S1E15: Driving Social Change in Atlanta: How the YWCA is Breaking Barriers and Empowering Women’s Voices (Danita Knight & Sooraya Williams, YWCA of Greater Atlanta)

How can safe spaces, digital literacy and community-driven programs reshape the future for young women in Atlanta’s hardest-to-reach communities? In this episode of Think Bigger Voices, host Jennie Treby sits down with Danita Knight and Sooraya Williams of YWCA Greater Atlanta to explore how the organization is breaking down barriers and expanding access to opportunity. Grounded in three core areas - advocacy and safety, health and wellness, and education and economic empowerment - the YWCA’s mission is about creating pathways to empowerment with programs like TGI Teens and the newly reimagined Phillis Wheatley Center. They discuss how TGI Teens equips young girls with coding, digital literacy and problem-solving skills, empowering them to design solutions for real challenges in their own lives. At the Phillis Wheatley Center, women and families will be able to access wellness and empowerment classes, such as cooking and gardening to exercise and financial literacy - all in an environment that amplifies their voices rather than prescribes their futures. Listen in to learn: ● How YWCA Greater Atlanta has been guiding women and teens to recognize that they hold their future in their hands - for over 120 years! ● Why listening to girls’ voices and letting them build solutions to their own challenges creates lasting resilience. ● How practical tools, digital literacy and community support are creating ripples of change and building stronger, more connected communities across Atlanta. ● Why parent engagement is key to building lasting confidence and resilience for their daughters and themselves. The YWCA Greater Atlanta proves that empowerment isn’t about handing women and girls a script - it’s about giving them the opportunity, access and confidence to write their own. Links: YWCA Greater Atlanta Think Big for Kids More about Danita Knight and Sooraya Williams Danita Knight Sooraya Williams About host Jennie Treby Jennie Treby on LinkedIn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.