You Can Make a Difference Joyce Stein was instrumental in creating programs to help empower women – starting at the then YWCA in 1973. In that year, the YWCA worked with female Job Corps members experiencing harassment as they came to Boise looking for work. With a focus on female empowerment and eliminating sexism, the […]
Transformation Takes Time A story told by one of WCA’s Clinical Staff — I will be referring to my client today as “Briana” to protect her confidentiality. As a clinician at the WCA, I work with clients both at our safe shelter and out in the community, and sometimes I have the chance to work with […]
WHAT??? Back to school already? While it seems we are in the midst of an endless summer, our Volunteer Coordinator has already spent weeks organizing our Back to School program. This unique program helps support our clients and their school-age children as they get ready to begin a new school year. While there is so […]
It Happens Here Boise is such a wonderful community that many who live here have no idea that human trafficking occurs in our state. Hard as it is to comprehend, human trafficking takes many different forms. Still, the one consistent thing is that a human being loses their rights and identity and is forced to […]
