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YWCA Central Maine participates in Leadership Learning Exchange for Equity 

LEWISTON — YWCA Central Maine Chief Executive Officer Melanie LaMore Gagnon, board Chairwoman Karen Hayden and board secretary Jennifer Hogan were nominated this past year to participate in the recent Maine Community Foundation’s Leadership Learning Exchange for Equity. The experience involved a series of powerful conversations among white Maine leaders reflecting on racism, whiteness and […]

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UScellular donates $112,600 in wireless hot spots and service to YWCA Central Maine’s After School Access Project

LEWISTON — UScellular has donated 100 wireless hot spots and two years of service to the YWCA Central Maine as part of its After School Access Project. More than 40 million people in the United States lack reliable access to high-speed internet, leaving to youth lacking proper internet access. The project provides free mobile hot […]

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YWCA announces new professional development program

LEWISTON — YWCA Central Maine recently announced a new workforce development program beginning in 2023. YW Strive is a free, 11-week professional certificate course aimed at serving the unemployed and underemployed in Maine. YW Strive is designed to provide participants with critical digital literacy and workforce skills while also helping them explore and refine personal […]