YWCA Kalamazoo is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Founded in 1885, today YWCA Kalamazoo offers survivor services, early childhood education, and maternal/child health services, and pairs its direct service work with policy and systems change.
YWCA Kalamazoo is forming its first, designed to inform and support the Board of Directors and each of the board committees to provide anti-racist, feminist, and trauma-responsive organizational governance.
The Governance Committee will be responsible for reviewing bylaws and committee charters, supporting board performance assessment, and providing support and recommendations for improved board and committee effectiveness. All YWCA Kalamazoo board committees are comprised of board members, staff members, and community members who volunteer their time. We are currently seeking applications from volunteer community members to join the Governance Committee. Candidates with any of the below experiences are especially encouraged to apply: Have expertise and experience implementing anti-racist and feminist equity principles Have been a past participant in a YWCA program Have lived experience as a person with one or more marginalized identities YWCA Kalamazoo board committee members are unpaid nonprofit governance volunteers. The committee designs the length, frequency, and venue for its meetings. Committee members must reside in the Kalamazoo area and are asked to commit to a three year term.
When you contact YWCA Kalamazoo, you will be asked to provide responses to the following-
Prompted questions: Why do you wish to join the YWCA Kalamazoo Board Governance Committee?
In what ways do you believe your lived experience will inform your leadership on this committee?
What experience and/or expertise do you hold in anti-racist, feminist, and/or trauma-responsive principles?
While the committee meeting schedule and venue are set by the committee itself, committee meetings will occur at least quarterly and may be as frequent as monthly.
Committee members are asked to commit to a 3-year term. Are you able to commit your time to this volunteer leadership role?
