YWA at the California March for Life
By Emma Garrison, YWA Ambassador at College of the Sequoias On the steps of the California State Capitol building, I, alongside thousands of California citizens, gathered for a cause close to our hearts—the lives of unborn babies. On April 22, 2024, the Fourth Annual California March for Life was held to advocate for pro-life policies […]
Young Women for America Stands with Israel
“For Zion’s sake, I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.” Isaiah 62:1 Young Women for America (YWA) leaders all across the country have jumped into action upon hearing the news of the evil attacks against […]
How Should Christians Respond to the Push of Transgender Ideology?
By Shelby Gwinn, YWA Ambassador, Hampton, Georgia Christians are subjected to ungodly ideologies every day. The showcase of these in our society challenges our beliefs. One of these ideologies is transgenderism, which Dictionary.com defines as “possession of a gender identity that is not congruent with the sex assigned at birth: often associated with, but not […]
Praying Psalm Ten Against Abortion
By Katie Kenlein, YWA Chapter President at Grove City College When we read the Psalms, David’s prayers and songs and pleas pull our hearts closer to God and help us remember that there is nothing new under the sun. As we mark one year since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision on that glorious June 24, […]
Dignity in Danger
By Hannah Faulkner, Young Women for America Chapter President in Rutherford County, Tennessee. On Sunday, June 18, my siblings and I were swimming at a local community center here in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, when we entered the bathroom to find a man posing as a woman undressing in the women’s locker room. We didn’t feel safe […]
On Mathematics and Biblical Womanhood
By Andrea Silvera, YWA Ambassador in Charlotte, North Carolina “It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” Sofia Kovalevskaya In the midst of the seemingly chaotic appearance of equations and solutions in mathematics, something extraordinary emerges: a vibrant choreography of logical sequences that rhyme with life. As a Christian and […]
Women Deserve Better than What the FDA Has Given Us
By Sara Smith, YWA Ambassador in North Dakota The case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been making headlines recently as a district court in Texas granted a stay of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone (a.k.a. the abortion pill). Though the Supreme Court has allowed mifepristone […]
In the Wake of Dobbs, What Can We Do?
By YWA Ambassador Sierra M. Welch at North Central University Recently, our country experienced an incredible Supreme Court decision which was the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. The Dobbs decision stated that “the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is […]
Save Women’s Sports with Riley Gaines and YWA Clemson
On Wednesday, April 19, the Young Women for America (YWA) Chapter at Clemson University hosted 12x NCAA All-American swimmer and Independent Women’s Forum Spokeswoman Riley Gaines to speak on the importance of keeping female sports for females only. Riley shared her experience of national titles and achievement recognition being stolen from her by male swimmer […]
YWA Leader-Athletes Mentioned by Epoch Times
In an article in The Epoch Times, YWA chapter president Chloe Satterfield and YWA ambassador Macy Petty were interviewed about experiences they have had as female athletes competing against male athletes in women’s sports competitions, as well as the advocacy work they’ve done on this topic: “People were protesting across the street from me and […]
The War We Must Wage to Save Our Babies
By YWA Ambassador Sierra M. Welch at North Central University 63,459,781 dead. And many, many more unaccounted for. We are witnessing the genocide of our most precious and vulnerable citizens under the banner of “Choice,” “Bodily Autonomy,” and “Women’s Rights.” Many in this country have traded cheap phrases for the lives of those given no […]
Two Flags We Ought to Fly
By Sierra M. Welch, YWA Ambassador at North Central University In the United States of America, we have the honor and privilege to live in a country that has been founded on the fundamental understanding that every human life has inherent meaning, worth, and value. Our constitution declares our right as individuals to peaceful protest, […]
We Don’t Need a Plan C
By Paige Nelson, YWA Ambassador Imagine yourself at twenty-years-old living on your college campus. After taking a pregnancy test, you are completely overwhelmed by the results and unable to face your new reality. In an attempt to find sanctuary and collect your thoughts, you wander into one of the bathroom stalls between classes. You can’t […]
Waiting for our Blessed Hope, I Will Stand for Life
By YWA Ambassador Sarah Prentice, State University of New York Brockport In American politics today, one of the most hot-button and contentious issues is abortion. Whether one is pro-choice or pro-life, a discussion about this topic is sure to ruffle everyone’s feathers. It can even be divisive among the Christian community. According to Pew Research […]
YWA Ambassador Testifies on Texas Girls’ Sports Bill
On March 13, 2023, Young Women for America Ambassador Noelle Fitchett testified in front of the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee Hearing on SB 15, a bill that would prohibit biological males from competing in female college athletics. From competing in soccer and dance in high school, as well as having three younger brothers, Noelle […]
YWA Testifies on Kansas Female Sports Bill
On March 6, 2023, Young Women for America (YWA) ‘s Southern Regional Coordinator Julia Campbell testified before the Kansas Senate Committee on Education Hearing in support of HB 2238, a bill presented to ensure that all athletes in female sports are indeed biological females. Though Julia is no longer an athlete, she did dance for […]
YWA Rutherford County Hosts Pro-Life Event
YWA Rutherford County Hosts Pro-Life Event On Monday, March 6, our Young Women for America (YWA) Rutherford County, Tennessee, chapter president Hannah Faulkner hosted a Culture of Life Banquet to highlight pro-life organizations, hear from pro-life speaker Victoria Robinson, and participate in a special offering for Portico, a local pregnancy center. More than seventy-five people, […]
Not Unto Death
By Sarah Merly, YWA Ambassador at Patrick Henry College Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, […]
Local Bookstore Hosts Book Reading with a Drag Queen
By Young Women for America Ambassador, Hannah Gebhardt On Saturday, February 11, local Morganton, North Carolina, business Adventure Bound Books hosted the Rainbow Readers Story Time event. The store invited young readers to “Join us as we welcome local Drag Queen Chloe Capri to the story time stage to read The You Kind of […]
YWA Leader Testifies on Virginia Girls’ Sports Bill
On January 30, 2023, Young Women for America Ambassador Halli Gravley testified before the Virginia House of Delegates Higher Education Subcommittee Hearing in support of HB 1387, a fairness in women’s sports bill. As a current female athlete on a college synchronized skating team in Virginia, Halli provided a much-needed perspective in this discussion. Furthermore, […]