ABOUT YWCA RICHMOND

YWCA Richmond is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

We transform lives by creating access to opportunities, strengthening resilience, and advancing equitable systems for lifelong success.

Our values are the fundamental beliefs by which we operate every day. They are the key to building a healthy culture where everyone feels trusted, safe, and supported. They are the essential principles that guide our behavior, our decisions, and our interactions.

• RESPECT: We value everyone’s identities, lived experiences, and perspectives. We will emphasize the dignity and humanity in all people and communities. We will actively challenge and interrupt racial and gender biases and stereotypes that further marginalize others and work to improve our cultural sensitivity.
• INTEGRITY:  We will behave in an honest and ethical manner in performing our duties to the best of our ability by setting high standards for performance and holding ourselves and each other accountable. We will work to build transparency and maintain confidence in our daily operations and decision making by providing open and honest communication.
• COLLABORATION: We will invest the time to build and strengthen relationships based on trust, mutual support, and equity. We recognize that partnership is critical to strengthening our community. We will respect the power of collaborative decision making and fully dedicate ourselves to advance our mission and support the long-term success of our employees, clients, families and community.
• INNOVATION: We will incorporate a trauma-informed and solution-focused lens to develop programs and services that advance our strategic goals to identify and eliminate barriers faced by individuals most impacted by racial and gender inequity. We will emphasize creativity, adapting to change and best practices to cultivate new ideas that transform lives, strengthen resilience, and create a path to equity and opportunity.