by Melissa Kempf | Dec 30, 2020 | News
On February 25, 2021 Taking Action on Women’s Homelessness hosted our first ever virtual Community Symposium Addressing Women’s Homelessness to hear how we together can help women experiencing homelessness in St. Thomas-Elgin! Taking Action on Women’s...
by Melissa Kempf | Aug 26, 2020 | Keep a Roof Stories, Stories, Supportive Housing Adult Stories
A reflection of the Housing Supports offered through the YWCA. Struggling with generational poverty, abuse and addictions, at age 48 Lisa was referred to the YWCA St. Thomas Elgin by her continuing education teacher. Lisa was trying to make changes in an environment...
by Melissa Kempf | Aug 19, 2020 | News
Released August 19, 2020 – St.Thomas We often think of housing and homelessness as a big city issue, but homelessness does not discriminate, and occurs in small communities like ours every day. Experiences for those being homeless or at risk of homeless are...
by Melissa Kempf | Jul 29, 2020 | News
Released July 28, 2020 – Toronto On every front, the COVID-19 pandemic has eroded hard-fought gains to gender equity. From massive layoffs to increased unpaid work to the rise of domestic violence, women have been disproportionately impacted by the health and...
by Melissa Kempf | Jun 10, 2020 | News
There Comes A Time When Silence is Betrayal. Martin Luther King Jr. These are stressful and soul searching times as we think about how we can be part of the solution to ending systemic racism . We have watched the heart wrenching images and been witness to the...
