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The YWCA is a home and a voice for women and their families in Cambridge. For more than fifty years we have offered safe places for kids to play and learn, courses to help women grow and develop, and support and advocacy for those in need. Through our child care centres, women's programs, youth programs, community events and public action, we raise women's issues and work to end violence and poverty.
 
Root of Empathy (ROE) is an evidence-based program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression among school children while raising social and emotional competence and increasing empathy. The program reaches elementary children from Kindergarten to Grade 8. The mission of ROE is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults.
How do you grow a more caring society? You create better citizens, citizens who recognize that the needs of others are equal to their own. It’s simple really. Simple enough for the youngest children to learn. Basic enough for a baby to teach. That’s Roots of Empathy! The Kitchener-Waterloo/Cambridge YWCA Social Action and Advocacy Committee is pleased to offer our Woman's Guide To Housing, A Woman's Guide to Custody, Access and Support of Dependant Children and our newest publication A Woman's Guide to Building a Girl's Healthy Body Image and Self-Esteem. The guides offer comprehensive resources for community individuals, educators, parents, community agency staff and/or healthcare professionals To view the guides, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is available at no charge from Adobe's website. Power of Being a Girl Conference the YWCA Cambridge is proud to be hosting this special conference during our annual YWCA Week Without Violence. The Power of Being a Girl is an all girls conference, designed to focus on girls developmental needs in order to prevent violence amongst girls and women. All girls in grades 7 and 8 are invited to attend. The 2009 event will be held Monday October 19th, 9am - 3pm at Bingeman's Conference Centre. For advance information on this year's conference check out the flyer!
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