Some stories are so powerful, they scare people into banning them. That’s exactly why we’re reading them.

Join YWCA Mankato’s Adult Banned Book Club this fall, starting with The Handmaid’s Tale and continuing with Beloved. Together, we’ll reclaim these stories of resistance, identity, and liberation, and connect them to our own fight for equity.

This is not just a book club, it’s an act of empowerment.
Register today (FREE!) and read what they tried to erase.

YWCA Mankato, in partnership with the City of Mankato, is proud to offer free Youth Mental Health First Aid Training—a full-day workshop designed for professionals, educators, parents, and community members. Gain practical tools to recognize and respond effectively to youth mental health challenges and deepen your community impact.

Register today—together, we can foster resilience and connection

Welcome to The Core Collective, a new YWCA Mankato experience designed to connect women at their core. In uncertain times, we know one truth remains: when women come together, magic happens.

The Core Collective is about slowing down, reconnecting, and rediscovering what community feels like. It’s free and open to all women … no registration, no pressure. Just mark your calendar, bring yourself (and maybe a friend), and join us.

We’ll gather twice a month … one meet-up at the YWCA space and another outdoors in nature, to share conversation, movement, mindfulness, and meaning. Each gathering will center around simple themes of connection, creativity, and courage.

Because at our core, we know the best place to be, is together.

Welcome to the best hour of your day … outside.

There’s something powerful about stepping into nature together. The Core Collective’s outdoor gatherings are designed to help women pause, breathe, and reconnect to themselves, to one another, and to the world around them.

We’ll meet at Seven Mile Creek Park, where conversation flows as easily as the breeze through the trees. Expect laughter, a little movement, and a lot of inspiration. No need to sign up… just show up, bring a friend, and let the fresh air do its work.

Because sometimes, the most empowering thing a woman can do is step outside, and remember she’s part of something bigger.

Money. Power. Justice.
On Nov. 12, we’re taking charge of all three.
Join us at Resilient & Ready: Women Taking Charge, the women’s conference that says “enough” to broken systems and “yes” to thriving futures.