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Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium
Journey to a Hate Free Millennium is a powerful two-hour program that features the 35 minute
film, Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium. The film is an inspirational, award-winning
documentary that seeks solutions to the horrible hate crimes that have become frequent events
in our daily lives. This stirring film features shocking examples of hate crimes in modern
America: The vicious murder of Matthew Sheppard, the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., and
the unfathomable shootings by high school students at Columbine High School. Dialogue
centers on creating a vision of the new millennium where senseless acts of violence and hate
are a thing of the past. This program is appropriate for middle and high school students as well
as adults. If you would like to learn more about the program or how to arrange to bring Journey
to a Hate-Free Millennium to your school or organization, please call the YWCA at 520-884-
Racial Justice Youth Program Facilitator Training
The YWCA Racial Justice Youth Program is supported by more than 80 youth who have been
trained as volunteer facilitators. Volunteer facilitators are prepared for this work by a day long
facilitator training program created by the YWCA especially for youth. If you would like more
information call the YWCA at 520-884-7810 or email us.
Impression, Body Image and Self Esteem, participate in a team building ropes course, spend a
day on a college campus, practice their new leadership skills though a volunteer experience
with the YWCA, explore career and educational opportunities with an adult mentor. Three of
the young women in Bright Futures will be selected in a random drawing for a scholarship to
further her education. For additional information call the YWCA at 520-884-7810 or email
us.
Nuesta Voz/Our Voice
The YWCA Racial Justice Program received a $200,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in
May 2010 to support our Latino Youth Initiative: Nuestra Voz/Our Voice. Nuestra Voz will build on ten
years of effective racial healing work to develop and implement a new initiative for the emerging, too
often silenced, Latino youth population in an on-going effort to combat prejudice, intolerance and to
work towards racial healing and youth empowerment.
Nuestra Voz will:
Develop Latino youth leadership
Heal historical racial trauma through dialogue
Promote positive cultural identity through youth initiated community racial health
projects.
Provide training for teachers/administrators/parents to promote a positive healing
experience.
Nuestra Voz is one of 119 grants awarded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support racial
equity and healing and the only grant awarded in Arizona. The YWCA expects to involve
nearly 5,000 people in our community through Nuestra Voz including decision-makers who
are in a position to change public policy.
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Nuestra Voz begins with Youth, Art, and Activism Monday, July 12th through Friday July
16th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This free workshop will give youth the opportunity to join
with others to creatively address the recent legislation affecting our community. Nuestra
Voz: Youth, Art, and Activism will be held at the YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership
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Bright Futures is a leadership development, recognition and scholarship program for young
women. The countywide Bright Futures program is designed for high school seniors-every
school in Pima County may nominate up to five students. Each young woman participating in
the program will have demonstrated leadership by overcoming an obstacle/challenge in her life
and have a GPA of 1.7-3.2. The young women in Bright Futures attend workshops on topics
including, Being a Leader, Life After High School, How to Make a Good First Impression,
Body Image and Self Esteem, spend a day on a college campus, practice their new leadership
skills though a volunteer experience with the YWCA and explore career and educational
opportunities with an adult mentor. Three of the young women in Bright Futures will be
selected in a random drawing for a $1,000 scholarship to further her education. If you would
like to apply to serve as a Bright Futures Mentor click here For additional information call
In addition to the county wide Bright Futures program for high school seniors, the YWCA of
Tucson has adapted the program as an eight-week after school program. If you would like to
Bright Futures Scholarship Program
The YWCA, in collaboration with the Pima Community College Foundation, has established
the Bright Futures Scholarship Program through which ten scholarships will be awarded
annually to female students who have demonstrated determination in overcoming an obstacle
and who plan to enroll at Pima Community College.
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TECHgyrls® is a national initiative and signature program of the YWCA developed in 1997 in
response to the widening gender gap in exposure to and interest in technology. The program is
designed to encourage girls to pursue careers in technology and engineering. TECHgyrls®
provides girls with access to technology and leadership development.
The goals of the YWCA TECHgyrls® program is to broaden girls’ knowledge and interests
and help them develop the confidence to use technology tools in their daily lives. The
fourteen-week program raises girls’ awareness, confidence, and competence in the crucial
areas of technology while helping them develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Through computer animation programming, engineering projects, and field trips, girls learn to
use technology in ways that are motivating and compelling to them.
The YWCA offers TECHgyrls at La Cima Middle School and at Ocotillo Elementary School,
Menlo Park Elementary School, Pima County Juvenile Court Detention Center School and at
the YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. For more information, call the YWCA at
Girls With Tools was created in 2002 when adult volunteers noticed during a mixed gender
carpentry workshop that girls tended to relinquish their tools to boys who were eager to “show
them how” or “do it for them.”
Girls With Tools provides opportunities for girls age 8 - 15 to build a variety of woodworking
projects using basic hand and power tools in an all female environment. Girls With Tools
encourages safety, teamwork, cooperation, creative thinking and time management. Girls are
provided with information on future career and educational opportunities.
Girls With Tools is a weekly, year-round after school program. The program meets at the Zuni
Cinderella’s Closet is a prom dress exchange housed at the YWCA Frances McClelland
Leadership Center as a component of Your Sister’s Closet. For more information go to
Let’s Get Real Anti-Bullying Program
Let’s Get Real is a strong and effective 2 hour program that features the screening of the 35
minute documentary, Let’s Get Real. The film features only youth voices speaking about their
personal experiences with name-calling and bullying. Students speak candidly about being a
bully, being a victim of bullying and acting as an ally. This program makes the link between
bullying and prejudice and encourages honest dialogue as well as developing empathy as
essential steps towards a solution. This comprehensive anti-bullying program is designed for
middle schools and includes assessment and training for teachers and school personnel as well
as for students.
Racial Justice Youth Program
The YWCA Racial Justice Youth Program provides opportunities for youth to understand the
life experience of others, open the door to sustained connection with youth who are different
from themselves, replace stereotypes with real people, encourage and be a catalyst for further
dialogue and meaningful activities for thousands of students each year. The Racial Justice
Youth Program empowers students with skills to lead and influence others to eliminate racism
and prejudice.
All aspects of the YWCA Racial Justice Youth Program are planned and implemented by
young men and women who serve as members of the Racial Justice Youth Program
Committee. If you would like information about how you or your school can participate, call
the YWCA at 520-884-7810 or email us.
It’s Time to Talk Annual Youth Forum on Race
The It’s Time to Talk Annual Youth Forum on Race takes place in October and this very
exciting and interactive day-long forum is attended by up to 250 students and teachers. All
schools in Pima County---including private, charter, and alternative schools---are invited to
participate by sending a team of students and an advisor to spend a day learning and sharing
with students from other schools through small group dialogues facilitated by youth. The
student teams create their action plans against racism to take back to their schools. Special
activities are planned for teachers and advisors. The projects created at the Youth Forum are
eligible for support through a small grants program offering grants from $100 to $1000.
For information about how your school can participate, call the YWCA at 520-884-7810
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