Young Women Empowered (Y-WE) has joined the campus of Together Center, a one-stop human services campus in downtown Redmond that serves East King County.

Earlier this month, Program Director Jamie-Rose Edwards introduced her program to campus agencies at a meeting of Together Center agency leaders.

Y-WE works to empower young women leaders through intergenerational mentorship, intercultural collaboration and creative programs that equip girls with the confidence, resiliency and future-planning skills they need to achieve their personal goals and improve their communities. Annually, Y-WE serves a diverse group of 150 girls, ages 14-18 and 75 women, ages 19-70 and older, to build ongoing mentorship relationships, gain tools to create successful futures, participate in service and philanthropy projects, confront social justice issues and gain leadership skills. The organization is open to girls from all walks of life.

“Currently, more than 60 percent of the youth are from families that recently immigrated to the USA,” Edwards said. “Eighty-five percent of the youth and 50 percent of the adults are women of color. Providing opportunities to work on common goals among people from a variety of backgrounds is a real strength of our program.”

Y-WE still has a few spots left in their 2012-13 school year programs. Any young woman who is interested in applying, may visit www.y-we.org and download an application.

One of the first nonprofit multi-tenant centers in the nation, the Together Center was designed first and foremost to lower barriers to finding help. Where East King County residents once needed to travel from Bothell to Renton or beyond to find help at individual locations, people from throughout the Eastside now find comprehensive assistance at one location in downtown Redmond.

For more information on the Together Center, contact Pam Mauk at (425) 869-1174 or visit www.togethercenter.org or www.facebook.com/togethercenter. For information on Y-WE, visit www.y-we.org or call (425) 941-0574.