Vision 2025
Our vision is to advance equity and justice for all through whole person health.
YMCA of Greater Seattle: Vision 2025
Our vision is to advance equity and justice for all through whole person health with a trauma-informed wellness approach, taking into account a person’s past and present life experiences, to promote healing and belonging. We hypothesize that by taking a holistic approach to individual health for all, centering ourselves to become an antiracist organization, and driving necessary systems change (starting with ourselves), we can produce more equitable outcomes for all, especially Black, Indigenous & People of Color (BIPOC), as well as, other marginalized youth, families, older adults and communities, to develop their full potential.
Walk with us, join us in this critical work, and help us support youth and foster stronger communities for all. Learn more about Vision 2025 and how you can help by volunteering, giving, raising awareness, committing to your own personal journey of learning, and more.
Vision 2025 seeks to:
Center Equity & Justice for All
We actively promote a culture free from bias and injustice - we are committed to becoming an anti-racist organization and centering our work around active and disciplined efforts to disrupt multi-dimensional aspects of racism, starting with ourselves.
Attend to Whole Person Health for All
We embrace and deploy a holistic approach to health and wellness, and integrate our programs and services to address all aspects of health to include physical, mental & emotional, social/relational, spiritual/cultural, and community well-being.
Drive Systems Change to Build Equitable Systems
We drive systems change through our programs and advocacy by removing barriers to access and creating enabling conditions for the communities we serve. We seek to disrupt and re-imagine systems that have produced harm and inequitable outcomes, particularly for BIPOC and other marginalized and underserved communities.
Recover Strategically & Equitably
With the context of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism and the clarion call for equity and justice for all, we will approach our financial, programmatic, and organizational recovery grounded in the needs of our diverse and varied communities.
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How to Get Involved
Join us in this critical work to advance equity and justice for all.
Invest in Youth
We need your partnership and support as we work to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind, and body.
Give Your Time
Volunteering at the Y is a rewarding and fun way to start advancing equity and justice for all. There are many ways to contribute, no matter the interests or schedules.
Walk With the Y
You can help empower youth through self-education, advocacy campaigns, sharing knowledge, writing civic leaders, and helping reach out to youth who are in need.
Do Work That Matters
Work for the Y and you'll lift up community while doing work that matters alongside amazing, driven, and passionate Y staff and volunteers. Apply today!
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STAY ENGAGED WITH THE Y
More Ways to Give
There are many ways to make a difference through the Y: Make a pledge, donate stock, volunteer, or learn about planned giving and matching gifts!
Your Impact
Many hands help community at the Y, from staff who counsel youth experiencing homelessness, and volunteers who help give out meals, to donors who empower the Y to reach more people in need. Learn more about your impact as a Y supporter.
Join the Y!
With a shared commitment to nurturing the potential of kids, improving health and well-being, and supporting our neighbors, your membership will not just bring about meaningful change in yourself, but also in your community.
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