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Women’s History Month: 11 Nonprofits That Are Advocating For Female Empowerment

Kindful

Mission: Girls Write Nashville is a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program based in Nashville, TN, that cultivates empowered expression and positive community for teen girls. Impacting: Empowerment through music education. The Challenge Of Being A Woman Leader Of Color – The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Girls On The Run.

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Teenagers, Space-Makers, and Scaling Up to Change the World

Museum 2.0

This week, my colleague Emily Hope Dobkin has a beautiful guest post on the Incluseum blog about the Subjects to Change teen program that Emily runs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Subjects to Change is an unusual museum program in that it explicitly focuses on empowering teens as community leaders.

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Symantec Donation Safeguards Computer Labs for Students

Tech Soup

It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Smooth Transition began working to reach at-risk teens early — before they dropped out of high school or left the foster care system. Smooth Transition, Inc., Breaking Harmful Cycles.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. utilize technology to develop solutions to social challenges. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. The Future of Apps in the Hands of Today's Teens. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Boston University provides in-kind space to host professional development forums, EVERFI supplies financial literacy coursework, and Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment adds expertise in the youth development space. How did these groups come together?

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The Art of Relevance Sneak Peek: Part Ex-Con, Part Farmer, Part Queen

Museum 2.0

One of the nonprofits that inspires me locally here in Santa Cruz is a youth empowerment and food justice organization called "Food, What!?" FoodWhat's staff and teens have taught me a lot about what it really means to be relevant to people who are often overlooked or ignored. Doron doesn’t work with A students or B students.

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3 Ways Your Creative Can Move Your Social Movement Forward

Connection Cafe

It is the story of the person’s condition and being challenged—yet at the same time not able to seek the opportunity that should be afforded to them, and the potential ahead of them. Your organization serves and supports the challenges real people face, so why wouldn’t your creative reflect those people? Feature real people.

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