Stand Against Racism

Join us in our mission of eliminating racism and help us raise awareness about the impact of institutional and structural racism during our national Stand Against Racism campaign.

Every day, we take a Stand Against Racism by raising awareness about the impact of institutional and structural racism and by building community among those who work for racial justice. Now it’s your turn. We can’t do it alone.

Stand Against Racism Community Breakfast:

April 25, 2025 at 8 am, Polar Park, DCU Club

Yavilah McCoy, CEO of the diversity consulting group, DIMENSIONS Inc., will be the keynote speaker.

As women and Black women+ continue to face erasure, targeting, and the delegitimization of our leadership, work, and values at this time, join Yavilah McCoy in surveying the past, present, and future for shining examples of women of color who have paved the way for the values of equity, freedom, and democracy to be upheld in service of us all.

Working towards true racial justice takes all of us. Join us in advancing justice today and every day — until justice just is.

Sponsorship Opportunities Available.

Accessible communication for the deaf or hard of hearing is available, please contact events@ywcacm.org if this service is needed.

Registration:

Venue Information

Polar Park: 100 Madison Street , Worcester, MA 01608

Registration will start at 8:00 a.m. Upon arrival, please enter at Gate D for security check and take the elevator to 3rd floor.

Parking Information

Parking available at the Green Island Boulevard Garage or other alternative parking here.

Parking is the responsibility of each individual, and we are not liable for any towing due to unauthorized parking.

Event Speaker

Yavilah McCoy

Yaviah is the CEO of the Diversity consulting group DIMENSIONS Inc. Through Dimensions, Yavilah services an international portfolio of clients in the areas of Education, Philanthropy, and Social Justice. As an anti-racism activist with an international platform, Yavilah provides training and consulting to numerous social justice projects that span multiple identities and communities.
Yavilah serves on the steering committee of the national Women’s March and has been a core part of many large-scale national movement teams, bringing a uniquely intersectional perspective to the ongoing work of racial justice and collective liberation.  Yavilah is a pioneer of the Jewish diversity and equity movement and is an advocate and mentor for the empowerment of a transglobal community of Jews of Color. Yavilah was an inaugural recipient of the Spielberg Foundation’s Joshua Venture Fellowship and directed the launch of the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project for Combined Jewish Philanthropies and the Ruderman Family Foundation.
Yavilah also directed the Bronfman Philanthropy’s Curriculum Initiative in Boston, where she provided educational consultancy to 600 prep schools across the nation.  Yavilah was voted one of “16 Faith Leaders to Watch” by the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, is a certified coach for the Auburn Theological Seminary’s Pastoral Coach Training Program, and an inaugural fellow of the Sojourner Truth Leadership Circle.
Yavilah is a renowned national speaker, educator, and spiritual practitioner. In celebration of the musical traditions passed down to her from three generations of her African-American Jewish family, she is also the writer, producer and performer of the Jewish Gospel theatrical production “The Colors of Water.”

Take the YWCA Racial Justice Challenge

The YWCA Racial Justice Challenge is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. The Challenge works to foster personal reflection, encourage social responsibility, and motivate participants to identify and act on ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination.

This year, our racial justice campaign, Until Justice Just Is (UJJI), centers around the theme Equity in Action: Exposing Myths and Redefining Justice, and it will be based on the topics for the 2025 YWCA Racial Justice Challenge, which will be:
• Age Of Misinformation/Disinformation
• Interpersonal Racism
• The American Dream
• Racialization Of Crime

  • Join us in taking a #StandAgainstRacism today and every day! Accept the challenge and register here today.