Caring for our Community

Equity in Action: Exposing Myths and Redefining Justice YWCA is on a mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Because we know that we cannot empower all women without confronting systemic racism, we act every day by raising awareness of the impacts of institutional and structural racism and by building community among those who work for racial justice.

Equal Pay Days recognize the current status of the gender wage gap and launches a calendar – calculated each year based on Census and other economic and workforce data – that represents the dates that women across racial and ethnic groups, disability, sexual orientation, and parenthood would have to work in the current year to earn what a white, non-Hispanic man working year-round, full time made the previous year.

Join YWCA of Contra Costa County in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by honoring influential leaders like Sylvia Mendez, Sonia Sotomayor, Ellen Ochoa, and others who have made impactful contributions to civil rights, feminism, LGBTQ advocacy, and more.

The issues below are critical to women – particularly women of color’s – economic security. Women hold the overwhelming majority of caregiving responsibilities in the U.S., and that combined with a lack of pay equity means millions of women find it difficult to remain in the workforce or lose jobs because of caretaking necessities.

In celebration of Pride Month, YWCA Contra Costa / Sacramento is proud to honor and highlight the remarkable contributions of several LGBT+ leaders who have made significant impacts in their respective fields.