Events
YWCA Speaks Out Through Events
Upcoming Book Club:
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavienco
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was on DACA when she decided to write about being undocumented for the first time using her own name. It was right after the election of 2016, the day she realized the story she’d tried to steer clear of was the only one she wanted to tell. So she wrote her immigration lawyer’s phone number on her hand in Sharpie and embarked on a trip across the country to tell the stories of her fellow undocumented immigrants—and to find the hidden key to her own. Read the full book description here.
Join YWCA Central Carolinas on Thursday, June 6th at 6PM for a virtual discussion of Villaviencio’s biography and memoir. The Zoom link will be sent out closer to the date of the event. Register now!
If you have any questions, please contact Jamila Green (Community Engagement Manager) at jgreen@ywcacentralcarolinas.org
YWCA's We Believe Event
YWCA’s annual We Believe event is our single biggest fundraiser each year, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support all of YWCA’s programs, including transitional housing programs for women and children facing homelessness, out-of-school literacy programs for children in low-income households, and racial justice programs that educate and mobilize our community.
Our We Believe 2024 event took place on March 5, 2024.
Want to see the keynote speeches and videos from our past annual We Believe events? Check out YWCA’s Youtube playlist!
To learn more about YWCA’s We Believe fundraiser, visit our We Believe event page.
Philanthropy Contact
To learn how you can be involved in our events, how to sponsor an event or any other questions, please contact our Chief Philanthropy Officer, Sarah Lanners Avinger, at 980-585-0498 or savinger@ywcacentralcarolinas.org.