Tri-State Learning Center Offerings - Cause Driven Leader

Our Tri-State Learning Center host class across the Tri-State region.  Please use the link below to access the Link Post with updated dates and offerings.

Learning Center Offerings - Link Post

 The link post is updated as new classes are added, and is organized by season ie. Spring, Summer, etc.  Please remember that it is not a guarantee that all classes will be available during all seasons.

YUSA - Professional Development 

Professional Development Webinars

• The Power of the Check-In:  Building Phsychological Safety at every Level (3/24) - Link Post
  This professional development webinar explores the critical role of psychological safety in creating strong, connected, and high-performing teams. Join us (Nora and Karen) for a lunch and learn style session about what psychological safety really means, what it looks like in practice, and how it impacts staff engagement, collaboration, and the relational work we do every day. The session will also highlight the power of intentional check-ins, a simple but effective tool for building trust, strengthening relationships, and supporting staff at every level. Attendees will leave with practical strategies and actionable ideas to create a culture where staff, volunteers, participants, and communities feel safe, seen, and supported.
  
  

• Activation Cohort: The Road For All - Link Post - Reigster by 3/2
  The Road For All equips Ys with the knowledge, tools, and resources necessary for a Y to be a welcoming and safe place for people of all backgrounds and experiences, while strengthening the existing goals, priorities, and commitments of the individual Y. In doing so, the YMCA creates stronger, more connected communities where everybody belongs and ensures YMCAs are responsive and relevant for generations to come.  This does not replace the interanl For All Training Program requirements.

During this learning cohort we will introduce:

• An overview of The Road for All national strategy

• How applying an intentional GRACE approach leads to mission and business advancement at your YMCA and with the communities you serve

• The new GRACE Roadmap– a resource to help your YMCA identify your YMCA’s pathway for the Road For All – and additional tools and resources to support your YMCA’s activation of the strategy

National Peer Community Calls - Link Post

• Aquatics, Fundraising, Health & Wellness, Housing & Social Services, MarComm, Out-of-School-Time
  Please use the link to the Link post to review all Peer Communities

National Leadership Development Programs & Trainings - Link Post

• Leading Organizational Change & Leading Change, Board Leadership, Executive Director Institute, CEO preparatory Institute
  Please use the link to the Link post to review details including location, costs, timeline, etc. for each program

Showcases - Link Post

• Membership, Health and Wellness, and Mental health - 10//16

• Innovation, Strategic Planning, and GRACE  (Global Relations and Community Engagement) - 11/7
  Please use the link to the Link post to review details including location, costs, timeline, etc. for each program

Employee Wellbeing & National ERGs

• MLD Monthly Brave Spaces
  Brave Spaces are held virtually on the third Friday of the month from 1pm-2:30pm CT. All are welcomed (including Y-USA staff) and the MLD team facilitators may offer an opening exercise to explore a topic or practice before examining the three questions: How are you? What's on your mind? What do you need?  
  
  

• We Wear Black 2026 (2/27) - Link Post
  In honor of Black History Month, join the National African-American Resource Network (AARN) for our annual We Wear Black convening, a space for reflection, resilience and celebration of Black stories.  We gather to honor our narratives, uplift the experiences that shape our communities, and strengthen networks that carry our legacy forward. Together, we deepen our impact and continue the work that fosters healing, opportunity, and collective liberation. This event welcomes all to join.
  
  

• Accelerate Action: Celebrating Young  Women's Leadership in the YMCA/YWCA (3/5) - Link Post
  In collaboration with the Area Alliances in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia Pacific, USA and Canada, the World YMCA is hosting its annual virtual event for International Women's Day.
  
  

• AMPLIFY Virtual Conference (3/6)  - Link Post
  The National Women's Leadership Resource Network (WLRN) is hosting the 6th Annual AMPLIFY conference on Friday, March 6, 2026. AMPLIFY is a one-day virtual experience aimed to connect and empower women across the Y Movement, through personal and professional growth. This year's theme is "Rooted and Rising" and is designed to cultivate support for women by offering tools, resources, learning opportunities, and weaving threads of collaboration across the Y Movement.
  
  

• We Wear Black 2026 (2/27) - Link Post
  In honor of Black History Month, join the National African-American Resource Network (AARN) for our annual We Wear Black convening, a space for reflection, resilience and celebration of Black stories.  We gather to honor our narratives, uplift the experiences that shape our communities, and strengthen networks that carry our legacy forward. Together, we deepen our impact and continue the work that fosters healing, opportunity, and collective liberation. This event welcomes all to join.