Helpful Resources for Black Women and Girls
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The Evoluer House
Principal contact: Cheryl Ann Wadlington | 215-592-8988; cheryl@evoluerhouse.org
The Evoluer House delivers evidence-based empowerment programs that help girls of color to envision a future devoid of disadvantages and filled with possibilities. We are on a mission to help produce strong female leadership in the workforce and in society, by investing in young women and girls and their collective well-being and power.
Rosemary’s Babies Co.
Point of Contact: Jaliah Oglesby, VP of Programming | rbcprogramming@rosemarysbabies.co
Rosemary’s Babies Co. is a teen parent and family support organization. The organization supports moms and dads (13-19) years old through virtual and in-person support services. Our goal is to eradicate generational pregnancy and poverty while reducing family’s dependence on governmental benefits. By supporting the entire family, teen parents learn life skills that improve the future for themselves and their babies.
Point of Contact: Lauren Carson lcarson@blackgirlssmile.org
“Black Girls Smile Inc. (BGS) has been recognized as one of the leading organizations focusing on black female mental wellness.
Black Girls Smile Inc. was founded with a mission to provide young black women with education, resources, and support to lead mentally healthy lives. BGS’ mission is grounded in research, focus group findings, and personal experiences highlighting the under-served and underrepresented mental health needs of young black women.”
Tene Howard | tene@sadienash.org; 212-391-8664
Sadie Nash Leadership Project’s mission is to strengthen, empower, and equip young women and gender-expansive youth of color as agents for change in their lives and in the world. Operating at the intersections of love and rigor, we use the methodology of popular education to build community, critical consciousness, and college and career readiness.
3D Girls, Inc.
Point of Contact: Raioni Madison-Jones | 678-489-1154
The mission of 3D Girls, Inc. is to educate and empower young women to be advocates for themselves and their families through mentoring, prenatal and parent education, and social/emotional wellness. Our work is grounded in addressing the critical disparities that limit young women the access of educational tools, financial empowerment, and health resources that are needed to thrive. Our vision is to see the next generation of young women become self sufficient leaders.
Point of Contact: Shakedra Smith | Ssmith@thefinddesign.org
The F.I.N.D. Design was formed to serve middle and high school black girls and other girls of color through culturally relevant African and African American-centric models that foster sensitivity and understanding to girls of color’s unique needs. With an emphasis on girls that are high risk or have already interacted with the juvenile court system, T.F.D. partners with public school systems and courts to offer services that promote the healing and safety needed to mitigate the effects of intergenerational trauma and unhealthy responses to such trauma leading to mentally, socially, and economically healthy citizens.
Point of Contact: Neda Kellogg | 612-730-3945
The mission of Project DIVA International (PDI) is to guide adolescent Black girls, ages 12-18, through a self-discovery journey centered on creating and owning their own life success PDI’s leaders guide enrolled girls to be honest about their truths, giving them permission to align with their birthright freedoms of life, liberty and the pursuit of abundance, and to embody their life’s vision as they expand in their sense of inner power.
Point of Contact: Annalise Peterson apeterson@newfriendsnewlife.org; 214-217-8656
New Friends New Life (NFNL) restores and empowers trafficked and sexually exploited teen girls, women, and their children, and drives awareness of the issue and its prevalence. Sex trafficking disproportionately affects Black women and girls, who comprise over 40% of national victims and only 14% of the national population (Urban Institute). Our services include a Women’s Program providing adult survivors with counseling, case management, and economic empowerment training, a drop-in Youth Resource Center for teen survivors and vulnerable girls ages 12 – 22, and community education.
Grantmakers for Girls of Color
www.grantmakersforgirlsofcolor.org
Point of Contact: Cidra Sebastien | cidra@grantmakersforgirlsofcolor.org
Grantmakers for Girls of Color (G4GC) is a philanthropic organization with a mission to cultivate and mobilize resources in support of girls* of color. Our mission to resource and support transformative organizing work that dismantles systems of oppression in the U.S. and territories is founded on an infrastructure that reflects our values, a culture of partnership, healing, reciprocity, and love. *G4GC defines “girls of color” as any cis, trans, gender-expansive, non-binary and/or any girl- or femme-identified person age 25 and younger who identifies as Black, Indigenous, Latina, Asian, Arab, Pacific Islander, and/or other People of Color.
Youth Mentoring Action Network
Point of Contact: Lydia Middleton | lydiam@yman.org
The Youth Mentoring Action Network was founded in 2007 with the mission of leveraging the power of mentoring to create a more equitable and just society for young people. YMAN has been fostering connections with young people in order to help them thrive through in high school, college and community.
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Point of Contact: Shireen Lewis, Ph.D. | director@sistermentors.org
We center girls and women of color helping them to achieve their dream of higher education.