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Black Girl Freedom Week highlights hot-button issues
Black Girl Freedom Week (BGFW) is in its fourth year of spreading awareness on topics pertinent to the lives of Black girls while continuing its overall mission to mobilize the financial support needed to protect their futures. As the 2024 election season heats up,...
Interview with Black Girl Freedom Fund Manager Cidra Sebastien
Cidra Sebastian joins Ebony McMorris to talk #BlackGirlFreedomWeek kicking off Feb 12-14th! #ReproductiveJustice, #AffirmativeAction & #VotingRights are all at stake. Take part in convos about investing in the power of #BlackGirls and #GenderExspansive Youth!...
Black Girl Freedom Week Seeks to Amplify Underrepresented Voices
On February 12, the fourth annual Black Girl Freedom Week begins. The week of virtual events hosted by the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign and the Black Girl Freedom Fund are all part of efforts to address the underinvestment in Black girls and gender-expansive youth by...
Cultivating the transformative power of girls
This op-ed was first published on thegrio.com on October 11, 2023. Azariah, an 18-year-old artist and activist working with Chicago’s A Long Walk Home, collaborated with a dozen neighborhood teens to transform an abandoned liquor store into a fresh produce market....