YWCA Glendale & Pasadena is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
What We Do ↘
YWCA Glendale & Pasadena provides resources and support to survivors of domestic violence and their children, and through our education and prevention efforts we empower women, girls, and families to build healthy relationships, achieve self-sufficiency, and live free from violence.
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Ending Gender-Based Violence
Our Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Programs offer safety and healing to survivors as well as community education in order to break the cycle of violence. All services are provided at no cost and are available in English, Spanish, and Armenian.
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Empowering Girls
Our Girls' Empowerment Programs are designed to support young girls and those who identify with female development through evidence-based Healthy Relationship education, Girls Circle groups, and pathways to the future in STEAM learning opportunities.
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Advancing Racial Justice
Our Racial Justice programs address both individual and systemic forms of racial and gender inequities through advocacy, education, and policy change. We are a proud supporter and founder of the annual Glendale Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Gathering as part of the Coalition for an Anti-Racist Glendale.
Our Programs ↘
YWCA Glendale & Pasadena provides resources and support to survivors of domestic violence and their children, and through our education and prevention efforts we empower women, girls, and families to build healthy relationships, achieve self-sufficiency, and live free from violence.
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Domestic Violence Housing Support
Financial aid, housing support, and long-term planning assistance to secure stable living.
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Domestic Violence Supportive Services
Survivor support programs and therapy offerings to ensure short and long-term success.
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Violence Prevention Education
Teaching the community to resist violence through skills for healthy, non-violent interactions.
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Girls’ Empowerment Program - TechGYRLS®
Coding, Robotics, and Simple Circuitry Workshops and STEAM 1:1 Mentorship and Tutoring
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Girls’ Empowerment Program - Camp Rosie
Empowering 6th-9th grade girls with a week of STEAM, arts, life skills, and leadership training.
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Girls’ Empowerment Program - Girls' Circle
Girls’ Circle boosts strengths & connections using a proven, structured support model.
Join the Circle ↘
Named after YWCA’s signature color, The Persimmon Donor Circle is a special group of caring individuals. Become part of a community of engaged supporters creating change for survivors for just $42 per month.
Benefits of being a YWCA member include:
Receive invitations to private Persimmon events
Receive curated updates and sneak peeks into program expansions, trends, and innovations
Listed on our website, annual report, and event materials
Receive two tickets to our annual Women for Racial Justice Breakfast and a full-page ad in the event program book
Receive two tickets to our annual Heart & Excellence Luncheon and a full-page ad in the event program book
Option to use four tickets for one event
Reach Out ↘
YWCA Glendale & Pasadena provides direct services, empowerment programming, and advocacy to support marginalized individuals and families, especially women and girls of color, while working to challenge structural barriers to equity.
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I Need Help
All services are free to the client and available in English, Spanish, and Armenian.
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I Want To Help
Become part of an extraordinary collective of YWCA supporters who consistently power our work in the community through your investment of time, resources, and care for the women and girls in our community.
Community Impact ↘
In 2023 alone, we managed to empower more than 2,500 women and girls through our emergency domestic violence shelter, mental health, legal support, social service, and girls' empowerment education and violence prevention programs, advancing our mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.
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Economic Advancement
YWCA’s employment training, career navigation, job search support, paid internships, and financial classes help low-wage workers build economic security.
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Homelessness & Housing
YWCA’s eviction prevention, rental assistance, affordable housing, and basic needs programs, such as food and hygiene, help low-income households find stability.
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Safety & Health Access
YWCA’s emergency shelter for DV survivors, health access programs, and gender-based violence advocacy help protect the well-being of women and families.
2,145
Domestic Violence Survivors and Children served
70%
of Shelter Residents secured transitional housing
4,058
Shelter bed nights provided
$130,000+
of financial assistance was provided to 289 households
75,436
Meals provided to 102 women and children living in shelter
What’s Happening
The latest updates from YWCA Glendale & Pasadena
It Takes Courage
We create real change. Every day.
Thank you for your interest in supporting our direct services for survivors of domestic violence and their children. Your tax-deductible donation allows us to provide survivors with the services needed to ensure their safety and security, implement violence prevention and STEAM education programming for girls, and support our Coalition for an Anti-Racist Glendale in advancing racial justice and systemic change.
$50
Provide critical support for our mission.
$250
One month of meals for a family in our shelter
$500
25 hours of trauma-informed childcare
$1500
1 week / teen dating violence prevention education