YMCA/YWCA

Drugs: From Prescription to Lifestyle

By Tennille Merkle on Sunday, May 6th, 2012

This Diversity Dialogue will engage the public about prescription drug abuse.  People who would never consider themselves capable of drug addiction, can find themselves chemically dependent on prescription painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs, or muscle relaxants.  Doctors continue to prescribe these drugs long after their usefulness has passed, while addicts and their families either don't notice, or rationalize the drug use... Read More...

Agencies Fight Local Homelessness

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Three Huntington agencies raise awareness and dollars to fight local homelessness.   You can join can have fun, food and enjoy a nice stroll through Historic Westside of Fort Wayne and help Huntington House, Pathfinder Services, and YWCA Northeast Indiana provide shelter and services for those facing homelessness in Huntington County... Read More...

Shaping Our Children For A Diverse World

By Tennille Merkle on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Date:  April 25, 2012

Time:  12 noon-1:30 pm

Location:  YWCA Northeast Indiana, 1610 Spy Run Avenue, Fort Wayne

Free Admission, Free Parking

While Fort Wayne and other communities are becoming more culturally diverse, prejudice and tolerance are learned at home by children... Read More...

Teen Dating Violence Event

By Tennille Merkle on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Date and Time:  February 22, 2012 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Location:  YWCA, 1610 Spy Run Avenue, Fort Wayne 46805

Free admission, free parking

Kelsey Cottrell and Chynna Presley will give a briefing of the history of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, which is recognized each February... Read More...

Digital Boundaries

By Tennille Merkle on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Digital Boundaries - Cyberbullying and Cyber Security
January 25, 2012 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
1610 Spy Run Avenue, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Hosted by YWCA Northeast Indiana
 
Chynna Presley will facilitate the first half of the dialogue, focusing on the use of technology by children/youth in bullying... Read More...

YWCA to host Diversity Dialogue

By Tennille Merkle on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

The YWCA of Northeast Indiana is hosting a Diversity Dialogue this month entitled “Diversity in Parenting.”  Mothers and fathers are invited to talk about their own cultural practices related to parenting, and the challenges of parenting in a new culture.   Panel guests will discuss differences in cultural parenting styles... Read More...

YWCA to host event

By Steve Miller on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

The YWCA Northeast Indiana is hosting events this fall to celebrate 35 years of improving the lives of victims of domestic violence, including a luncheon honoring the pioneering women who founded the first shelter for abused women in Indiana.

The anniversary activities start with “Flowers on the River” on Thursday, Sept... Read More...

YWCA Seeks Nominees

By Steve Miller on Saturday, September 17th, 2011

The YWCA Northeast Indiana is seeking nominees for its 2011 Hope Awards, which honor outstanding work in five categories: ending domestic violence, empowering women, eradicating racial injustice, advocating for children and young people improving their community.

Nominations are invited from the YWCA Northeast Indiana’s service area, which includes Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties... Read More...

1st Source Bank Donates to YWCA

By Steve Miller on Thursday, September 15th, 2011

The YWCA Northeast Indiana’s shelter for victims of domestic violence will be getting new furniture and repainting thanks to a $20,000 donation from 1st Source Bank.

The 23-year-old building, located at an undisclosed Fort Wayne site to protect the safety of clients, served 680 women and children last year... Read More...

School Supply Donation to YWCA

By Steve Miller on Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Each year ITT Employees’ Federal Credit Union members reach out to support an agency in our community that serves those in need. This year members chose to support the children at YWCA Northeast Indiana Crisis Shelter.     

The Crisis Shelter serves those fleeing domestic violence and their children; many come with merely the clothes on their backs... Read More...

Methodology of Meth

By Steve Miller on Friday, September 2nd, 2011

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency in 2010 Indiana ranked 2nd in the number of Meth clandestine lab incidents.  Of the 11,239 incidents nationally, Indiana accounted for 1,213 of those incidents.  In Northeast Indiana there were 356 incidents.  Indiana State Police and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute state that Meth is costing Hoosier nearly $100 million a year... Read More...

Human Trafficking in Northeast Indiana

By Steve Miller on Sunday, August 14th, 2011

In 2010 the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) received 11,874 calls of which 84 from form Indiana with 4 of those being from Fort Wayne.  Human Trafficking includes sex and labor trafficking is a global problem that has now reached Northeast Indiana. 

Tena Dellaca-Hedrick, Rural Advocate Fort Wayne Sexual Assault Treatment and Indiana Tech Adjunct Faculty member teaching course in Victimology and Multiculturalism, will be our dialogue facilitator... Read More...

Women’s Equality Day Events

By Steve Miller on Thursday, August 11th, 2011

The League of Women Voters (LWV), YWCA of Northeast Indiana and the Women’s Bureau are joining together with other local groups to present several programs in celebration of this year’s Women’s Equality Day.

On Tuesday, August 23, Stacey Stumpf, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Editorial Writer, will present a program on writing effective letters to the editor entitled “Finding Your Voice”... Read More...

How Has Immigration Shaped Northeast IN

By Steve Miller on Friday, July 15th, 2011

Having just celebrated the 4th of July, YWCA Northeast Indiana’s monthly Diversity Dialogue is entitled The Diversity of Independence.  The dialogue will focus on looking at the diversity of those that call the U.S. home.  How has our country, where most celebrate their heritage and identity as a “nation of immigrants,” handled such diversity? 

Aaron Smith of the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center will facilitate this dialogue... Read More...

YWCA’s 100 Good Men campaign

By Lamont Neal on Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

We are still looking for those good men in ALL the communities we serve that exemplify our mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. 

Do you know such a man? 

Nominees will receive a card notifying them that they have been recognized as one of the YWCA’s 100 Good Men... Read More...