"Since you are so black, you can undergo surgery without anesthesia" said the doctor to Elena Hinestroza in Colombia several years ago. Dialogues on Race organized by the Coalition of Colombian/US YMCAs #UbuntuYMCA21 Advancing Equity at the Y YMCA Colombia

"I overcome racism working on the 'minga': finding our collective goals, organizing our people, speaking up & singing with our strong voices" You can hear Elena Hinestroza's Integración Pacífica at spoti.fi/3n6wOYN. Dialogues on Race #UbuntuYMCA21 Advancing Equity at the Y

#EMLE2021 - huge congratulations to Dave of Capital Dist. YMCA on being 1 of 2 co-recipients of the #CarlosSanveeLegacyAward 2021 - demonstrating a career-long commitment to #Equity, #Inclusion and #GlobalEngagement. You inspire! #RekindleTheFlame

‘You CANNOT have climate justice without equity and sustainability for all people.’ YMCA Ambassador @RachelNixseaman at New York Times Events #NYTClimateHub alongside Katie Reid, Children's Parliament. #YMCACOP26

‘Too often, we talk about the climate crisis in a way that excludes most people’ - Kumi Naidoo Fantastic to join today’s panel with speakers from World YMCA about climate justice and its links to human rights. #YMCACOP26 #extremehangoutCOP26 diana Ylli Alija Mair Kelly

World YMCA youth ambassadors from YMCA Ireland YMCA YMCA Honolulu discussing with Kumi Naidoo the challenges of moral courage, human rights and climate justice One Young World COP26 @GlobalTomV

Join us at The Extreme Hangout EXTREME TODAY with One Young World for ‘The Power of Investing Youth-Led Solutions’ at 5pm GMT with Rodrigo Puntriano, Alicia O’ Sullivan, Shakil Karim and Rebecca Nkunde. 🔴 Livestream at buff.ly/3kjITcl #YMCAYouthLedSolutions #YMCACOP26

We are working with YMCA Ukraine 🇺🇦, YMCA Europe and the World YMCA to help those being impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. Please consider donating to provide emergency support to YMCA Ukraine. ymca.org/Crisis-in-Ukra… #StandWithUkraine

Thank you World YMCA YMCA Perú YMCA Scotland Africa Alliance of YMCAs and East Jerusalem YMCA VTC for uniting and inspiring women from across the world to #BreakTheBias on #InternationalWomensDay during ymca Women's Leadership Resource Network's Amplify event.

Our colleagues from Volyn YMCA in Lutsk, Ukraine are making sure that the humanitarian aid and donations are reaching the Local Social Service Center, providing relief for children and their parents who are internally displaced. Donate if you can: buff.ly/3svkWn8

This is the embrace of Tudor from YMCA Romania , and Anastasia from #YMCA Karpaty, who have been working together and traveling to the Ukraine/Romania border from their towns to serve people in need, develop global leaders, and build communities that care for each other.

Bogdan is a student from Poltava, a town near Kharkiv-Ukraine. He arrived to Verkhovyna in early March where he felt welcome at YMCA-Карпати. He now volunteers helping other displaced people, and helps YMCA Karpaty with all their computer, technology and media needs.