In this continued season of change, YWCA has made the difficult decision to close the Social Justice Program (SJP) on June 30th. Our SJP was the largest provider of accessible social justice education and training services in Oregon and filled over 3,000 seats for our incredible social justice workshops per year. We covered topics from sexism and domestic violence to racism, poverty, sex and gender, and more.

We all did our best in every workshop to provide our communities with knowledge, skills, strategies, and tools to create the changes they want to see in their lives. And although SJP’s doors are closing, social justice work will carry on through every participant who has joined our workshops. YWCA of Greater Portland is honored to have served and educated so much of our community over the past 12 years, and we look forward to continuing that work in different avenues.

We’re grateful for every participant, organization, and facilitators who were part of our Social Justice workshops, and we know you’ll continue that work in our community and beyond.

Stay tuned for details on the incredible facilitators who made our Social Justice Program workshops possible! We hope you will consider working with these talented educators to continue your social justice learning.