YWCA.GC IN THE NEWS
positive press about eliminating racism & empowering women

We sincerely appreciate the coverage that South Carolina's media organizations have given to our events and mission! It is deeply encouraging to see how the wonderful producers, editors, reporters, and other media professionals in our region support the elimination of racism and empowerment of women. 
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Below is some recent media coverage:​​​​​​​​
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• YWCA recognizes 12 outstanding women from South Carolina
  | CBS Live 5 News 3 PM news, 09.21.23
• #WhatWomenBring 2023 honorees announced
  | Heaven 100.1 FM, 09.12.23
• City of Charleston, YWCA Greater Charleston announce 2024 MLK breakfast summit
  | CBS Live 5 News evening news, 09.12.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston's WE 360 program to help entrepreneurs
  | CBS Live 5 News midday news, 09.12.23
  
• YWCA Greater Charleton's WE 360° Program to help entrepreneurs
  | CBS WBRC 6 (Alabama), 09.12.23
  
• 2023 #WhatWomenBring honorees announced by YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ BizWire, 09.11.23
• 2023 #WhatWomenBring honorees announced by YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Holy City Sinner, 09.10.23
• 2023 #WhatWomenBring honorees announced by YWCA Greater Charleston
  | LowcountryBizSC, 09.07.23
• She cares: Women-led nonprofits dot the Lowcountry (LaVanda Brown, YWCA.GC)
  | Charleston Women magazine, Summer 2023: article starts on page 59
• Women's healthcare during pregnancy: 2022 #WWB healthcare honoree R. Simone Lee
  | Fox 24 News Now, 07.07.23
• New grant funds to advance racial health equity
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ Tip Sheet, 06.30.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston accepting nominations for outstanding women award
  | CBS Live 5 News, 06.28.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston accepting nominations for outstanding women award
  | WLOX 13 News, 06.28.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston and partners receive $450K grant to benefit children of color
  | ABC News 4, 06.28.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston receives new grant funds to advance racial health equity
  | Holy City Sinner, 06.28.23
• New grant funds to advance racial health equity
  | LowcountryBizSC, 06.28.23
• Nominations are open to honor outstanding South Carolina women
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ Tip Sheet, 06.26.23
• What Women Bring nominations: behind the scenes
  | 92.5 Kickin' Country, Mix 95.9, 99.3 The Box, Star 99.7, HeavenFM, 101.7 Chuck FM, 06.25.23​
• Nominations open to honor outstanding S.C. women
  | Holy City Sinner, 06.24.23
• Nominations open to honor outstanding SC women
  | MidlandsBizSC.com, 06.21.23
• Nominations are open for 2023 #WhatWomenBring awards
  | Z93 JAMZ, 95SX, The Wolf 96.6, Magic 107.3 FM, News Talk 1250 WTMA, 06.14.23
• Christine O. Jackson Way: A lifetime dedication to a living legend in downtown Charleston
  | ABC News 4 (evening), 05.12.23
• Charleston dedicates street in honor of former YWCA director, trailblazer
  | CBS Live 5 News, 05.12.23
• Longtime executive director of downtown YWCA to be honored with street sign
  | ABC News 4 (midday), 05.12.23
• Charleston honors living civil rights legend Christine Jackson with new street signs
  | Post and Courier, 05.12.23
• Episode 3: Board Development With YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Mission + Markets Podcast, 04.25.23
• At 94, Charleston civil rights leader Christine Jackson still inspiring generations of women
  | Post and Courier, 03.05.23
• State efforts continue to teach Black history 
  | Post and Courier, 03.05.23
• YWCA WE 360° program registration
  | Hey, Charleston! City of Charleston Neighborhood News, 03.03.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston gearing up for WE 360° program
  | CBS Live 5 News, 02.25.23
• Roper St. Francis teammates march in 2023 MLK Jr Day Parade
  | Roper St. Francis News, 01.25.23
• How the YWCA of Greater Charleston Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.17.23
• Charleston remembers MLK at annual downtown parade
  | CBS Live 5 News, 01.16.23
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade to take place in downtown Charleston on Monday
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.16.23
• Charleston to hold MLK Day Parade downtown Monday morning
  | CBS Live 5 News, 01.16.23
• Charleston leaders look back on the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  | ABC News 4, 01.16.23
• Honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy
  | CHS Today, 01.16.23
• Charleston to hold MLK Day Parade downtown Monday morning
  | Live 5 News Lowcountry Weekend, 01.16.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston hosts 51st MLK celebration
  | Charleston City Paper, 01.14.23
• The JWright Show: special guest LaVanda Brown
  ​| WJNI Gospel Radio, 01.14.23
• The urgency of now: honoring MLK Day every day
  | Post and Courier's Lowcountry Parent, 01.13.23
• The popular MLK parade is back in person this year, and more
  ​| Quintin's Close-Ups, 01.13.23
• MLK weekend events around town
  | Charleston Arts: City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, 01.13.23
• After 2 years of virtual events, Charleston’s MLK Celebration resumes in person
  | Post and Courier, 01.12.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston shares 51st Annual MLK Celebration schedule
  | Holy City Sinner, 01.12.23
• Local volunteer opportunities for MLK Day
  | CHS Today, 01.12.13
• Charleston's 50 Most Influential & Hall of Fame, 2022: LaVanda Brown
  | Charleston Business magazine, 01.05.23
• YWCA Greater Charleston hosts 51st Annual MLK celebration 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.11.23
• 51st Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
  | Lowcountry Live, ABC News 4, 01.10.23
• Charleston YWCA organizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.09.23
• MLK Celebration on Quintin's Close-Ups: the parade is back in person, and more
  | Quintin's Close-Ups, 01.07.23
• Join the YWCA Greater Charleston MLK Celebration – 1/8-16
  | Heaven Radio FM, 01.06.23
• Lowcountry Forever: The 2023 MLK Celebration with host Brian Cleary
  | 92.5 Kickin' Country, Mix 95.9, 99.3 The Box, Star 99.7, HeavenFM, 101.7 Chuck FM, 01.01.23​
• Carolina Perspective: All about the 2023 MLK Celebration with host Sheree Bernardi
  | Z93 JAMZ, 95SX, The Wolf 96.6, Magic 107.3 FM, News Talk 1250 WTMA, 12.29.22
• How you can attend the YWCA’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Charleston
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 12.28.22
• Charleston MLK Events 2023
  ​| CBS Live 5 News Bounce Around Charleston, 12.24.22
• SC Ports awards $252,500 to community organizations; grantees include YWCA Greater Charleston
  | B2BChief.com, 12.09.22
• Women leaders share advice, life experiences at YWCA What Women Bring luncheon
  | CBS Live 5 News, 10.27.22
• Octavia Mitchell to emcee What Women Bring 2022 event
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 10.17.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces incoming board
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ Tip Sheet, 09.15.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston's #WhatWomenBring event to honor ten women leaders
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ Tip Sheet, 09.14.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces incoming board
  | Holy City Sinner, 09.12.22
• YWCA autumn girls code clubs start soon
  | Hey, Charleston!, 09.09.22
• YWCA: WE 360° program for women entrepreneurs of color
  | Hey, Charleston!, 09.09.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston’s #WhatWomenBring event to honor ten women leaders 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 09.08.22
• Exclusive interview with LaVanda Brown, YWCA Greater Charleston, on racism
  | DevelopmentAid News, 09.07.22
• Lowcountry Forever: Eliminating racism & empowering woman is what YWCA is all about
  | 92.5 Kickin' Country, Mix 95.9, 99.3 The Box, Star 99.7, HeavenFM, 101.7 Chuck FM, 08.28.22
• YWCA announces new incoming board
  | LowcountryBizSC, 08.25.22
• YWCA.GC has revealed the 10 women selected to receive the “What Women Bring” award
  | CHS Today, 08.11.22
• 'What Women Bring' Honorees
  | Live 5 News at 7 PM, 08.09.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces honorees for ‘What Women Bring 2022′
  ​| Live 5 News at 6 PM, 08.09.22
• Racism, how to take it down, and more
  | Heaven Talk on Heaven 100.1 FM, 07.21.22
• #WhatWomenBring celebrates notable ladies of the lowcountry
  | Fox 24 News Now, 06.29.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston opens nominations for 2022 #WhatWomenBring awards
  ​| Hey, Charleston!, 06.24.22
• #WhatWomenBring awards are now accepting nominations
  | CHS Today, 06.23.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston opens nominations for 2022 #WhatWomenBring awards
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal: CRBJ Tip Sheet, 06.22.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston opens nominations for 2022 #WhatWomenBring awards
  | LowcountryBizSC, 06.21.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston opens nominations for 2022 #WhatWomenBring awards
  | Holy City Sinner, 06.20.22
• Disparities champion, institutional adviser celebrated after decades of MUSC service
  | Catalyst News (MUSC), 06.20.22
• [ YWCA.GC board member ] Curry wins Charleston County Democratic Primary for Probate Judge
  ​| Holy City Sinner, 06.15.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston augments gender and racial equity training programs with new hire
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal, 06.07.22 
• YWCA Greater Charleston welcomes new training & logistics coordinator
  | Holy City Sinner, 06.07.22
• $50K federal grant equips Charleston to locate, document Black burial grounds
  | The Grio, 06.06.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston augments gender and racial equity training programs with new hire
  ​| LowcountryBizSC, 06.06.22
• 2022 Lowcountry Diversity Leadership Awards honorees named
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal, 04.15.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces new deputy director, women & youth programs director
  | Holy City Sinner, 03.31.22
• YWCA.GC announces new deputy director and women & youth programs director
  | LowcountryBizSC, 03.31.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston’s LaVanda Brown forges ahead with anti-racism work
  ​| Philanthropy Journal, 03.29.22
• YWCA.GC announces new racial equity program
  | Holy City Sinner, 03.29.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces new racial equity program
  | Lowcountry BizSC, 03.28.22
• YWCA Greater Charleston is one of four nationwide WE 360° hubs
  | YWCA USA Week's Wrap-Up, 03.25.22
• Women's History Month with YWCA Greater Charleston's LaVanda Brown
  | The ZD Experience Show, OHM Radio 96.3 FM, 03.24.22
• International Women's History Month with YWCA.GC's Chajuanna (CJ) Gathers 
  | Steve's House Show, OHM Radio 96.3 FM, 03.16.22
• Janet Bates of JE Dunn on the challenges that remain for women in construction
  | GroundBreak Carolinas, 01.21.22
• SC leaders virtually honor MLK’s legacy at King Day at the Dome, Charleston parade
  | Post and Courier, 01.17.22
• Watch the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Charleston
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.17.22
• When to watch: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade to air on News 2
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.17.22
• Events: MLK Day Parade
  | CHS Today, 01.17.22
• Charleston's 50 Most Influential & Hall of Fame, 2021: LaVanda Brown
  | Charleston Business magazine, 01.17.22
• ​MLK Ecumenical Service on Sunday will include keynote speaker Reverend Anthony B. Thompson
  | ABC News 4, 01.16.22
• Challenges remain for women in the construction industry: #WWB business honoree Janet Bates
  | SC Public Radio: South Carolina Business Review, 01.14.22
• Greater Charleston YWCA's Lavanda Brown on the 2022 MLK Celebration
  | Quintin's Close Ups, 01.12.22
• MLK Day celebrations happening across SC 
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.11.22
• Carolina Perspective: All about the MLK Celebration with host Sheree Bernardi
  | Z93 JAMZ, 95SX, The Wolf 96.6, Magic 107.3 FM, News Talk 1250 WTMA, 01.08 and 01.09.22
• Lowcountry Forever: The 2022 MLK Celebration with host Brian Cleary
  | 92.5 Kickin' Country, Mix 95.9, 99.3 The Box, Star 99.7, HeavenFM, 101.7 Chuck FM, 01.09.22​
• Local YWCA honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.07.22
• YWCA.GC to Honor Dr. Thaddeus Bell and Trudy B. Lucas with MLK Celebration Awards
  | Holy City Sinner, 01.07.22
• YWCA.GC to Honor Dr. Thaddeus Bell and Trudy B. Lucas with MLK Celebration Awards
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.07.22
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: Get Ready to Pave the Path to Justice in 2022 (front page)
  | The Coastal Chronicles (Florence, SC), 01.06.22
• MLK parades and gatherings in Columbia and Charleston go virtual again
  | Post and Courier, 01.03.22
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
  | Charleston magazine, January 2022
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces 2022 MLK Celebration theme and parade marshal
  | Holy City Sinner, 12.18.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces 2022 MLK Celebration theme and parade marshal
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.20.21
• Walterboro native honored as industry leader during YWCA event that celebrates women
  | Walterboro Live: website of the Walterboro Press and Standard, 12.06.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces 2022 Summit
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.02.21
• YWCA.GC announces 2022 MLK Summit and Ecumenical Service Speakers
  | Holy City Sinner, 11.30.21
• Carolina Perspective: What Women Bring honorees 
  | Z93 JAMZ, 95SX, The Wolf 96.6, Magic 107.3 FM, News Talk 1250 WTMA, 10.30.21 and 10.31.21 
• YWCA Greater Charleston's 4th Annual What Women Bring event
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 10.20.21
• Charleston's fourth annual #WhatWomenBring event is back on Oct. 27
  | CHS Today, 10.18.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston's #WhatWomenBring event to honor ten women from nine industries
  | LowcountryBizSC, 10.15.21
• YWCA.GC's #WhatWomenBring event to honor ten women from nine industries
  | Holy City Sinner, 10.15.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston: programs to empower women 
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 09.20.21 
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with YWCA.GC Executive Director LaVanda Brown
  | Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce News, 08.21.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces incoming board
  | Holy City Sinner, 07.30.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces incoming board
  | LowcountryBizSC, 07.29.21
• Entrepreneurship for women of color in South Carolina
  | SC Public Radio: South Carolina Business Review, 07.15. 21
• Leadership Charleston participant energized and inspired after DE&I Conference
  | Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce News, 07.13.21
• The latest on YWCA.GC's WE 360 workshops for women entrepreneurs of color: TV host Leyla Gulen & LaVanda Brown
  | Fox 24 News Now, 06.21.21
• Collect art like a girl at the ‘Dare to Dream’ virtual auction (proceeds to benefit YWCA Greater Charleston)
  | Post and Courier, 04.21.21
• Rotarians spring into action for March (LaVanda Brown speaks on diversity and helping women)
  | Daniel Island News, 04.07.21
• Two women entrepreneurs of color graduate from WE 360, expand their businesses
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 03.12.21
• Women's History Month with LaVanda Brown of YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Carolina Perspective, 03.2021
• LaVanda Brown of YWCA.GC honored with Trident Literary Association's 2021 Founder's Award
  | Charleston Currents, 02.15.21
• YWCA to hold entrepreneurial workshop next week
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal, 02.11.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston's WE 360° Program Brings Business Growth to Women Entrepreneurs of Color
  | Holy City Sinner, 02.10.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston's WE 360° Program Brings Business Growth to Women Entrepreneurs of Color
  | LowcountryBizSC, 02.09.21
• #MUSTDO: MLK Summit, Virtual via YWCA, Keynote speakers include Anita Zucker + Mayor Tecklenburg
  | CHStoday, 01.19.21 ​
• The 2021 MLK Day Parade & poems from the 2021 MLK Poetry Slam (televised live)
  | NBC WCBD News 2 Midday News, 01.18.21
• Charleston YWCA to host virtual Martin Luther King Day event
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News in the Morning, 01.18.21
• MLK Day events across the Lowcountry
  | NBC WCBD News 2 Morning News, 01.18.21
• #MUSTDO: MLK Day Parade, virtual via WCBD News 2
  | CHStoday, 01.18.21​
• YWCA Greater Charleston honors social justice organizer and founder of mentoring program during MLK Celebration
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.17.21
• Editorial: MLK Day is as important as ever as we seek to keep hope alive
  | Post and Courier, 01.17.21
• YWCA.GC to honor social justice organizer & founder of mentoring program at MLK Celebration
  ​| Holy City Sinner, 01.16.21
• 2021 MLK Celebrations 
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 01.15.21
• In the Know with Johnny O: MLK Celebration Events
  | ABC WCIV Lowcountry Live, 01.15.21
• Lowcountry gears up for one of the most important MLK Celebrations yet; a message of peace and justice
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.13.21
• YWCA's Martin Luther King celebrations go virtual, start Thursday
  | Charleston City paper, 01.13.21
• Up close with LaVanda Brown on the 2021 MLK Celebration and more
  | Quintin's Close-Ups, 01.13.21
• Speaking with LaVanda Brown about the upcoming MLK Celebration
  | The Rector's Corner, 01.13.21 
• Charleston MLK Celebration 
  | Lowcountry Forever: 92.5 Kickin' Country, Mix 95.9, 99.3 The Box, Star 99.7, HeavenFM, 101.7 Chuck FM, 01.10.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston moves all MLK Celebration events online because of pandemic
  | Post and Courier, 01.10.21
• YWCA Greater Charleston opens 2021 MLK Celebration registration
  | Moultrie News, 01.08.21
• YWCA.GC opens 2021 MLK Celebration registration, announces MLK Ecumenical Service Speaker
  | Holy City Sinner, 01.08.21
• YWCA opens 2021 MLK Celebration registration
  | Hey, Neighbor! Updates from the City of Charleston's Business & Neighborhood Services, 01.08.21
• YWCA.GC opens 2021 MLK Celebration registration, announces MLK Ecumenical Service Speaker
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.08.21
• LaVandaBrown: 2020 Charleston Business Magazine's 50 Most Influential and Hall of Fame
  | Charleston Business magazine, 01.05.21
• South Carolina hires & promotions: Tina L. Singleton promoted at YWCA Greater Charleston 
  ​| Post and Courier, 01.03.21
• News 2 is collecting video submissions for the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Virtual Parade
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 12.29.20
• South Carolina hires & promotions: Tori Burke-Koskela has joined YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Post and Courier, 12.27.20
• News briefs: Zucker to keynote MLK event
  | Charleston Currents, 12.21.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces MLK Celebration theme and summit keynote speaker
  | Holy City Sinner, 12.16.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces MLK Celebration theme and summit keynote speaker
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.16.20
• Charleston announces events for 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
  | Post and Courier, 12.15.20
• Mayor Tecklenburg, Anita Zucker, YWCA Greater Charleston kick off the 49th Annual MLK Celebration
  CHStoday | 12.15.20
• Coastal Community Foundation gets $1m from Facebook to invest in Black communities; CEO says it's an opportunity to work with Black-led social justice organizations like YWCA Greater Charleston 
  | Post and Courier, 12.10.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston welcomes equity training coordinator, youth empowerment & engagement coordinator; announces director of programs
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.09.20
• Steinberg Law Firm announces 2020 community fund recipients
  | Summerville Journal-Scene, 11.18.20 
• Raising the Volume
  | Daniel Island News, 11.02.20
• Marcus Amaker, Charleton Singleton talk justice in music in new series; first guests include LaVanda Brown
  | Charleston City Paper, 10.28.20
• Boeing SC teammates donate over $95,000 to local non-profits
  | ABC WCIV News 4, 10.20.20
• CCSD staff members to participate in YWCA Greater Charleston's Racial Equity Training
  ​| LowcountryBizSC, 10.13.20
• YWCA What Women Bring: Rita Littles Scott
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 10.02.20
• Congratulations, Rita Scott! YWCA honors former WCSC general manager
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 10.02.20
• News 2's Octavia Mitchell to host YWCA What Women Bring virtual lunch
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 09.30.20
• News brief: Women to be honored October 1
  | Charleston Currents, 09.28.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston's What Women Bring event to honor 12 women leaders from 11 industries
  | Holy City Sinner, 09.26.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston's What Women Bring event to honor 12 women leaders from 11 industries
  | LowcountryBizSC, 09.14.20
• Celebrating a BoomTown Rockstar: Shannon Williams named 2020 YWCA #WhatWomenBring Honoree 
  | BoomTown Love, 08.25.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston's What Women Bring event goes virtual, opens for registration
  | Holy City Sinner, 08.21.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston's What Women Bring event goes virtual, opens for registration
  | LowcountryBizSC, 08.20.20
• Charleston YWCA restarts racial equity workshops to get at root causes of discrimination
  | Post and Courier, 08.08.20
• Why YWCA Greater Charleston won't settle for anything less than promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for women and people of color
  | Quintin's Close-Ups, 08.05.20
• Civil rights leader and YWCA.GC executive director emeritus Christine Jackson honored by City of Charleston as a "towering force"
  | Post and Courier, 07.31.20
• Local hospitality group to sponsor scholarships to YWCA Greater Charleston's Racial Equity Institute
  | Charleston Chronicle, 07.15.20
• Local hospitality group to sponsor scholarships to YWCA Greater Charleston's Racial Equity Institute 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 07.14.20
• Hospitality group to give YWCA Greater Charleston Racial Equity Institute scholarship
  | ABC News 4, 07.13.20
• Local hospitality group to sponsor scholarships to YWCA Greater Charleston's Racial Equity Institute
  | Holy City Sinner, 07.13.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston offering tools to minority female entrepreneurs
  | Post and Courier, 07.04.20
• State lawmaker proposing police reform agenda
  | CBS Live 5 News News, 06.17.20
• Mt. Pleasant students design space helmet, finalists in national NASA competition
  | Post and Courier, 05.27.20
• YWCA's WE 360 program empowering female entrepreneurs of color
  | Fox 24 News Now, 05.11.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston graduates first group of female entrepreneurs of color
  ​| Charleston Chronicle, 05.07.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston graduates first group of female entrepreneurs of color
  ​| LowcountryBizSC, 05.04.20
• City leaders, organizers behind 350th celebrations to honor women of Charleston's history
  | Post and Courier, 03.07.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston expands Y Girls Code clubs for girls
  ​| Charleston Chronicle, 02.24.20
• Charleston YWCA doubles after-school coding clubs to empower women of color
  | Post and Courier, 02.21.20
• YWCA Greater Charleston expands Y Girls Code clubs for girls
  | LowcountryBizSC, 02.19.20
• How Charleston celebrates Martin Luther King Day
  | Tribal Tribune, 02.11.20
• Red Dress Sundays celebrates second annual services
  | Charleston Chronicle, 02.11.20
• CCPL, YWCA offering program designed to teach girls about coding
  | ABC News 4, 01.22.20
• MLK Day Parade [ replay of live parade coverage ]
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.20.20
• MLK Day Parade [ Burke High School band highlight ]
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.20.20
• MLK Day Parade 
  | CBS Live 5 News, 01.20.20
• 2020 MLK Day Celebrations
  | CBS Live 5 News, 01.20.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Executive Director LaVanda Brown ]
  | ABC Lowcountry Live, 01.17.20
• MLK Day Parade 
  | Post and Courier, 01.17.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Youth Coordinator & Health Educator Patrice Witherspoon ] 
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.16.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Board Member Radia Heyward ] 
  | NBC WCBD News 2 Midday News, 01.16.20
• MLK Celebration events
  | Post and Courier, 01.16.20
• 2020 MLK Celebration award honorees & parade marshal announced
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.16.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Board Vice Chair Kendra Snipe ]
  | WJNI Gospel Radio 106.3 FM, 01.15.20
• MLK Youth Poetry Slam 
  | Charleston City Paper, 01.15.20
• YWCA.GC & the MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Executive Director LaVanda Brown ]
  | Quintin's Close-Ups, 01.14.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Executive Director LaVanda Brown ]
  | WCSC-CBS Live 5 News, 01.14.20
• MLK Celebration Events
  | Post and Courier, 01.13.20
• MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Board Vice Chair Kendra Snipe ]
  | 95SX, Magic 107.3, Z93 Jamz, WIWF 96.9, WMGL-FM, WTMA AM, 01.13.20
• 2020 MLK Celebration keynote speakers & theme announced
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.08.20
• 48th Annual MLK Celebration [ with YWCA.GC Executive Director LaVanda Brown ]
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 01.08.20
• 2020 MLK Celebration keynote speakers & theme announced 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 01.07.20
• The power-boosting impact of YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Charleston magazine, December 2019
• Law enforcement officials to discuss racial equity in Charleston's criminal justice system 
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 08.12.19
• South Carolina memos & distinctions 
  | Post and Courier, 08.12.19
• 95% of teachers at Sanders-Clyde Elementary to take world-renowned Racial Equity Institute training to eliminate racism in and out of the classroom
  | Charleston Chronicle, 07.30.19
• Addressing racism in the community
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 07.19.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston welcomes incoming board
  | LowcountryBizSC, 07.08.19
• 50 years after Charleston hospital strike, disparities persist in wages, employment
  | Post and Courier, 06.30.19
• Center for Women shuts down; memberships will transfer to YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal, 06.10.19
• Longtime Charleston women's advocacy group closes doors, dissolves after 30 years; Center for Women memberships will transfer to YWCA Greater Charleston 
  | Post and Courier, 06.10.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches Toastmasters Art Edition for high school girls
  | Charleston Chronicle, 05.30.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches Toastmasters Art Edition for high school girls
  | LowcountryBizSC, 05.30.19
• Greater YWCA: What Women Bring power lunch
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 05.13.19
• YWCA.GC's LaVanda Brown on #WhatWomenBring and the Racial Equity Institute
  | Quintin's Close-Ups, 05.09.19
• North Charleston Police Department sets goal to send all officers through Racial Equity Institute 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 05.02.19
• North Charleston Police Department sets goal to send all officers through Racial Equity Institute 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 05.01.19
• NCPD participating in racial equity training
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 05.01.19
• Erica Taylor named a 2019 What Women Bring honoree 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 04.16.19
• Taylor named 2019 What Women Bring education honoree 
  | Moultrie News, 04.05.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces second annual What Women Bring event, honorees 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 04.03.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces second annual What Women Bring event, honorees
  | LowcountryBizSC, 04.03.19
• Djuanna Brockington has joined YWCA Greater Charleston as women's empowerment coordinator 
  | Post and Courier, 04.01.19
• Tina Singleton has joined YWCA Greater Charleston as social justice coordinator 
  | Post and Courier, 03.25.19
• Bring it on: Djuanna Brockington aims to help women make positive change in their lives
  | Skirt magazine, 03.2019
• Local teen civil rights activist speaks on unity throughout Charleston
  | Charleston Chronicle, 03.06.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches six new tech clubs for girls
  | Charleston Chronicle, 02.19.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches six new tech clubs for girls
  | LowcountryBizSC, 02.18.19
• YWCA Greater Charleston hires social justice and women's empowerment coordinators 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 02.12.19
• Who's on the Move in Charleston, SC: YWCA hires social justice & women's empowerment coordinators 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 02.11.19
• Red Dress Sundays are coming to Charleston to raise awareness about black women's heart health
  | Charleston Chronicle, 02.01.19
• MLK Day Parade
  | Moultrie News, 01.22.19
• 2019 MLK Day Parade coverage with TV anchor Carolyn Murray & YWCA.GC's LaVanda Brown
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.21.19
• Charleston's annual MLK Celebration honors King's life, legacy of combatting racism 
  | Post and Courier, 01.20.19
• Everyday Hero: Christine Osburn Jackson 
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.20.19
• Press room: 2019 MLK Celebration award recipients announced 
  | Black Press USA, 01.20.19
• 2019 MLK Celebration with host Sheree Bernardi 
  ​| Carolina Perspective: Magic 107.3, Z93 JAMZ, 95SX, WIWF 96.9, and WTMA AM, 01.20.19
• MLK Parade & Youth Poetry Slam with WCBD News 2's Olivia Parsons 
  |  NBC WCBD News 2 Morning News, 01.19.19​
• ​Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade to close some downtown Charleston roads Monday 
  | Post and Courier, 01.19.19
• YWCA announces 2019 MLK award recipients 
  ​| City of Charleston Neighborhood News, 01.18.19
• 10 ways to spend your weekend in Charleston 
  |  Post and Courier, 01.17.19
• ​YWCA Greater Charleston announces 2019 MLK Celebration award recipients 
  ​| Charleston Chronicle, 01.16.19 
• 2019 MLK Celebration award recipients announced 
  ​| LowcountryBizSC, 01.16.19
• Charleston YWCA's 10 days honoring MLK start Tuesday, on what would be King's 90th birthday 
  ​| Charleston City Paper, 01.14.19
• 47th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration kickoff 
  ​| ABC News 4, 01.14.19
• King Day events in Charleston to continue January 17 
  ​| Charleston Currents, 01.14.19
• Faith & Values Calendar: MLK Celebration 
  | Post and Courier, 01.13.19
• YWCA's MLK tribute a wide-reaching 10-day series of events 
  | Post and Courier, 01.12.19
• YWCA 47th Annual MLK Celebration 
  ​| CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 01.11.19 
• 2019 MLK Celebration with Fox 24's Leyla Gulen 
  ​| Fox 24 News Now, 01.10.19
• 2019 MLK Celebration with WCBD News 2's Brad Franko 
  ​| NBC WCBD News 2 Midday News, 01.07.19
• 2019 MLK Celebration with ABC News 4's Tom Crawford  
  | ABC News 4 Lowcountry Live, 01.07.19
• 2019 MLK Business & Professional Breakfast 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.07.19
• Call for young poets: register now for the MLK Youth Poetry Slam 
  | Charleston City Paper, 01.07.19
• 'Tis the season for giving 
  | Charleston Chronicle, 12.21.18
• 2019 MLK Celebration Keynote Speakers & Theme Announced 
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.19.18
• 2019 MLK Celebration keynote speakers and theme announced 
  ​| Charleston Chronicle, 12.18.18
• YWCA Greater Charleston named November Nonprofit of the Month by the City of Charleston
  | City of Charleston, 12.14.18
• International fellow helps high school girls prepare for successful careers at YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Black Press USA, 11.18.18
• International fellow helps high school girls prepare for successful careers at YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Charleston Chronicle, 11.18.18
• International fellow helps high school girls prepare for successful careers at YWCA Greater Charleston
  | LowcountryBizSC, 11.15.18
• Close-up on YWCA Greater Charleston (video)
  | Quintin's Close Ups, 09.06.18
• Non Profit Minute: LaVanda Brown, YWCA Greater Charleston (video)
  | LowcountryBizSC, 09.04.18 
• YWCA Greater Charleston joins new tri-county partnership to help children of color
  | Charleston Chronicle, 08.09.18
• City opens homeless resource center in partnership with YWCA Greater Charleston, others
  | Charleston Regional Business Journal, 07.03.18
• City of Charleston, YWCA Greater Charleston, and partners cut ribbon on homeless daytime resource center
  | Post and Courier, 06.29.18
• New daytime center for the homeless is trying to have it all: one stop shop
  | Charleston City Paper, 06.27.18
• Call to action on third anniversary of Emanuel AME tragedy
  | Post and Courier, 06.16.18
• New Charleston center to offer daytime services, refuge for homeless, LGBT youth 
  | Post and Courier, 06.06.18
• #WhatWomenBring headed to Charleston
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 05.07.18
• A conversation about #WhatWomenBring
  | Box in the Morning radio show, 05.02.18 (go to 2:06:09)
• #WhatWomenBring honoree Dr. Reshma Khan’s Story will inspire you
  | Skirt! magazine, May 2018
• Event honors professional women, discusses challenges
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 04.28.18
• Women professionals event
  | Post and Courier, 04.09.18
• What Women Bring
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 04.04.18
• YWCA Greater Charleston to host candlelight vigil honoring human trafficking victims
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 04.02.18
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces inaugural event for women professionals
  | LowcountryBizSC, 03.28.18
• Christine O. Jackson symbolic of YWCA Greater Charleston history
  | Charleston Chronicle, 03.21.18
• Three women in new leadership roles are empowering women to take charge and change the world | Skirt magazine, March 2018
• Girls Who Code
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 01.19.18
• What now After tributes to King?
  | Charleston Chronicle, 01.17.18
• Charleston’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade brings community together
  | Post and Courier, 01.15.18
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
  | ABC News 4, 01.12.18
• 10-day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tribute begins Sunday
  | ABC News 4, 01.06.18
• 2018 MLK Parade coverage: LaVanda Brown with news anchor Octavia Mitchell
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.15.18
• 2018 MLK Parade: MLK feature story, YWCA’s Antoinette Barnes
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.15.18
• 2018 MLK Parade: Burke High Band, Mayor John Tecklenburg
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.15.18
• Before the 2018 MLK Parade
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.15.18
• CEO of Charleston's African American museum speaks at MLK service: 'Protest, we all must'
  | Post and Courier, 01.14.18
• 2018 MLK Celebration Parade to be held Monday in downtown Charleston
  | News Talk 1250 AM WTMA, 01.13.18
• Catching up with Charleston’s poet laureate and MLK youth poetry emcee, Marcus Amaker
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.09.18
• Full weekend of events and beyond celebrates King legacy
  | Post and Courier, 01.11.18
• My Charleston weekend: MLK Parade & celebrations 
  | Post and Courier, 01.11.18
• Celebrants opting to stay in Charleston for King observances
  | Charleston Chronicle, 01.10.18 ​
• 2018 MLK Celebration update
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News at Noon, 01.11.18
• 2018 MLK Celebration update
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 01.08.18
• 46th Annual MLK Celebration
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 01.08.18
• Charleston’s interim police chief to lead 2018 MLK Parade
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.03.18
• Charleston’s MLK Celebration to mark its 46th year in 2018
  | Post and Courier, 01.03.18
• Keynote speakers revealed for 46th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
  | Charleston Chronicle, 12.22.17
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches second tech coding club for girls
  | Charleston Chronicle, 12.13.17
• 2018 MLK Celebration: one man, one dream, together we achieve
  | Fox 24 News Now, 11.28.17
• YWCA Greater Charleston’s international fellow to empower women in South Asia
  | LowcountryBizSC, 11.28.17
• Charleston-area hires & promotions: Melissa Calcutt joins YWCA Greater Charleston
  | Post and Courier, 10.30.17
• Charleston's YWCA marks 110-year anniversary
  | Charleston Chronicle, 10.25.17
• 100 Charleston-area leaders to be honored at event marking 50th anniversary of MLK's death
  | Post and Courier, 10.21.17
• The Citadel partners with YWCA Greater Charleston to win racial equity grants
  | The Citadel Campus Newsroom, 08.17.17
• At Charleston event, women of color find ways to forge path to politics
  | Post and Courier, 07.25.17
• YWCA Greater Charleston speed networking event (career workshop)
  | NBC WCBD News 2, 07.16.17
• YWCA Greater Charleston announces incoming board
  | LowcountryBizSC, 06.02.17
• The girls from Charleston’s first Girls Who Code club
  | CBS TV: Bounce Around Charleston, 05.11.17
• MLK Parade draws hundreds
  | Charleston Chronicle (page 2), 01.18.17
• Crump delivers stirring message at MLK Celebration service
  | Charleston Chronicle (page 3), 01.18.17
• History has its eyes on us; what will we be judged on?
  | Charleston Chronicle (page 4), 01.18.17
• Charleston Branch NAACP President Dot Scott awarded Harvey Gantt Award
  | Charleston Chronicle (page 5), 01.18.17
• Awards given as professionals honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 01.17.17
• MLK events continue with awards breakfast
  | ABC 4 News, 01.17.17
• Lowcountry events celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 01.16.17
• Charleston to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with annual parade
  | CBS WCSC Live 5 News, 01.16.17
• Attorney Ben Crump to outline a path forward for civil rights in keynote at oldest and largest MLK Day event
  | Westside Gazette, 01.16.17
• Attorney Ben Crump during MLK keynote: only a just America will be a truly great America
  | Huffington Post, 01.15.17
• Speaker at MLK ecumenical service: America must be just to be great
  | Post and Courier, 01.15.17
• Crump plans challenge to president in MLK speech
  | Tallahassee Democrat, 01.13.17
• MLK Celebration preview
  | 105.5 FM Box in the Morning radio show, 01.12.17
• MLK Celebration Monday includes parade, youth poetry slam
  | Post and Courier, 01.12.17
• Love Is stronger: MLK Celebration
  | Post and Courier, 01.12.17
• YWCA Greater Charleston MLK Celebration
  | ABC News 4, 01.11.17
• Son of Mother Emanuel Victim to lead MLK Parade; MLK award winners announced
  | LowcountryBizSC, 01.11.17
• MLK Celebration to include ecumenical service, parade, youth events
  | Post and Courier, 01.08.17
• A celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  | Fox 24 News Now, 01.07.17
• Chris Singleton named YWCA Greater Charleston MLK Parade marshal
  | ABC News 4, 01.06.17
• 2017 MLK Celebration theme, keynote speakers announced
  | LowcountryBizSC, 12.19.16
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches after-school coding club for girls
  | Post and Courier, 11.24.16
• YWCA Greater Charleston launches tech coding club for middle school girls
  | LowcountryBizSC, 11.14.16

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ABOUT YWCA.GC

For 116 years, YWCA Greater Charleston has worked to eliminate racism and empower women in South Carolina's Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties.

Among its initiatives to eliminate racism are its multi-day MLK Celebration, one of the city’s longest running events; annual Stand Against Racism; and Racial Equity & Inclusion workshops equipping local leaders and laypeople to address racism.

Among its initiatives to empower women and girls are its annual What Women Bring event, attended by hundreds to empower South Carolina’s women in business, community, and culture; WE 360°, helping women of color overcome barriers in entrepreneurship; and other programs; Y Girls Code, technology clubs for girls which it pioneered in the Charleston area; and SheStrong program empowering young women in high school to develop as social advocates and changemakers.

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