Get connected with these community organizations:
GYCDOR
The Greater Youngstown Community Dialogue on Racism is a grass roots organization providing the opportunity for people to meet in small groups for dialogue and to form action plans that dismantle racism in order to build a better community.
Sojourn to the Past
Mahoning Valley Sojourn To The Past, which currently participates in conjunction with of founding Director Jeff Steinberg, takes High School students on a leadership development, life changing, history immersion journey to the Civil Rights sites of the South to enable individuals to participate in educational activities that encourage personal growth and that equips and encourages them to act for social and economic justice.
ACTION
Guided by our faith traditions, shared values, and multi-cultural collaboration, we strive to develop a community of diverse leaders committed to raising awareness and seeking solutions to overcome poverty, racism, & social injustice.
YWCA
YWCA Mahoning Valley OH
The 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge is designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. Our challenge starts on Monday, March 1st and continues (Monday –Friday) through March 29th.
Each day of the challenge you will be presented with activities such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on personal experience and more. Participation in an activity like this helps us to discover how racial injustice and social injustice impact our community, to connect with one another, and to identify ways to dismantle racism and other forms of discrimination.
MYCAP
MYCAP - Mahoning Youngstown Community Action Partnership - once known as Youngstown Area Community Action Agency is a non-profit organization incorporated by the state of Ohio in 1965. It was established for the express purpose of mobilizing and utilizing resources to increase the quality of life for low-income residents of Mahoning County.
We Thrive Together
Your neighbors started We Thrive Together to increase socialization and reduce social isolation and loneliness in our community.
Ursuline Sisters
The Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown, are Catholic nuns responding together to the most critical needs of God’s people in northeast Ohio who “live the Gospel and adapt our ministries to meet the times”.
Youngstown Jewish Federation Adult Day Services Website
“We strive for reconciliation within the church and beyond through Ecumenism.”
— The Mahoning Valley Association of Churches
Interfaith Prayer Breakfast 2021
2021 MVAC Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast
This annual event sponsored by MVAC brings together mayors, public officials, and other people of faith from throughout the Mahoning Valley for prayer, an inspirational message, and musical entertainment. This year’s featured speaker is the Honorable Catherine Cercone Miller, Mayor of Struthers. Thank you to our sponsors.
