24th Annual Woman of Excellence Awards Luncheon & Fundraiser
YWCA St. Joseph's 2025 Women of Excellence Awards Luncheon & Fundraiser will be hosted by local business owner and former Editor-in-Chief of Josephine Magazine, Jennifer Milbourne!!! Our esteemed guest speaker will be expert empowerer and 2024 Kansas City Woman of Impact Award Winner, Mary Messner!
The official list of 2025 nominees will be announced at an upcoming date. Event reservations are $50 per person and $500 per table of 10. Call us at 816-232-4481 during office hours to purchase seats. Considering becoming an event sponsor? Gold Level Sponsors and higher receive a full table at the luncheon included as one of the many sponsorship benefits.
SAAM Walk at Coleman Hawkins Park
Join us for a walk from the YWCA to Coleman Hawkins Park. Following the walk, a sexual assault survivor and native of St. Joseph will give her powerful testimony. Continue to join us as we hear a proclamation from the City of St. Joseph’s Mayor and learn about resources the YWCA offers to survivors.
Threads of Change Denim Day 2025
Wear Your Jeans, Show Your Support for Survivors.
Will your company sponsor everyone to wear jeans for this day?
Can you get them to allow jeans if you donate to YWCA St. Joseph?
Denim Day began in Italy in 1992 when a 45-year-old driving instructor raped an 18-year-old girl. Although initially convicted of rape and sentenced to jail, the sentence was overturned by the Italian Supreme Court because the victim was wearing very tight jeans, she would have had to help remove her jeans therefore making it consensual sex and not rape. In retaliation to this overturned verdict, women in the Italian Parliament launched a protest wearing jeans on the steps of the Supreme Court. Denim Day was brought to the US in 1999 when this protest inspired the California Senate and Assembly to do the same on the steps of the Capitol in Sacramento. Everyone should be wearing jeans to protest all of the myths about why women about why women and girls are raped.