Gift a young women the power to use her voice in her community and be BRAVE!
We cultivate brave spaces for people to come together to discover their similarities, share their differences, and co-create community and connection. Your contribution will support our BRAVE-Maker and BRAVE Campus Ambassadors programs. Our programs empower diverse 14-24 year old female-identifying students, based in the United States, with leadership, antiracism, bias reduction, and project management skills. Participants gain hands-on experience over the course of a summer (6-week) and/or an academic-year (9-month) through weekly or bi-weekly workshops, group projects, civic engagement, and community organizing. Our current youth programming represent Asian (18%), Black (35%) Latinx (9%), Native/Indigenous (6%), white (26%), multi-racial (6%). We believe it is important to have a diverse cohort of participants to adhere to anti-bias and prejudice reduction values via peer education, accountability, and storytelling. Watch Ambassadors' testimonial video. And, watch some videos of the community-building initiatives that our past BRAVE Ambassadors participated in: The Future is Us - Hygiene Products for Gender Justice Food distributions on MLK weekend Food distribution for Lunar New Year, Black History Month, and Valentine's Weekend Dear Governor Abbott BRAVE Fest 2020 COVID-19 Safety "Why Be A BRAVE Maker" And, watch a few of the civic engagement digital campaigns that our past BRAVE Makers' cohort created: Every Person Matters Our Earth Use Your Voice The importance of voting & filling out the census: Black and LatinX edition (English) The importance of voting & filling out the census: Black and LatinX edition (Spanish)
Your contribution will help to provide curriculum material and resources for our BRAVE-Makers and BRAVE Ambassadors programs
Your contribution will help provide honorariums to subject matter experts that serve as guest workshop speakers at our BRAVE Makers and BRAVE Ambassador programs.
Your contribution will help us to continue to provide monthly free, intergenerational community conversations to listen, learn, unlearn, and share our stories with a racial equity lens on.
Your contribution will provide a scholarship for one summer BRAVE-Makers program
Your contribution will help support one workshop and training for our BRAVE Ambassadors program
Your contribution will help provide the application fee for one BRAVE Maker or BRAVE Ambassador which includes a welcome kit and youth activism book.
Your contribution will help pay for one month of Zoom fees
