Day: March 29, 2023

YWCA Greater Green Bay, in partnership with YWCA USA, the nation’s oldest and largest women’s organization, launched their 2023 Until Justice Just Is (UJJI) campaign – formerly known as Stand Against Racism – which will run throughout the month of April and is intended to raise awareness of systematic racism and how each of us can take action to advance justice.

YWCA’s first Director of Racial Justice, Dr. Dorothy Height, built a legacy of racial and gender justice that helped shape the civil rights movement. To carry forth her momentum in the movement for racial justice, YWCA USA introduced Until Justice Just Is to bring awareness to the pervasiveness of systemic racism and to act as a roadmap for how individuals, communities, and corporations can take actionable steps to eliminate racism. 

The theme for this year’s Until Justice Just Is campaign is Advancing Justice: Ensuring Equity for All and will feature two main components at the national level: a virtual event on April 13 and the 2023 YWCA Racial Justice Challenge, which will run from April 17-May 15. 

Locally, YWCA Greater Green Bay will also be hosting Pursuit of Justice: The Music Edition from April 13-15. Each stop on the game board is a trivia question, and each answer is a song written in the pursuit of justice. Answers are given in a QR code, so bring your smartphone or device. Leaders are Readers, every Wednesday in April at 3:15 pm on Facebook Live, are events where community leaders volunteer their time to read to our childcare students.

YWCA USA’s virtual Until Justice Just Is Town Hall on April 13 will feature an array of experts, community leaders, and elected officials to discuss the intersections between racism and housing disparities, how disability and mental health challenges increase the impacts of these disparities, and what we can do to address the most critical issues impacting communities of color today. 

The YWCA Racial Justice Challenge is a virtual community of growth and learning that is open to anyone and will provide daily challenges such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on personal experiences, and so much more to help participants build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. Weekly topics for this year’s YWCA Racial Justice Challenge will include disability, housing, music, and mental health. YWCA’s Racial Justice Challenge content was designed and curated by YWCA Greater Cleveland, and music week was created in partnership with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

“We invite our community to join us in Jackson Square Park to participate in the Pursuit of Justice game and to register for the Racial Justice Challenge, where you can build your own tools for dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership,” stated Amy Schaeuble, Executive Director of YWCA Greater Green Bay.

More information about YWCA’s Until Justice Just Is campaigns can be found at justice.ywca.org and ywcagreenbay.org.