Each month, YWCA invites the community to learn more about the women and children whose lives are changed because of our services through an hour-long "ywconnects" tour. We spotlight real stories, stories we are privileged to hear every day, from our work to empower women and eliminate racism in Missoula. We also want to hear from you on how we can better serve the needs of the community. Click here to sign up

In honor of Day of Commitment, YWCA Missoula will host a public screening of Anna Deavere Smith’s 90-minute documentary film “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.” The film retells the story of the L.A. riots using the actual, un-edited words of people who experienced the events of April 1992, including relatives of Rodney King, the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, and jurors who delivered the verdict that provoked the riots. The film is powerful, absorbing, and informative. The showing will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, in the center room of YWCA Missoula’s office building, 1130 West Broadway. Read more

Each month, YWCA invites the community to learn more about the women and children whose lives are changed because of our services through an hour-long "ywconnects" tour. We spotlight real stories, stories we are privileged to hear every day, from our work to empower women and eliminate racism in Missoula. We also want to hear from you on how we can better serve the needs of the community. Click here to sign up

On Thursday, April 29, YWCA Missoula will join YWCAs across the county in observing Day of Commitment to End Racism, an annual acknowledgement of the lingering presence of racism in the United States and an opportunity to re-commit to working to end racism. Day of Commitment began as a commemoration of the 1991 Rodney King beating and riots that followed in racially-charged violence that destroyed many communities and lives in South-Central Los Angeles.

Missoula City Council
435 Ryman
Missoula, MT 59802

March 30, 2010

Dear Missoula City Council:

As organizations that are dedicated to the rights, safety, and full participation of women throughout Missoula and Montana, we are proud to announce our public support of the Missoula Non-Discrimination Ordinance. This ordinance will protect people who live, work, or visit the City of Missoula from discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, and public accommodations based on their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.

A group called notmybathroom.com publicly opposes this ordinance, in part by circulating misleading and unfounded concerns about this ordinance’s effect on the safety and well-being of women and children. We are writing this letter to correct any misunderstanding that notmybathroom.com may have created.