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- EIN 94-1219146
- 4161 Alma St Palo Alto CA 94306 USA
- www.ywcamid.org
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Causes: Civil Rights, Human Services, Minority Rights, Women, Womens Rights, Young Mens or Womens Associations
Mission: The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula is an inclusive, multicultural women's center whose mission is to empower women and eliminate racism. We bring together women and girls from all racial, ethnic, educational, economic and religious backgrounds to create opportunities for women to achieve their full potential. The YWCA works to achieve its mission through programs that focus on: improving the health and safety of women and girls; recognizing and valuing diversity; and increasing women's economic and political power. The YWCA is a world community of over 25 million women who share a common vision of peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. The YWCA was founded in 1855 and there are now YWCA's in over 400 communities in the United States and 109 countries around the world.
Programs: The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula operates an array of programs, classes, services, and advocacy efforts in the Bay Area. We house a Rape Crisis Center, which currently maintains a 24-hour hotline for victims of sexual assault, support groups, accompaniment to the hospital, police station, and court, Child and Teen Assault Prevention Programs, and self-defense classes for women and girls. The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula also administers the Teen Women Entrepreneur Program, an ongoing program for teen women, designed to give girls hands-on experiences that increase their skills and knowledge of business, nontraditional jobs, and women's power. Reaching 372 girls so far this year, Teen W.E.P. provides a forum for promoting and fostering positive long-term career and personal goals. Through positive risk-taking, field trips, and workshops on life skills, Teen W.E.P. challenges and supports girls to be more entrepreneurial in their lives. Additionally, the YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula hosts the Outlet Program, which offers support, information, advocacy, mentoring, and leadership development for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth. Since 1997, OUTLET has served over 1,200 youth to help LGBTQQ teens become healthy, happy, and productive adults. As the only program of its kind in the Mid-Peninsula, OUTLET assists queer youth in developing and affirming positive identities.
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