YWCA St. Louis

Shelly Tochluk’s book “Witnessing Whiteness” is a tool white St. Louisans have used for more than a decade to explore white racial identity and racism’s impacts. Tochluk discusses the purpose of her newest book, “Being White Today.”

“The world doesn’t operate for everybody the way we often think that it does,” said author Shelly Tochluk on Thursday’s St. Louis on the Air.The author of…

Conversations about race shouldn’t be uncomfortable. It should be like falling in love, said Amy Hunter, director of racial justice at the YWCA of Metro…

The YWCA has been involved in social justice issues for about 150 years, but many people still don’t know the organization’s mission, CEO Dara…

There’s no “typical” abuser. There’s no “typical” victim. Domestic violence and sexual abuse happen everywhere.“It doesn’t matter what you drive, what you…

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