✹ Words of Wisdom ✹
From Our Archives: Centering Black women-led funds to lead social justice efforts
Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of G4GC, and Tynesha McHarris, founder and principal at Black Harvest and co-founder of Black Feminist Fund, remind us of the power in centering Black women-led funds to lead social justice efforts.
“We know that all social justice efforts benefit when we place value in Black girls’ and women’s lives and leadership. And we must center Black women-led funds.”
Read the full article HERE.
‘Pass the Mic Project’ Highlight Series 📽️
G4GC’s Pass the Mic Project is a narrative filmmaking project and documentary to amplify the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth of Color in research. Every few weeks, we highlight compelling excerpts from grantee partner interviews on our socials.
Recently, we featured Ana Puente Flores (former CUNY Beyond Identity participant and co-founder of Mazorca Colectiva), who discusses the importance of women and girls of color being in community with one another, and living with purpose or our “soul’s calling”. You can catch all of the highlights HERE.
✹ Team Accolades ✹
G4GC’s Maheen Kaleem, Solace Mensah-Narh, Amirah Fauzi and grantee partners joined the CHANGE Unity Summit in Minneapolis
Solace’s session, Living Data: Mapping Representation and Resourcing of the Nonprofit Sector, featured the launch of a new intersectional equity tool, co-created by members of the Women’s Funding Network that links 990 financial data with Candid’s demographics dataset of 77,000+ organizations. Attendees learned how to apply the tool to advance their equity strategies.
We also hosted a session titled Safety Strategies Rooted in the Wisdom of Youth of Colorwith grantee partners Young Women’s Freedom Center, Mirror Memoirs, and Transformations.
In a time when communities are being called to reimagine what safety looks like beyond state systems, this panel highlighted the power of collective care, peer support, and youth-led leadership as pathways toward true freedom.
Article Spotlight: ‘Don’t Say We Didn’t Tell You’
In a new Proximate piece written by G4GC’s Maheen Kaleem alongside Jody Myrum and Laura V., we explore how youth-led movements across the Global Majority are reimagining democracy from the ground up. “Youth are not waiting for seats at broken tables – they are building their own.”
Across the globe, human rights are being stripped away amid the rise of fascist regimes, intensified surveillance, and coordinated attacks on women, girls, LGBTQI+, migrant, and refugee communities. Yet, amid this repression, some of the most courageous and visionary resistance is emerging, led by girls, queer youth, feminists, Indigenous peoples, and caste-oppressed communities who are not only surviving and resisting but actively building democratic, liberated futures. The article calls on philanthropy to fund resilient, autonomous, and agile infrastructures, supporting youth-led and intergenerational organizing so movements can thrive for generations to come. Read more HERE.
Share a youth story, event, or opportunity with us! 📣
If your org has a youth story, funding opportunity, event, or celebration centering girls and gender-expansive youth of Color, we invite you to share it with the G4GC community! We would love to amplify your efforts that center youth wisdom and experiences. Complete this Google form at least 2-3 weeks in advance for events and any deadlines. Email [email protected] with any questions.
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