Young Women's Initiative Memphis Interest Form |
The Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis’ (WFGM) Young Women’s Initiative (YWI-Memphis) seeks to increase equal access to opportunity, economic security, safety, and leadership for and with young women of color. YWI-Memphis is focused on building leadership and advocacy for positive change with young women and girls of color ages 12-24.
YWAC is a key component of YWI-Memphis that creates a shared learning environment through a one-year leadership development program led by the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Partership with WFGM.
The Council will create a city-wide action plan to address the identified needs of young women and girls in Memphis. YWAC's work with philanthropy, community, government, and a cross-sector council of partners to identify key obstacles that their peers face and identify solutions that work toward systems changes.