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Schedule your check-up for Monday, May 13!
Next Monday is National Women’s Checkup Day! When was the last time you went in to see the doctor? Has it been a while? Go on – go ahead and schedule an appointment with your doctor for a check up or...
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YWCA Walks!
Angelina Jolie recently revealed her choice to have a preventive double mastectomy, she spoke powerfully about the need for all women to have access to lifesaving early detection and preventative...
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Christina’s Story: “HIV’s New Normal”
On Tuesday, May 28, Seattle Weekly published “HIV’s New Normal,” an article about Christina Rock, a woman living in Seattle and living with HIV. Here’s an excerpt of Seattle Weekly‘s article: Christina...
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June 29: 15th Annual Rainbow Women’s Health Fair!
Free massage? Free yoga? Free mammograms, pap tests, acupuncture, and more – all in an LBTQ-friendly setting? Yes, please! Come by All Pilgrims Church at Republican and Broadway between noon and 4pm...
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15th Annual Rainbow Health Fair
For fifteen years, the Rainbow Women’s Health Fair has offered access to health information and health care services to Seattle’s LBTQ community. Last weekend, the health fair was held at All Pilgrims...
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Stella Steps Out! Again!
On Thursday, September 12, BABES Network-YWCA will host our third Stella Steps Out! – an annual fundraiser supporting women living with HIV and their family members. We hope you’ll join us! Don’t miss...
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The Intersection of Race and Gender: It’s Our Mission
The YWCA Seattle | King County | Snohomish County is one YWCA of many. Together with YWCA USA and YWCAs across the country, we are dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace,...
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The Tenth Month of the Year!
As leaves start to change into their autumn array of colors and the sun settles earlier in the day, we shift our moods from cook outs, water activities and the sun’s splendor, to football games, leaf...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Action!
Over the course of 2013, YWCA Women’s Health Outreach will have coordinated and hosted 28 mobile screening events in King County, bringing essential mammogram and pap test screenings to women who are...
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The Storm after THE STORM
New Orleans has always been rich with history, culture, and music. I think of it as a favorable blend of people from all genres of life. These are the images I have from growing up in New Orleans prior...
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Cervical Health Awareness Month
Ladies, when was the last time you had a Pap test? About 79 million Americans currently have HPV (human papillomavirus), the most common sexually transmitted disease. HPV is a major cause of cervical...
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Self-Care & Society
When you hear the phrase self-care, what are your first thoughts on the topic? Do images of being massaged, soaking in a hot tub or walking on the beach come to mind? Or would you see yourself working...
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Signing up for Health Insurance this Month
You may have heard: March 31st is the last day to purchase health insurance through the Washington State Health Benefit Exchange in 2014. We’ll still be able to enroll in WA Apple Health (Medicaid)...
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The Personal is Political: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today – March 10 – is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Liz Brosnan is the Executive Director of Christie’s Place, a long-time partner of and friend to BABES Network-YWCA. She recently...
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Who Do You Inspire?
What women have inspired you? What women have you inspired? Every spring, the YWCA holds our three annual luncheons. This is a time when thousands of women from all walks of life gather to share a...
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Speaking out on Seattle’s gender pay gap
On Monday, Patricia Hayden and Marilyn P. Watkins published an op-ed on The Stranger‘s blog, The Slog. YWCA Health Access believes that economic security has a direct impact on the health and wellness...
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How does our trauma impact our health?
It’s May! This month not only do we recognize National Women’s Health Week, but we also honor and celebrate mothers. As I watch news updates on the status of the Nigerian young women being held...
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To be cured of HIV
For about a year, there has been much discussion about the possibility of a cure for HIV. Visit POZ’s website to learn more about the many different aspects to this conversation. For BABES...
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16th Annual Rainbow Health Fair!
We are so excited to host the 16th annual Rainbow Health Fair on Saturday, June 28,from 1-5pm at All Pilgrims Church on Broadway and Republican at the Capitol Hill Pride Festival. At the Rainbow Health...
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In June, there’s a health fair on Broadway
Filed under: Women's Health Outreach Tagged: 2014, Breast Cancer, Breast Health, Community, Education, Health, Health Care, Health Fair, King County, LBT, LBTQ, Mammogram, Pride, Seattle, Women,...
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