Charities
A portion of the proceeds from every YG COLLECTION order is dedicated to supporting our remarkable national charity partners. These partners have been specifically chosen for their efforts in empowering women who are overcoming adversity.
EQUALITY NOW
Founded in 1992, Equality Now mission is for every member of every school community to be valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. This is done by addressing sex discriminatory laws and gender equality through legislative change for women and girls. Almost 60% of the discriminatory laws they’ve highlighted since 1999 have been fully or partially reformed.
UNITED WE DREAM
(UWD) United We Dream is the nation's largest immigrant youth-led network. The continue to fight for justice and dignity for all immigrants. Each year, United We Dream provides vital education – especially about their rights, mental health, and overall wellness – to over 4 million undocumented immigrants via their online programs. In addition to their 400,000 members that they reach and help locally.
ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) exists to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well being of all persons through system equality, litigation, and social change. The ACLU continues to fight for equality by highlighting civil rights injustices and challenging discriminatory legislation that hinders people from having full and equal civil rights in America.
NAMI
NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental illness) is a nationwide, grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness through educational programs, advocacy, public awareness and services like their toll-free NAMI help hotline. NAMI’s goal is to remove the stigma associated with mental illness.
ST. JUDES
In many developing countries fewer than one in five children with cancer will live. St. Jude mission is to change that. So far they have helped push the childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% in the U.S. Monthly donation helps continue their tradition of helping to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
Coalition for the Homeless is the longest-running national homeless organization. There are eleven aspects to the Coalition, The Grand Central Food Program serves around 1,000 homeless people a day. The Eviction Prevention Program, supplies one-off grants to assist people living with an immediate threat of eviction. The Crisis Intervention Program eases the lives of 11,000 homeless persons per year. These programs put vulnerable people into shelters, connect them to counseling, substance abuse treatment, and mental health services.
