Eric Erikson may have said, “the richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play,” but Thomson Reuters Head of Strategic Capabilities (CQA) Maria Ravelo is living the idea. Read more…
September 7, 2010
Ramy Fakhr, Director of the YWCA-NYC After School Program at P.S. 90 in Coney Island, motivates his students, not just to overcome academic challenges, but to celebrate personal triumphs. Read more…
September 7, 2010
The YW continues its year-long discussion series about the 2009 National Award-winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose. Today we hear from Phoebe Williams! Read more…
August 24, 2010
On August 15, students from kindergarten to fifth grade at the YWCA-NYC After School Program at P.S. 188 joined the Coney Island Coalition Against Violence in its second annual March Against Violence. Read more…
August 24, 2010
In the summer of 1920, women’s right to vote rested on the decision of one state — Tennessee. After much debate, Congress had narrowly passed the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the Tennessee General Assembly was one vote short of becoming the 36th state legislature to ratify. Read more…
August 18, 2010
The YW continues its year-long discussion series about the 2009 National Award-winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose. Today we hear from Joni Jefferson! Read more…
August 16, 2010