Who We Are↘
For 125 years, YWCA has helped women, children and families in Nashville and Middle Tennessee build safer, more self-sufficient lives.
We work to bring out the individual strengths of women and youth and to foster resiliency and self-sufficiency. Our philosophy, in keeping with the mission of the YWCA to empower women and families, centers on providing the skills and confidence needed to succeed.
YWCA is proud to be the oldest and largest women’s movement, providing services for women and their families in our community. Our local programs and services have furthered the YWCA vision of peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people since 1898. Over the past 125 years, programs have evolved and have included educational and employment classes for women, teen clubs, community dialogue groups to discuss race relations, and most recently career, youth empowerment, and advocacy programming.
To empower women and eliminate racism, we must meet our clients where they are most vulnerable and provide the compassion and services that place them on a path to self-sufficiency and success. Our vision is that all women and their families can achieve their full potential in a world without discrimination. This requires a focus on the future, anticipating the needs of our clients, and creating innovative solutions to the problems they most often face – unsafe living conditions, poverty, discrimination, and under- or unemployment.
We are evolving our services to meet the changing needs of our clients today and in the future.
