Our “Why”

Racism is a public health crisis. With a shared YWCA mission of eliminating racism, our YW collaborative has come together to advance racial healing efforts in our communities across Pennsylvania. Together we work to seed and nurture our communities' visions for healing through our Days of Listening and Healing Conversations. It is with this deep understanding of the many impacts racism has had on the health of our communities, that we are poised to expand our efforts to declare racism a public health crisis in the state of Pennsylvania. UTHPA knows that by keeping our shared mission at the forefront of our collaboration we can begin the racial healing that is necessary across Pennsylvania.