YWCA Glendale and YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley Join Forces to Become YWCA Glendale and Pasadena

As we close out Women's History Month, we have exciting news to share with you! After a year of running joint girls’ empowerment programs, YWCA Glendale and YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley are officially joining forces to become YWCA Glendale and Pasadena.

The structure of this formal, long-term relationship is designed to further each organization’s commitment to serving women and children in the cities of Glendale and Pasadena, while strengthening our capacity and sustainability. YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley will become a subsidiary of YWCA Glendale, and as the parent organization, YWCA Glendale has changed its name to YWCA Glendale and Pasadena. The two organizations will have fully integrated leadership, operations, and programming under Tara Peterson, Chief Executive Officer.

This decision was made after a year of thoughtful and strategic exploration funded by the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative which included feedback from our constituents and key stakeholders. This new chapter in our collective 211 years of service will be one in which we successfully expand the reach and impact of our trailblazing gender equity and racial justice work in Glendale, Pasadena, and beyond. YWCA Glendale’s Domestic Violence programs (serving survivors throughout LA County), Girls’ Empowerment, and Racial Justice programs will continue to operate from our Glendale location and YWCA Pasadena’s Girls’ Empowerment programs will continue to operate in Pasadena. 

The demand for our programs and services has never been greater. Together, we will advance YWCA’s bold mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Together, we will get up and continue to do the work until injustice is rooted out, until institutions are transformed, and until the world sees women, girls, and people of color the way we do: Equal. Powerful. Unstoppable. 

With hope and possibility,
Valerie Merritt                      
Board President, YWCA Glendale      
Angeline Chen
Board President, YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley
735 East Lexington Drive
Glendale, CA 91206
Phone: 1-(818) 242-4155
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