For the third consecutive year, the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh is honoring women, especially women of color, who advance racial and gender equality in the region.
The 2023 Equity Awards ceremony will recognize this year’s recipients on Friday, Nov. 5, at the Omni William Penn Hotel. Tickets for the event are available on the YWCA website until Oct. 30.
Angela Reynolds, YWCA Greater Pittsburgh’s CEO, says joyfully celebrating work that can be draining, discouraging or drawn-out is key to sustaining justice movements and the positive outcomes they produce.
“This year’s awardees are inspiring in their own right as fierce equity advocates and trailblazers in their fields,” Reynolds says. “More importantly, their example is an invitation for all of us to continue their momentum to fuel a movement that transforms our communities to spaces where all can thrive.”
Here are the winners:
Ally Award
Sabrina Yow-Chyi Liu
Liu is founder of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and assistant director of strategic campaigns for United Steelworkers.
“As a young leader, she built the APALA Pittsburgh chapter from scratch by dedicating hundreds of hours into community outreach, base-building and lifting up vulnerable communities who have long been marginalized and pushed aside,” says Vivian Chang, APALA’s civic engagement and racial justice director.
“Sabrina is extremely effective and puts her longtime organizing skills to the test every day: she hones in on what’s needed and rallies everyone to make important change happen.”
Liu has brought voter engagement and pandemic response programming alongside increased census responses to under-served — especially Asian and Asian American — communities.
“The Ally Award is really thinking about breaking down barriers … and making sure all people can…
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