An Urgent Need- The YWCA of South Hampton Roads on Another View

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published August 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM EDT

For more than 100 years, the YWCA, South Hampton Roads has been in the business of empowering women, eliminating racism, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. A critical part of their work is providing shelter and safety for women and children experiencing domestic and sexual violence. THE YWCA provides counseling, crisis, shelter, and housing support as well as victim advocacy, outreach, and education. It's all about helping the community and now, the YWCA needs your help. What's going on and how you can make a difference. CEO Michelle Ellis Young is Barbara Hamm Lee's in-studio guest. This and all Another View Programs can be heard on demand on the show's program page.

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Barry Graham

Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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