Boston-area Youth Organizing Project
Boston, MA
2016
We are an organization of youth, led by youth and supported by adults, who are united by a common purpose: to increase youth power and create positive social...
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Brazilian Women’s Group
Boston, MA
2011
The Brazilian Women’s Group was created in 1995 by a group of women interested in discussing the issues of being an immigrant woman from Brazil in this country...
Bus Riders United/Pasajeros Unidos
New Bedford, MA
2014
Bus Riders United (BRU) is a community and labor advocacy group working to increase and expand public transportation in Southeastern Massachusetts. BRU formed in 2011 with the platform...
Collaborative for the Research on Black Women and Girls
Providence, RI
2017
The Collaborative, through this leadership and advocacy training project, seeks to organize around issues impacting Black girls and women and to develop and advance political education and strategy...
Families for Justice as Healing
Boston, MA
2016, 2015, 2014
At Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) we organize formerly incarcerated women to join the movement toward creating alternatives to mass incarceration. Our membership advocates for community wellness,...
Journey to Free
Hartford, CT
2017
Journey to Free's mission is "To empower Afro-Caribbean women to challenge and change the misogynous social, legal and economic systems that support and fuel the sexual abuse of...
MataHari: Eye of the Day
Boston, MA
2012, 2011
MataHari: Eye of the Day is a Greater Boston organization where women of color, immigrant women, and families come together as sisters, workers, and survivors to make improvements...
New Beginnings Reentry Services
Brockton, MA
2019
New Beginnings Reentry Services works to reduce recidivism by advocating for and building the capacity of women who are reentering local communities during and after incarceration.
Prison Birth Project
Northampton, MA
2015, 2014, 2013
When the gender-specific jail opened in Chicopee in 2008, co-founders Lisa Andrews and Marianne Bullock understood that incarcerated women are not offered the full spectrum of reproductive options,...
Radical Advocates for Cross-Cultural Education-RACCE
Hartford, CT
2018, 2017
RACCE's mission is to challenge systems of oppression by advocating for culturally competent educational practices. Therefore, we believe the most effective way to triumph over systemic forms of...
Reflect and Strengthen
Boston, MA
2012
Reflect and Strengthen's (R&S) mission is for young, working-class women, ages 14-30 from Boston's urban neighborhoods to create and nurture environments for positive social change through creative expression,...
Resilient Sisterhood Project
Boston, MA
2015, 2014
The Resilient Sisterhood Project’s mission is to educate and empower women of African descent regarding common but rarely discussed diseases of the reproductive system that disproportionately affect them...
Sahiyo
Cambridge, MA
2019
Sahiyo’s mission is to empower Asian communities to end female genital cutting and create positive social change through dialogue, education, and collaboration based on community involvement.
SISTA FIRE
Providence, RI
2018
SISTA FIRE is a small and growing network of women of color from across Rhode Island. We are on a journey to create a space where we can...
Survivors, Inc.
Mattapan, MA
2012, 2011
We are a group of low-income women and their allies who organize and educate around poverty, welfare and low-income survival issues. We offer training in writing, speaking, advocacy,...