Dear G4GC Community, We hope your spring was recharging and that you entered the summer season with renewed energy. While we progress through this year, we are in continued solidarity and support of our communities as they navigate many immeasurable challenges—in our country and in the world. And in these difficult times of turmoil and…
Read MoreRaising the Value of Communities by Investing in Girls of Color
As we navigate through this pivotal moment in history of rollbacks to civil rights, gender justice, and social progress, we are also seeing a generational transfer of wealth boosting women’s economic power and women taking bold measures to move capital into the hands of other women. While we recognize and applaud how women are poised…
Read MoreInnovation by Black girls and women in the arts creates possibilities for us all
By Cidra Sebastien I still remember the day I met Tina Turner at Tower Records as a 5-year-old Black girl. She filled the room with her lovely laugh, big smile and even bigger energy. It was exhilarating to see her, a Black woman artist owning the entire store. I was in awe of the presence…
Read MoreTransforming trans survival into trans joy
By Nahr Suha and Dr. Monique W. Morris Trans girls and gender-expansive youth of color deserve to be safe, free and thriving. But today, trans and gender-expansive communities are facing multiple, interlocking systems of oppression. Across cities and states, trans communities are under attack from anti-trans legislation that aims to direct physical, psychological and spiritual…
Read MoreLet Black women-led funds and Black girls lead the way: Centering Black women-led funds to lead social justice efforts
By Monique Couvson and Tynesha McHarris Black women and girls, femmes, and gender-expansive youth of color deserve abundant investments in supporting our liberated futures. Tragically, philanthropy has always underfunded us. In 2018, just $15 million out of almost $428 billion in philanthropic giving in the United States reached Black women and girls. That means less…
Read MoreHow Philanthropy Can Follow the Lead of Girls of Color
By Kyndall Osibodu My family has always been philanthropic—from my grandparents hosting everyone on holidays, to volunteering with our church for back-to-school fairs and holiday drives, to the ways we show up for each other in both celebration and crisis. But it wasn’t until I became a youth organizer that I first learned about institutional…
Read MoreProtecting girls and gender-expansive youths of color in a post-Roe world
By Dr. Monique W. Morris In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, state governments across the country have already instituted oppressive new restrictions and outright bans on abortion. One group is especially at risk from these draconian policies that are antithetical to our fundamental liberties: girls and gender-expansive…
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