The GGE Update: YWAC and SIS Applications Available on 8/23

 

The following announcement was submitted by Girls for Gender Equity (GGE). 

YWAC is a forum where young transgender and cisgender women and gender non-conforming youth of color between the ages of 16-24 come together in community to support and honor all lived experiences.

YWAC members engage in youth organizing and civic engagement strategies to push for transformative change. They identify important issues impacting young people of color and their communities, build siblinghood with their peers, and develop their own agency. They also gain core skills to enact effective and transformational change.

Young people are provided metrocards and stipends as well as one-on-one check-ins for communal and individual support.
 

GGE has partnered with the Me Too movement and Firecracker Foundation to drive an inaugural series of youth-centered survivor circles to serve as a place to heal from sexual violence, learn advocacy skills, and experience joy.

Sisters in Strength (SIS) holds space for cis and trans girls and gender non-conforming youth of color between the ages of 15-18 years old. SIS provides space for survivor-centered healing justice approaches in the movement to end gender based violence, sexual violence and child sexual assault. Members share a vision for ending violence, building sisterhood/siblinghood, engaging in healing tools, and a willingness to advocate for change.

Young people are provided Metrocards and stipends as well as one-on-one check-ins for communal and individual support.

Tell the young people in your life to mark their calendars! 

Recruitment for the listed programs opens  August 23 and runs through September 23. 

To learn more about our programs and hear from alumni on their experiences, join us at our Program Open House on September 16th! 

The event will be held in Suite 1006, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at 25 Chapel Street in Brooklyn, New York.