Updates
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Our #1Billion4BlackGirls website got an update!
We are celebrating our updated #1Billion4BlackGirls website and hope you find it as beautiful, informative, and easy to navigate as we do. We’re deeply grateful to everyone who contributed their talent, insights and labor, including…
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Advocate feature: Celebrating #BlackGirlFreedomWeek with Joanne N. Smith & Damala Denny
The Advocate featured an interview about Black Girl Freedom Week! Here’s an intro to the video, and you can view it on their website! We’re celebrating #BlackGirlFreedomWeek with two organizers from the event! February 13-19…
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MSNBC feature: “Black Girl Freedom Week: It’s time we invest in Black girls”
We’re so honored to be featured on MSNBC’s American Voices series! Here’s an excerpt: The Black Girl Freedom Fund acknowledges that Black girls are at the forefront of social justice movements “despite having to navigate…
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Essence feature: “Black Girl Freedom Fund Shows we need investment, and not just words, for Black girls”
As always, we’re so honored to have Essence support us in lifting up the work we’re doing. Check out a little bit of what they had to say about us in their article, “Black Girl…
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The 19th feature: Black Girl Freedom Week hosts free, virtual events to raise awareness — and funding — for Black youth
We’re so honored to be featured on the 19th and grateful to Rebekah Barber for telling our story during Black History Month. Here’s an excerpt: What if over a 10-year period there was an intentional…
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Girls United feature: “Black Girl Freedom Week Calls For Investment In Gen-Z”
We’re all about centering youth in our work, and we’re very excited to have this feature in Girls United. An excerpt: The Third Annual Black Girl Freedom Week is creating a campaign to mobilize a…
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The Grio op-ed: Innovation by Black girls and women in the arts creates possibilities for us all
Black Girl Freedom Fund Manager Cidra Sebastien wrote an op-ed for the Grio! We love reading our story through Cidra’s unique and special perspective. Here’s the article I still remember the day I met Tina…
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Philanthropy News Digest op-ed: “Let Black women-led funds and Black girls lead the way: Centering Black women-led funds to lead social justice efforts”
Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, and Tynesha McHarris, founder and principal at Black Harvest and co-founder of Black Feminist Fund, co-wrote this op-ed, “Let Black women-led funds and…
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Forbes feature: “Black Girl Freedom Fund Invests Over $4 Million In 68 Organizations, Part Of #1Billion4BlackGirls Campaign”
Here’s an interview that Forbes did with Dr. Monique Morris, president and CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color! An excerpt: Although more conscientious efforts towards funding for women continue to increase, the statistics are…
