2024
- New York Amsterdam News, OP-ED: Let’s prioritize community-based anti-violence solutions
- Chalkbeat New York, No, NYC schools haven’t adopted a systemwide dress code
- The New York Times, When Breaking the Dress Code Depends on Skin Color, and If You’re Skinny
- Ms. Magazine, Youth Are Protecting Our Democracy. We Need to Invest in Them.
- am NY, Girls for Gender Equity looks to change NYC public schools dress code and help end student discrimination
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- GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY RELEASES SUSPENDING SELF-EXPRESSION PART III November 19, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 19, 2024Contact: Naomi Lilly | (443) 813–0103 | media@ggenyc.orgIn light of the enactment of Local Law 083 of 2024, Girls for Gender Equity highlights the ongoing bias and limitations in historic New York City dress codes.NEW YORK — (November 19, 2024) Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) and youth organizers have worked to publish their latest […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Angel Reese: Black Girls Get to Be Confident & Vulnerable All At Once April 5, 2024by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative Shift“This is for the girls that look like me. That speak up on what they believe in. That’s unapologetically you.” Last year Angel Reese uttered those words, changed the game of women’s college basketball, and redefined what it meant to be a Black girl in sports. […]Girls for Gender Equity
- GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY LEADS ON YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 2.0 March 25, 2024GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY LEADS ON YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 2.0 ALONGSIDE SPEAKER ADRIENNE ADAMS TO ADDRESS YOUTH HEALTH AND SCHOOL CLIMATEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2024Contact: media@ggenyc.orgGirls for Gender Equity and youth organizations across New York City assembled to develop recommendations for the New York City Council on mental health, nutrition, reproductive justice, and school climateNEW YORK — On Wednesday, […]Girls for Gender Equity
- We Know We Deserve Better. March 7, 2024by Arna Asad (she/her), Sisters in Strength participantThis month as we all know is Women’s History Month, and as a woman myself, I obviously encourage us to spend each and every day, reflecting on all of the crucial and beautiful roles women have played throughout history. I mean, look at Miss Rihanna herself, the CEO […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Black Women’s Bodies Are Not a Sin: Disordered Eating & How We Heal February 29, 2024By: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftTrigger Warning: mentions of body dysmorphia, disordered eating, body shamingWhen you hear the term, “disordered eating” or “eating disorders,” what’s the first image that comes to your mind? For most, it’s not people who look like me; in fact, it’s not Black girls and women at all. […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Sexyy Red Doesn’t Owe You “Classy” Nor “Respectable” But She is Owed Protection October 25, 2023by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftDevin Christopher, Billboard Magazine.Hip Hop, much like many other career fields, is a male-dominated sport. As much as women have been running the rap game,dominating the charts for years, and have built up so many aspects of Hip Hop and rap culture, they still struggle to […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Angelica Ross Deserved Protection in the Workplace; All Black Women Do. September 28, 2023By Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftStefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images. Angelica Ross arriving to the White House for the White House Correspondents Dinner.There are so many hurdles Black women have to jump over and so many hills they have to climb when it comes to being a Black woman in the workplace. Black […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Carlee Russell Deserves Grace & Mental Health Support, Not Jail Time August 11, 2023by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture and Narrative ShiftReleased by Hoover Alabama PD the night of Carlee Russell’s disappearance.When I heard about Carlee Russell’s, 25, story a few hours after she went missing, like many Black women who move when called to action, I jumped on social media and began doing my part in […]Girls for Gender Equity
- Pay Me What You Owe Me: And WNBA, That Includes You Too. June 7, 2023by: Nia Oden McCann, Social Work ManagerThe WNBA kicked off their 27th season this month. As a little girl, I remember watching the NY Liberty play at Madison Square Garden and dreaming of what it would be like to play in the WNBA one day! At the time, unbeknownst to me, there were pay inequities in […]Girls for Gender Equity
- What Adults Don’t Understand About Our Mental Health May 31, 2023What Adults Don’t Understand About Our Mental HealthBy: Zeltzin (she/her), YWAC youth organizerSenedd Welsh Research.A voice rang out above the noise, “Did everyone get a chance to review the packet?” Huddled around tables in small groups, organizers were speaking in nervous whispers, deciding who would speak and when and what. Under their breath, someone whispered “It’s […]Girls for Gender Equity