YWCA Greater Pittsburgh is pleased to have been awarded a grant from the OpenAI Foundation to support the thoughtful implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to strengthen our work.

Read about what we’ve been up to recently at YWCA GP.

Thank you for joining us at the 5th Annual Equity Awards, and congratulations again to the 2025 Awardees! We loved connecting with so many wonderful guests and growing our community. View event photos and a keynote video from the event below.

From the PPG Foundation’s generous support of our STEM Impact program to PPG volunteers assembling over 300 STEM kits, we are grateful for this impactful partnership!

For more than 20 years, YWCAs across the U.S. have set aside one week in October as a Week Without Violence—an initiative to raise awareness of the realities of gender-based violence and to encourage action with the goal of ending harm against women and girls everywhere. This year’s theme is Safe Beginnings: Protecting Mothers, Nurturing Futures.

Content warning: The video featured in this article includes discussion of gender-based violence.

This year's Summer Camp, which saw a 35% increase in enrollment, successfully introduced STEM concepts to campers ages 3 to 8.

Celebrated annually from September 15 - October 15, Hispanic Heritage Month is a dedicated time to uplift the histories and cultures of Hispanic and Latine communities. In honor of this observance, we’re looking back at just a few of the many significant moments and movements from throughout the history of Latine activism in the U.S.

In preparation for the upcoming school year, we needed help moving Early Learning classroom furniture and supplies to a new floor of our Homewood Education Center. FedEx volunteers stepped up to lend their expertise in transportation and logistics, completing the project with impressive speed and efficiency!

YWCA GP joins our sister organizations as ONE YWCA with the goal of educating the public and elected officials on the importance of keeping our programming across the U.S. accessible, sustainable, and funded.

It’s Disability Pride Month, an “annual observance in July that celebrates people with disabilities, commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and promotes disability culture and visibility.” In honor of this special observance, we’re studying up on the Disability Pride flag and some key figures who paved the way for the passage of the ADA, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary this year.

Congratulations to our 2025 Pre-K graduates, and thank you to our volunteers from Google who helped make the day a success!

If you’re a mother, you may have heard of the “motherhood tax” or “motherhood penalty”—and, even if you haven’t heard of this “tax,” you may still be paying it.

Raise awareness of Black Women's Equal Pay Day with our new, ready-to-use toolkit featuring graphics and text to share with your networks.

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and this year’s theme is “A Legacy of Leadership and Resilience.” We're honoring this observance by taking a look back at AANHPI Pittsburgh history, finding local opportunities to honor Asian and Pacific Islander heritage, and uplifting present-day AANHPI history-makers.

If you missed this year’s YWCA Racial Justice Challenge, we’ve collected some highlights from across our 4 weeks of content for you to browse!

Browse photos from our first Community Building Mixer!

The CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) passed the PA House in March of 2025. Now, it’s up to the state Senate to bring it to the floor for a vote.