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Creating Representation Creating Representation

In 1990, Franco Stevens founded Curve magazine, the best-selling lesbian magazine in the U.S. for the last three decades. The […more…]

Lifting Up Women and Girls in the Arts Is Vital to Cultural Progress Lifting Up Women and Girls in the Arts Is Vital to Cultural Progress

In virtually all areas of arts and culture, women and girls are underrepresented – and it’s not because they don’t […more…]

The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Overcoming the Barriers to Success The Annie E. Casey Foundation

An Atlanta native, Lisa M. Hamilton hails from the heart of America’s civil rights movement. Her father was a criminal […more…]

Teaching Girls That ‘Jobs Don’t Have Genders®’ Tools & Tiaras Inc.

Nanny. Housekeeper. Personal shopper. Plumber. Judaline Cassidy worked a series of jobs after leaving her native Trinidad and Tobago to […more…]

Giving Transgender Youth and Their Families Much-Needed Support Stand with Trans

When her son came out to her as transgender 11 years ago, Roz Gould Keith had never heard that term. […more…]

Offering Lakota Girls a ‘New Beginning’ Pine Ridge Girls’ School

Victoria Shorr still remembers the eagle that soared over her students on the opening day of the academy she co-founded […more…]

Strengthening Mind and Body Girls on the Run North Bay

Janet Todd, executive director of Girls on the Run North Bay, has the same goal for everyone who participates in […more…]

Guiding Liberated Futures Grantmakers for Girls of Color

“I’ve been committed to girls of color since I was one.” Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of Grantmakers for […more…]

An Innovator Inspiring More Giving: Jennifer Risher #HalfmyDAF

They say a heart-driven approach to leadership can change the world. If this is true, Jennifer Risher is on her […more…]

Amplifying the Need to Advance Black Maternal Health Black Mamas Matter Alliance

The untimely death of Kira Johnson from internal bleeding after a cesarean section in 2016 highlighted the problem. Tennis champion […more…]