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4worldlovers: “Dr. Dorothy Height in attendance at the March on Washington representing YWCA and leading change as the only woman leader on the platform as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I have a Dream” Speech, August 28, 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just around the corner, and it presents such an important opportunity to reflect on America’s history and the struggle for racial justice as well as to assess where we are as a society and as an organization dedicated to ensuring justice and equity for all. One of my goals for this year is to dive more into our YWCA history to uplift it and to learn from it — the successes we’ve had as well as the times that we’ve missed the mark — so that we can continue striving toward justice in our communities. Recently, the YWCA USA team was thrilled to discover, in YWCA’s Smith College archives, an article written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself in the December 1960 edition of the YWCA Magazine. Entitled “The Rising Tide of Racial Consciousness”, his piece was adapted from an address he gave at a convening of the National Urban League at the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

The eloquence and booming veracity of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s written words jump off the pages with the same strength he demonstrated in public, and they reverberate just as powerfully today: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Therefore, no American can afford to be apathetic about the problem of racial justice.” That is why, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are proudly rereleasing Dr. King’s December 1960 article as we celebrate the critical role of Dr. King and other changemakers in the movement for racial justice. Here is a link to where you can access the PDF of the article. Please feel free to include this in your marketing plans for that day as you see fit.

I would be remiss to not also take a moment to recognize the work and leadership of Dr. Dorothy Height, YWCA USA’s very first Director of Racial Justice. The powerful image above is a reminder of Dr. Height’s leadership, the critical role she played at the intersection of race and gender, and that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. regarded the National Urban League and YWCA USA as critical partners in the movement for racial justice. This is our history, and it makes me proud that YWCA USA shared in such a powerful partnership and that we are continuing to carry on the legacy of racial justice. In the words of Dr. Height: “If the times aren’t ripe, you have to ripen the times. We have to realize we are building a movement.”

Keeping her words in mind, I want to take this opportunity to give an update on this year’s Until Justice Just Is campaign. Registration for this year’s campaign will launch officially on January 30, and the theme for this year is Advancing Justice: Ensuring Equity for All. The 2023 YWCA Racial Justice Challenge, which will coincide with the Until Justice Just Is campaign, will take place from April 17 – May 15 and will focus on the following four topic areas:

I am excited to work in lockstep with each of you as One YWCA, working in community, in solidarity, and in reciprocity with one another as we build a movement toward justice… until justice just is.

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Rebuilding Together East Bay Network is a non-profit organization based in the Berkeley California serving the Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville and all of Contra Costa County. We coordinate donors and volunteers to meet a critical needs in our community for repairs, renovations, and safety modifications.


If you are interested in Volunteering or Donating, there are many projects underway for you to contribute to which you can learn about here.

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Safe at home is the core of RTEBN Operations. Our Safe at Home program provides safety assessments and hazard elimination for qualified applicants.


By implementing safety modifications such as grab bars in the bathroom, handheld shower heads, elevated toilet seats, exterior handrails, or wheelchair ramps the Safe at Home program helps prevent accidents or exposure that can cause injury, illness, or even death.

Our Community Facility Improvement program provides free repair and upgrade services for local nonprofit organizations that meet program qualifications. We proudly support the important work these neighborhood organizations do to strengthen our community.

RTEBN is taking the lead in developing a strong network of non-profit organizations in the East Bay region. RTEBN provides fiscal sponsorship and incubation for early-stage and growing non-profits in the area. We offer Consulting, organizational support, and grant writing assistance to accelerate growth or our partner organizations.

When you volunteer with RTEBN, you become a part of the driving force behind our operation. Engage with your community and make an impact

4worldlovers: Together, we can keep children safe. We can offer them permanent forever families. And whether they live with their birth family, a foster family or a foster-to-adopt family, we can wrap them in a warm blanket of kinship, kindness, and love.

A Better Way is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works in collaboration with Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Solano Counties to help children and parents thrive.


“We're still in touch with the social workers who we met through A Better Way. They're aunts and uncles to our children."

— Sheila & Andrew, who fostered then adopted five children through A Better Way

“The therapist was phenomenal. I would not be where I am today, and my daughter's mental health would not be where she is today if it was not for the therapist at A Better Way.”


— Client in the Parent Engagement Program whose daughter received psychotherapy through A Better Way