Dr. Monique Morris, an award-winning author, educator and activist, holds three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice and has been a lifelong advocate for improving the educational and socioeconomic conditions for girls and women of color. In 2020, she was named as the first executive director of…
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MSNBC American Voices: Celebrating the First Ever Black Girl Freedom Week
Actress and #BlackAF executive producer Rashida Jones joins Dr. Monique Morris, executive director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color and co-founder of the Black Girl Freedom Fund, in celebrating the first-ever Black Girl Freedom Week. The event is part of the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign, launched to invest in Black girls’ leadership and ensure their thriving future….
Read MoreThe Root: Rashida Jones, Naomi Wadler and. Rep. Ayanna Pressley Kick Off Inaugural Black Girl Freedom Week
“Black Girl Freedom Week is a dedicated time and place to nourish and foster community and belonging for girls who have few spaces to strengthen their identity as leaders, change-makers and visionaries,” says Dr. Morris, executive director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color. “We launched Black Girl Freedom Fund because we know that investing in…
Read MoreProtecting our Communities Against COVID-19: A Conversation with Dr. Lane Rolling
This webinar aired live on November 18,2020. Watch again here: This spring and fall, we sent surveys to the G4GC network to learn more about how COVID-19 is impacting the offices and work spaces of organizations leading the work to support girls of color and gender expansive youth of color. We heard your questions and…
Read MoreWe’ve Got a Lot to Celebrate this Weekend
We’re heading into a weekend with a lot to celebrate and reflect on. Sunday, October 11, is International Day of the Girl, and Monday, October 12, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Both days provide us with important opportunities to lift up and listen to the girls and gender-expansive youth of color who are paving…
Read MoreDr. Monique W. Morris’ 2018 TED Talk: Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school — and how to change that
Around the world, black girls are being pushed out of schools because of policies that target them for punishment, says author and social justice scholar Monique W. Morris. The result: countless girls are forced into unsafe futures with restricted opportunities. How can we put an end to this crisis? In an impassioned talk, Morris uncovers…
Read MoreWhat We’ve Been Up To
We’ve been busy. Our mission and our calling is to grow Grantmakers for Girls of Color as a philanthropic home to cultivate investments and philanthropic resources so that all girls of color can achieve equity and justice. Given the breadth of everything our girls are facing, and how much we need to support their wisdom…
Read MoreYouth Today, Maheen Kaleem is New Deputy Director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color
Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) recently announced Maheen Kaleem as its new deputy director. Kaleem arrives at G4GC from the NoVo Foundation, where she worked as a program officer leading the foundation’s efforts to curb violence against girls and women. She managed a grantmaking portfolio focused on ending commercial sexual exploitation and spearheaded the…
Read MoreInside Philanthropy: Staffing Up and Moving Money, Grantmakers for Girls of Color Charts a New Course
Inside Philanthropy, July 15, 2010. Girls of color face a variety of hurdles in the United States and around the world, but they receive a minuscule portion of philanthropic support—recently found to be less than 1%. Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) aims to remedy this imbalance. The five-year-old philanthropic network and resource recently…
Read MoreRSVP: How Philanthropy Can Address Anti-Black Racism and Bias with an Intersectional Lens, Thur, July 16, 2020, at 1 PM PT/ 4 PM ET
~~~REWATCH THE FULL LIVE CHAT HERE~~~ Grantmakers for Girls of Color and the Ms. Foundation for Women invite you to join a funders briefing: WHAT: A funder briefing on the need for intersectional approaches in philanthropic efforts to address anti-Black racism and bias. WHEN: Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 1 PM PT/ 4…
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