Week Without Violence

For nearly 30 years YWCA has set aside one week in October as a Week Without Violence – a week when YWCAs join as part of a global movement with World YWCA to end gender-based violence. There were many different opportunities to get engaged, learn about, and advocate against gender-based violence. View photos and descriptions below.

Week Without Violence Events

Social Media Challenge

Join us for a social media blast envisioning a world without violence.

Leaders Are Readers

Reading to children at a young age enriches their understanding of the world around them, enhances cognitive development, and helps them gain the language they need to express themselves. By reading to our children, we prepare them for future success, while also building a foundation of empathy for others. Each day during Week Without Violence, a different community leader will spend time reading to our childcare students. Everyone is invited to attend each reading virtually via Facebook livestream – follow us on Facebook to read along.

Legislator Engagement

Join us for a day of advocacy as we reach out to our legislators to encourage the reauthorization of laws that are essential to women’s health and safety.

Community Conversations

Community Conversations is our opportunity to have open and safe conversations about building an inclusive community. We host a weekly series on Wednesdays where we illuminate issues involving race in our community and highlight the voices of people here who are making a difference. During the Week Without Violence, we host experts to discuss gender-based violence.

YWCA National Town Hall

Join YWCA USA for a dynamic discussion on centering survivors of domestic and sexual violence. By centering survivors in our GOTV efforts and in our discussions about today’s most divisive issues – including gun violence and mass shootings, reproductive health restrictions, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, and police violence – we can bridge divides and build support among voters, candidates, and policymakers for the services and solutions survivors need to build safe and thriving futures.

Self Defense Workshop

Learn from experts at the Green Bay Police Department who will lead this workshop empowering women to keep themselves safe. Working to create a world without violence also means equipping women with the tools they need to keep themselves safe. Officers will help women anticipate signs of danger and empower them to defend themselves against potential violence.

Green Bay Community Partner Wishlist Donations

Each year during Week Without Violence, we support a community partner that works in the domestic abuse space. Bring an item from that partner’s wishlist to the Madison Street Boutique and receive a free clothing item of your choice!

Stop in for additional open hours at our Boutique, and bring in a wishlist item for Golden House to receive a free clothing item of your choice.

Yoga and Meditation

Taking the time to engage in healing and self-care as a provider, advocate, activist, or survivor is an integral part of your own mental and physical well-being and will help make you an even more powerful advocate for your causes and clients. If you are a service provider, advocate, survivor, or activist, please join us for this free, relaxing class followed by light refreshments and conversation.

Sponsorship Opportunities

As a sponsor of Week Without Violence, you will demonstrate support for YWCA Greater Green Bay, serving women and families for more than 100 years. Event sponsorship connects your organization to YWCA’s powerful legacy and invests in the path ahead. We invite you to support our mission by becoming a sponsor.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Marla Sparks at 715.851.1412 or [email protected].