Merle McGee: Building a Better World by Eliminating Barriers

Merle McGee Chief Program Officer at the YWCA NYC

“I feel compelled both to amplify the interpersonal realities of what folks want and need to access the life that they want, while also engaging the ways structural barriers can impede an individual’s right to self-determination—and recognizing that those things and that work are not mutually exclusive within the context of a nonprofit.”