Civics in Color: Politics for Black and Brown Girls Understanding Voter Suppression and What You Can Do About It May 1- May 22, 2021 Saturdays from 10-12pm EST DO YOU KNOW... Who oversees elections? How electoral processes work in practice? How voting rights are determined? What voter suppression is? WANT TO KNOW MORE? Sign up for Civics in Color to find out more and to learn how YOU play a role too. If you identify as a woman…
In 2019, GrassROOTS members have provided over 50,000 sanitary napkins to 1000 girls in the US, Jamaica and Ghana—yet that is not enough. 1 in 4 girls will miss school each year because they do not have the supplies necessary to have a healthy period. Grassroots Community Foundation joins Rotary Club in Accra City, Ghana
The work contributes. October 12-17 we continue the work to help #endperiodpoverty. SuperGirl Ambassador Amina Anekwe will lead this initiative. We will visit four schools and donate 2500 sanitary napkins. Each girl will get up to 3 months supply of resources including a book from SuperGirl Marley Dias’ #1000blackgirlbooks campaign. Mrs. Alberta Ekar made each of the 500 reusable bags for the girls. Also joining the trip is GrassROOTS President Dr. Janice Johnson Dias and…
Thank you United State of Women for highlighting SuperGirl Marley Dias. Meet Marley Dias, one of the youngest changemakers we know. As soon as she learned how to read, Marley couldn’t put books down. But she quickly realized there were far more books about boys and their dogs than about girls that looked like her. And at the young age of 11, Marley decided to do something about it. She began collecting books where girls of color were the…
The purpose of the SuperGirls Society (SGS) is to support the health and wellbeing of Black girls, foster sisterhood, and to serve as an example of Black girl excellence. SGS is a branch of the GrassROOTS Community Foundation’s SuperCamp program. Based on the four principles of Maat: Truth, Order, Balance, and Reciprocity — this unique association provides a safe community space for public health and social action programming for girls of African descent. SuperGirls Society realizes the importance of…
Join our free wellness program for girls. Activities include fitness and health workshops, dancing, cooking demonstrations and more. Our LEAVES program trains girls to be healthy and use their healthy energy to make a difference in the world. Saturday, February 4, 2017 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Waterview Recreation Center 5826 McMahon Street Philadelphia, PA 19144