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Breaking News Archive 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer Covers YWCA's Firing
Our Urban Outreach
Director, Arnold Culbreath, is continuing his efforts to call
attention to the injustice committed by the YWCA of Greater
Cincinnati. They fired caseworker Shannon Nixson following a
pro-life presentation. We believe she was fired because two
pregnant women, who attended the presentation, changed their
minds about scheduled abortions and are now giving life to
their babies. They were low-income, African-American women,
which we believe had a lot to do with the action taken against
Shannon.
If you'd like more
details on what's taken place so far, visit
this
link at Protecting Black Life website
I want to keep you
informed to recent developments concerning this situation.
Recently, the Cincinnati Enquirer, our local newspaper,
ran a story on the YWCA firing. It's called Cincinnati 'Y'
worker calls firing injustice. In the article, Charlene
Ventura, president and CEO of the YWCA, said, "The [abortion]
issue is really not related to what the YWCA is about." While
the YWCA nationally has taken a stance that supports abortion
rights, Charlene Ventura claimed that abortion education isn't
a focus of the YWCA here.
You can read the entire
article by using this
Link.
(News article in PDF)
It's very unlikely that
the unborn babies of the women in the YWCA's Employment &
Literacy Program would still be alive today, if alternatives
to abortion hadn't been presented to them. After all, their
mothers were actually scheduled for abortions. It was a
financial hardship on one of the women to lose her
non-refundable deposit of $180 at the Planned Parenthood
abortion mill. As a result, the staff here at Life Issues
Institute chipped in and gave her that money.
URGENT ACTION
ITEM! URGENT ACTION ITEM! URGENT ACTION ITEM!
Please help us alert
others about this critically important issue. And PLEASE
contact the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati to express your
concerns to them directly. Be brief, clear and passionate, but
make sure you're respectful.
Please direct
your letters, emails and phone calls to:
Charlene
Ventura, President & CEO
898 Walnut
Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Ph: 513-241-7090
Fax:
513-768-4381
Email: cventura@ywcacin.org
Penny Pensak, YWCA of
Greater Cincinnati Board Chair
898 Walnut
Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Debbie Brooks, V.P. of
YWCA Employment & Literacy Program
898 Walnut
Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Ph: 513-241-7090
Email:
dbrooks@ywcacin.org
Jan-Michelle Lemon
Kearney, YWCA of Greater Cincinnati Board Member
354 Hearne
Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Ph: 513-961-3331
Fax:
513-961-0304
Please relay to Arnold
Culbreath any feedback or responses you get from these
individuals. You can contact Arnold at www.protectingblacklife.org
or 513.729.3600
God bless you for
helping us protect those who need our help the most!
Sincerely for women and
their babies,
Bradley Mattes
Executive
Director
Life Issues
Institute
1/16/08
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