Word: ywca
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coats thesis notwithstanding, many of the nonprofit groups that work with children have rallied to Edelman's call. Her Stand for Children has been endorsed by almost 3,000 organizations. Thousands of Girl Scouts are expected to attend, as well as thousands more teachers and members of the ywca and the ymca. The latter group, which serves 17 million children and families, and whose leadership is generally conservative, has gone out of its way to avoid the politics associated with the rally. "We hope not to be sidetracked by who is calling this event," says Y public-policy senior associate...
...through her father's efforts that the princess found her prince. Izquierdo took parenting classes at the local ywca, and he enrolled one-year-old Elisa in the Y's Montessori preschool. She was a favorite pupil. Says the school's then director, Phyllis Bryce: "She was beautiful, radiant. She had an inner strength and a lot of potential for growth." So fond of both father and daughter were the Montessori staff members that when Izquierdo fell behind on tuition, they recommended his daughter to Prince Michael of Greece...
...Cantabrigians demonstrated their concerns to city leaders at the community forum held at the Central Square YWCA...
...Voices Louder Than Words," sponsor of the benefit, is a nonprofit organization inspired by the book of the same name. The $12,000 raised from last night's benefit will go to the Cambridge YWCA Homeless Family Residence Program, the Family-to-Family project, and the Somerville Homeless Coalition...