange active in New York City from 2006-2012, and she is past president of the Board of Directors of Voices for Racial Justice. Autumn brings 20 years of experience facilitating movement strategy, organizational and strategic development with community-based and social justice organizations, and training organizers in consensus process, facilitation, and racial justice. She has taught and presented in many places across the country, as well as internationally. She has worked with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Kairos Fellows, the American Civil Liberties Union, MPD150, and the Black Visions Collective, among many others.

Autumn co-hosts the podcast "How to Survive the End of the World" with her sister, adrienne maree brown. She lives in Minneapolis with her three brilliant children.

🤩YWCA Madison Staff from housing, employment & training, operations and facilities are having a great time today learning in community at the first Multicultural Mental Health Conference by Anesis Therapy Center 🎉. Congratulations Myra McNair and organizing team for an inspiring and resourceful event✨.

🎧Pair your headphones/speakers and tune into a beautiful conversation between our beloved YWCA Madison CEO, ✨Gery Parades Vásquez, and Bianca Martin from City Cast Madison!✨

In this episode, Gery shares about her new journey as CEO while also amplifying the amazing things that YWCA Madison is doing in our community. You'll also get to hear directly from Gery about how her personal story of learning and unlearning is woven into the invitations for racial justice practice at this year's Racial Justice Summit. The wholesome conversation is guaranteed to warm your heart and excite you for the history YWCA Madison will write with Gery as our leader! 💗

🎤⏯The episode is airing on Spotify, YouTube, Apple podcast, and City Cast Madison's website: https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/what-to-expect-from-the-ywcas-2024-racial-justice-summit

‼️‼️Don't forget to register for the Racial Justice Summit happening September 25-27! The deadline is right around the corner - August 26.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/909985740847?aff=oddtdtcreator

Did you miss the podcast featuring our previous CEO Vanessa McDowell that Bianca cites in this current episode? Tune in here 👉https://madison.citycast.fm/podcasts/real-talk-about-race-in-madison-from-departing-ywca-ceo

📣Are you ready for this announcement? Listen up!👂🏽

We are pleased to feature Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Vera Naputi as keynotes! Yolanda and Vera will be engaged in a dialogue facilitated by Justin Russell (Vera's former student).

Together, Yolanda and Vera will model and extend their practices from the classroom into the Summit community, inviting attendees to excavate their own stories, histories, gifts, and internalized beliefs. With a spirit of curiosity and deep commitment to practice, they will offer insights on the many ways we can support and cultivate love for ourselves along the ongoing journey of learning, unlearning, reimagining, and becoming. 💗

💻Register TODAY to bear witness to the brilliance of Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Vera Naputi, and Justin Russell at YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit occurring from September 25-27.

🚩You have less than one week left until registration closes on Monday, August 26!
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ATTENTION FRIENDS! 🚨With just under a week until registration closes, we want to encourage you to register for the Summit by sharing our AMAZING keynote line up.

We are 🌟THRILLED🌟 to share that Summit attendees will have the opportunity to experience a dialogue and practice with Ijeoma Oluo (author of So You Want To Talk About Race and Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World―and How You Can, Too) and Prentis Hemphill (author of What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World)!

👉With Ijeoma’s contributions highlighting how people organize for change at the organizational and structural levels, and Prentis offering healing practices from the self and relational levels, together they will generate creative possibilities for racial justice across levels of impact.

🌈Attendees can look forward to being invited into ways of being that will make living into the new worlds we dream of possible in the present, with what we currently have, beginning with ourselves and moving outward.

💻Register TODAY for the opportunity to hear from and dream alongside Prentis and Ijeoma at YWCA Madison’s Racial Justice Summit occurring September 25-27.

You have less than one week left until registration closes on Monday, August 26!
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CLICK the photos below and see the picture captions for the keynote biographies!

📢We are TWO weeks away from the registration deadline! It's GO time. Send this flyer to your people or tag them below!

💸Wanna save on registration? Gather 6-10 people (besties, colleagues, or fellow co-conspirators) and register with the collective ticket to save $100 per ticket each ticket. Youth and Young Adults save even more with special discounted tickets (but make sure you let us know)!

🌟For more information on tickets and to register: https://ow.ly/9ZqR50SW8LU

Want to attend the Summit but face financial barriers? YWCA Madison is offering scholarships to attend the Summit at no cost to the participant. ☺️

👉If you would like to request a scholarship: https://ow.ly/rWZk50SW8LT

‼️‼️ Deadline to register and apply for scholarships: August 26, 2024

‼️ We are excited to announce that YWCA Madison will be providing scholarships for community members to attend the Racial Justice Summit on September 25-27. Anyone who wants to experience the Summit but faces financial barriers is eligible and encouraged to apply. ‼️

👉If you would like to request a scholarship, you must complete the following short form to be considered: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe2wreeTeYqrO39V8jUP-iBj1A83Z0g3r7grNxC7fJrUfvyw/viewform

Please help us share this amazing opportunity to attend the Racial Justice Summit with people in your networks!
🌟Reflect. Connect. Create New Worlds. 🌟

🤩Our deepest appreciation to Dane County Executive Candidates Dana Pellebon, Regina Vidaver and Melissa Agard, as well as Primary Elections Candidates Senator Kelda Roys and Chuck Barman for their dedicated time with YWCA Madison Residents and Staff.

🌈Thanks for sharing your stories, what moves you and what you envision to prioritize if elected.

✨August 13 Elections are just around the corner! Please also check out the amazing videos from by Harrison & Genesis with some important information on how to make your vote count towards justice. ❤️‍🔥 Dana For Dane County Executive Regina for Dane Melissa Agard Kelda Roys

🎉BIG CONGRATS Cohort 20🎉!! It took us a little while to post! but please know we love you all dearly and feel so proud of all the ways in which you grew, supported each other, and thrived through the program! You all are AMAZING 😍. We could not have asked for a more beautiful cohort of graduates to start celebrating this YWeb Career Academy 10th Anniversary at YWCA Madison!🤩 Photo Credits: Danielle Bassing.

🌟Attention friends, co-conspirators, and community members!

YWCA Madison is offering special discounted tickets for full access to the 3-day Racial Justice Summit occurring September 25-27. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to be in beloved community with today's most influential authors, activists, and racial justice practitioners!

Registrations are now open. You can purchase your tickets at https://ywcamadison-racialjustice-summit-2024.eventbrite.com

Deadline to register: August 26, 2024

✨Thank You Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra🧡✨YWCA Staff and Program Participants had a beautiful evening yesterday at Concerts on the Square 😍. What a gorgeous collaboration between the orchestra and Kanopy Dance Studio✨We can’t wait for next year already! 🤩

🤩Muchas Gracias La Comunidad News Online por compartir nuestras noticias con Madison y en Español😍✨

¡Gery Paredes Vásquez es la nueva directora ejecutiva de YWCA Madison y la inscripción está abierta para la Cumbre de Justicia Racial 2024! - LA COMUNIDAD NEWS ON LINE La Comunidad News Online Madison.- (7/15/24) Después de un exhaustivo proceso de búsqueda a nivel nacional, la Junta Directiva y el Comité de Selección de YWCA Madison han nombrado por unanimidad a Gery Paredes Vásquez como la nueva directora ejecutiva permanente de la organización. Angela Arr...

🤩Gery Paredes Vásquez is YWCA Madison’s New CEO and Summit Registration is Open! 🎉

✨After completing a national search and selection process, YWCA Madison's Board of Directors and Selection Committee has unanimously decided to name Gery Paredes Vásquez as the permanent CEO of the organization.

✨YWCA Madison’s Board President Angela Arrington and Vice President Monica Mims together stated, “Gery Paredes Vásquez has displayed a deep commitment to YWCA Madison and its mission for many years. Gery's commitment deepened over the last four months as Interim CEO in which she has brought refreshing leadership that will continue the advancement of the organization’s ideals and the communities it serves.”

🧡YWCA Madison Staff are enthusiastic about the ways that Gery will continue to build on the legacy and foundation laid by Vanessa McDowell-Atlas, as she did during her directorship and over the past four months as Interim CEO. Gery’s commitment to transformation through collaboration and her extensive lived experiences as a social justice educator, ongoing learner, and facilitator of collective change processes make her uniquely suited to lead YWCA Madison into its next chapter.

“It was experiencing the multidimensional beauty of our collective work and impact that inspired me to accept this role. I feel grateful, humbled, and excited for what we can bring to life collectively by embracing the gift of our interconnectedness across communities and organizations committed to race and gender equity, collective healing, and liberation in Madison, Dane County, and beyond,'' Gery shared.

✨Among Gery’s significant contributions is her leadership in the co-creation of the Racial Justice Summit which has become one of the largest multiracial, intergenerational, and interdisciplinary community gatherings in the United States annually.

😍Which is why we are so excited to invite you all to join us at the Summit this year as we Reflect, Connect, and Create New Worlds centered on intersectional racial justice, collective healing, and liberation on September 25 - 27, 2024.

🪄Learn More and Register visit: https://ow.ly/KXmA50SFGNQ

[Headshot Photo Credit: Richie Morales]

We could not be more excited for Gery’s leadership and where her time as CEO will lead the organization. Thank you! Madison365 for your continued support and for always helping us get the word out!

Gery Paredes Vásquez named CEO of YWCA Madison After completing a national search and selection process, the YWCA Madison board of directors and selection committee has unanimously decided to name Gery Paredes Vásquez as the permanent CEO of the…

You’re invited to join us at Vinyl Night at .beer on Tuesday, July 23, from 4:30-6:30pm for an evening of connection, activities led by YW staff - and of course, great music, food, and a variety of beverages. 100% of Delta Beer Lab’s net taproom proceeds that evening will be donated to YWCA Madison’s programs and services🧡Don’t forget to bring your favorite vinyl record! 🎶✨

YWCA Madison’s Pantry, which serves our residents, currently has a high need for food items, diapers, and wipes. Thank you, in advance, for considering donating from our Amazon Wishlist. You can find the specific things we need on the lists below.

➡️ Baby & Kids Items List:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/38RXDJX1GUTCV?leftNavSection=SharedWithYou&ref_=abls_lnv_us

➡️ Food Items List:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/26K90KQHA0SFR?leftNavSection=SharedWithYou&ref_=abls_lnv_us

Join us at this introductory information session at YWCA Madison Empowerment Center. At this session you will have an opportunity to meet the YWCA Madison staff that will support you in the YWeb Basic Skills program as well as the class instructor.

WHAT IS YWEB BASIC SKILLS
This 6-week course will focus on healing traumas experienced from incarceration through Restorative Circles. The Basic Skills course is structured to get participants introduced to basic technical skills and applications that will support the students in furthering their education in the IT field, and support them as they search for employment.

YWeb Basic Skills will prepare, position, and support individuals into life changing careers that would otherwise be inaccessible. The program covers technical skills such as computer basics, Microsoft Office Suite, and employability skills such as project management, interview practice, and resume writing.

IN-PERSON INFO SESSION & CIRCLE SCHEDULE*
Empowerment Center | 2040 S. Park Street
• Monday, June 10, 2024 at 5:30pm
• Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 12:00pm
• Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:00pm
• Monday, June 24, 2024 at 5:30pm
• Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 12:00pm

YWCA Madison Downtown | 101 E. Mifflin Street
• Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 2:00pm

*Attendance is required at one of the information sessions above as part of the enrollment process.

LEARN MORE ABOUT YWEB BASIC SKILLS
www.ywcamadison.org/yweb-career-academy-application

Cohort 4 starts of YWeb Basic Skills starts on Monday, July 8, 2024

✨Happy Juneteenth everyone! 🎉YWCA Madison had a beautiful time at this year’s Juneteenth Parade and Celebration on Saturday. Our deep appreciation and gratitude to Corinda Rainey-Moore and Jacquelyn Hunt for their leadership in organizing the parade, as well as to Kujichagulia-Madison Center for Self Determination for thirty five years of organizing this important celebration in our community!🤩

Carolyn Stanford Taylor began her career in education as a teacher in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). She became the first African American President of MTI, the teacher’s union of MMSD, and also served as principal of multiple schools, including two schools at once. Mrs. Stanford Taylor proudly served MMSD for 21 years.

In 2001 she became an Assistant Superintendent for the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction, a position she held for 19 years. She was appointed State Superintendent in 2019 by Governor Tony Evers, the first African American to serve in that role. After retiring, she returned to MMSD in 2022, to serve as Deputy Superintendent. Mrs. Stanford Taylor’s leadership involves giving others the opportunities they need to lead. Upon her return to MMSD, she helped organize a Youth Summit – allowing youth leaders from across Madison’s high schools to take charge and create an environment to hear topics relevant to their concerns. Additionally, she co-created the Village Builders project at MMSD, through which diverse and trusted community members work with our students as employees.

Don't miss this opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of this remarkable woman. Please visit www.ywcamadison.org/women-of-distinction to purchase tickets or to learn more.