YWCA Lower Cape Fear's Week Without Violence 2026

About Week Without Violence

YWCA Lower Cape Fear invites our community to come together for Week Without Violence 2026, a week of remembrance, education, advocacy, safety, healing, and collective action. Through digital engagement, community conversations, educational programming, and wellness-centered experiences, we will create opportunities for individuals and families to learn, connect, reflect, and take action toward building safer communities.

This year’s programming will include:

• Celebration of Remembrance Digital Campaign
• Know Your Rights Digital Campaign
• YWCA USA Town Hall Virtual Event
• We Wear Purple Day
• Family Self-Defense Class
• Conversation for Peace film screening and panel discussion
• Finance Fridays Podcast
• Self-Care Saturday

Under the theme “Rising Together: Centering Young Voices to End Gender-Based Violence,” Week Without Violence encourages our community to recognize the many ways violence can affect individuals and families while uplifting education, prevention, healing, and empowerment.

Whether you participate online, attend an in-person program, wear purple in solidarity, or share resources with others, we invite you to rise together with YWCA Lower Cape Fear and help advance a future rooted in peace, safety, dignity, and freedom from violence.