The Minnesota chapter of Women Corporate Directors has launched a second cohort of 21 women of color to train, mentor and promote as candidates for public company board seats.

The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal held its fourth annual Leadercast Women event on Friday, drawing 250 attendees to see a lineup of women business leaders, including YWCA Minneapolis president and CEO, Shelley Carthen Watson

In the past year, mentions about critical race theory have skyrocketed in the news and across social media with people scrutinizing the term and its perceived effect on our education system.

Follow Diana as she takes you along for a day in her life on Lake Street in Minneapolis in this Lake Street Council production.

YWCA Minneapolis will hold the 19th annual It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race™ Oct. 28, 2021, featuring writer, speaker and internet yeller Ijeoma Oluo.

For a year and a half, the staff of the YWCA Minneapolis worked around and through the pandemic's threat to public health. When they checked this week's forecast, they saw more danger ahead. As the heat index soared toward triple digits, they pulled the plug on Tuesday evening's free community yoga class in Peavey Plaza

"After co-launching day-care provider training for the Latino community, spearheading Blue Cross Blue Shield's health equity program in Minnesota, and fighting apartment purchases that displaced low-income families, it is perhaps no surprise that Richfield Mayor Maria Regan Gonzalez received the 2021 Woman of Power Award from YWCA Minneapolis."

YWCA Minneapolis is hosting a new community event this year – Race Against Racism 5K. The race is an accessible 3.1-mile run/walk on a flat course around Lake Nokomis on August 8, 2021, beginning at 9:00 am. Joining this run/walk supports YWCA’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women, and helps raise awareness of racism as a public health crisis.  

Media Coverage of New President and CEO, Shelley Carthen Watson

YWCA Minneapolis is pleased to announce that Shelley Carthen Watson has been elected its new president and CEO. Shelley is a nationally-renowned labor and employment law expert and comes to YWCA Minneapolis from the University of Minnesota, where she has served as senior associate general counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, providing legal advice and counsel for a public research institution with over 30,000 employees.