YW Boston

YW Boston, the first YWCA in the nation, is building racial, gender, and social equity through programs that educate + empower.

05/29/2026

Join us this summer for a powerful lineup of events dedicated to leadership, advocacy, empowerment, and community impact:

🏆 31st Academy of Women Achievers Celebration
June 4, 2026 | 11:30 AM
Celebrate five of Boston’s brightest, boldest, and most influential women while supporting YW Boston’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women.

📚 Radhika Singh with Aba Taylor: Earthly Playing Field Book Release
June 29, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Earthly Playing Field connects ongoing People's movements against global imperialism through a q***r, Sufi love story.

💼 Intergenerational Women Leaders Summit
July 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM
A transformational leadership experience exploring caregiving, workplace equity, burnout, and cross-generational leadership.

🔥 Our Transformative Power: Built With Youth, Led By Youth
July 29, 2026 | 10:00 AM
An inspiring half-day convening centered on youth voices, advocacy, leadership, and building the future together.

Spots are limited for these events. Secure your seat today: https://buff.ly/W216r0s

05/26/2026

The 31st Academy of Women Achievers would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Thank you for investing in a celebration that honors leadership, achievement, and the impact of extraordinary women. We are proud to partner with organizations that champion empowerment and community and we look forward to celebrating with everyone next week!

05/25/2026

In partnership with Listen to Your Mothers, we're urging Greater Boston’s employers, institutions, and leaders to take an opportunity to be even bolder, think differently and recognize that what is good for the mothers of this city, is also what is good for business.

Working mothers need allies to improve conditions at work and at home. Don’t let us be in this fight alone. Sign our open letter: https://buff.ly/CBAGs6S

05/20/2026

✨ BIG things are happening at YW Boston this summer! ✨

Join us for a powerful lineup of events dedicated to leadership, advocacy, empowerment, and community impact:

🏆 31st Academy of Women Achievers Celebration
June 4, 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Celebrate five of Boston’s brightest, boldest, and most influential women while supporting YW Boston’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women.

💼 Intergenerational Women Leaders Summit
July 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
A transformational leadership experience exploring caregiving, workplace equity, burnout, and cross-generational leadership.

🔥 Our Transformative Power: Built With Youth, Led By Youth
July 29, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
An inspiring half-day convening centered on youth voices, advocacy, leadership, and building the future together.

Don’t miss these incredible opportunities to connect, learn, and create change.

Learn more and view all events at www.ywboston.org/events.

05/14/2026

The Academy of Women Achievers celebration is only three weeks away! Don’t miss the opportunity to honor Shavel’le Olivier, our Sylvia Ferrell-Jones Awardee, on June 4.

The Sylvia Ferrell-Jones Award honors a young professional woman of color who exemplifies leadership while advancing YW Boston’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women.

Shavel’le Olivier is an advocate for positive change who creates and implements visions that strengthen communities. She is deeply committed to the neighborhoods where she lives, works, and travels, with passions in youth development, community leadership, and a people-centered approach to transportation. Her notable contributions are focused on the transportation passions of her work including founding Mattapan on Wheels, a major biking event that promotes safer infrastructure, cultivates youth leadership, and elevates cycling culture in Mattapan. She also co-founded Transportation Talks in 2020 to bring residents of Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, and BIPOC communities together to explore how transportation shapes quality of life.

Purchase tickets and learn more about her here: https://buff.ly/U2QD0Xt

05/13/2026

Introducing YW Boston’s Women of Color Advisory Council. This newly commissioned Council is designed to ensure that the voices and experiences of women of color remain centered in the organization’s work and in broader efforts to advance equity across Boston.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/1uxL8kX

05/12/2026

In the spring and summer of 1988, Gloria Chun Hoo was a key player in the YWCA USA new logo design. It was the era of YWCA celebrating new beginnings with the implementation of the sunrise logo that ran from 1989 to 2004. It was a defining moment that created persimmon as our signature color. Thank you Gloria Chun Hoo for shaping YWCA.

05/11/2026

Our President and CEO Aba Taylor was featured on Boston 25 News to talk about the importance of investing in mothers this Mother’s Day. Click the link below to watch the full segment and pledge your support to working mothers and caregivers across the commonwealth by signing the open letter created in partnership with Listen to Your Mothers.

Watch here: https://buff.ly/fDDC62h

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day from all of us at YW Boston! 🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼💐🪻

In partnership with Listen to Your Mothers, we invite you to sign our open letter.

This letter demands that parents, non-parents, allies, supervisors, workers, everywhere unite this Mother's Day as a collective power. We pledge to take actions that improve conditions in our workplaces, homes, and communities so that all parents, but especially mothers and mothers of color, can thrive. Flowers and brunch are nice, but advocacy and change are better. Sign today: https://buff.ly/eqYV0p3

05/07/2026

We're thrilled to honor Nathalie Gauthier at our Academy of Women Achievers celebration on June 4! 🏆

Nathalie is a vice president on the Internal Communications team at State Street. Her primary focus is partnering with Global Human Resources teams and all corporate functions on their strategic communications plans for the workforce worldwide. With over 17 years of experience, she has developed and executed strategic communications, project management and analytics reporting across State Street for the Global Human Resources division, and previously for State Street business areas including Talent Marketplace, Global Markets Technology Project Management Office, Global Operations – Risk Excellence, Corporate Finance and Global Procurement Services.

Learn more about Nathalie and grab your tickets to the celebration here: https://buff.ly/6sKdb0N

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