(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - La’Keisha Gray-Sewell, the founder and Executive Director of Girls Like Me Project Inc (GLMPI), a non-profit organization based in Chicago, has received a $50,000 financial award from the Black Girl Freedom Fund (BGFF) to support its capacity building programme for African American girls. The initiative is aimed at training African American girls
The NoVo Foundation’s decision two years ago to stop funding gender-violence prevention underscored the problem of relying on one primary donor. Now, as the problem continues to grow, a consistent and coordinated response is needed across all of philanthropy.
Black Girl Freedom Fund invests over $4 million to 68 U.S. organizations to expand the organizing power of Black girls, femmes and gender-expansive youth.