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NOVEMBER 2021 | NEWSLETTER
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Rise Up Leader Nsini Udonta speaking during our virtual Breakfast Gala — together we raised over $300,000 to support leaders like Nsini.
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At our Breakfast Gala this month, we welcomed our global community of friends, partners, and supporters for a powerful virtual celebration of Rise Up's visionary leaders. In addition to hearing from award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda, five Rise Up Leaders shared stories of how they are advancing gender equity in their own communities:
With your support, we surpassed our fundraising goal, raising over $300,000 to advance the work of Rise Up Leaders and together, committing to deepening our roots and rising higher for girls and women. We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us!
In case you missed any of our speakers, you can watch their remarks in full here.
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Rise Up Leader Maritza Martinez, one of our inspiring Breakfast Gala speakers, is the Executive Director of Somos Familia, a California-based organization working to build leadership in Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive. For Maritza, learning about advocacy through Rise Up’s trainings has been essential for her organization and the Latinx families it supports:
"Learning about how advocacy works through Rise Up has been transformational for us and is something that we are taking to the families that we support so that they are able to really know how to effect change not only in schools and communities but hopefully in the future in a more systemic way."
As we celebrate generosity on this GivingTuesday, we invite you to join this global day of giving by supporting Rise Up Leaders like Maritza, who are building a more just and equitable world.
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If you are interested in getting more involved with Rise Up's work, we invite you to consider joining our newly launched Ambassadors Program. Rise Up Ambassadors gain access to our virtual speaker series featuring experts in women and girls' health, education, and equity in addition to exclusive access to sector-wide events and gatherings. Learn more here.
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RISE UP LAUNCHES IN RAJASTHAN
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Rise Up recently launched a new cohort of 25 visionary young Leaders in Rajasthan, India who are participating in our Leadership Accelerator, where they will build their skills and develop their own strategies to improve education, health, and economic opportunity for girls and women.
Stay tuned for more updates on these incredible leaders!
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CALLING LEADERS IN NIGERIA
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We’re launching a new cohort of Rise Up Leaders in Nigeria’s Kaduna and Nasarawa States to improve education opportunities for Nigerian girls! Leaders will participate in our intensive Advocacy and Leadership Accelerator, where they will build their skills and capacity, develop their own strategies to improve the lives of girls and women in Nigeria, and have the opportunity to apply for competitive funding to launch those strategies.
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CONGRATULATIONS, APRIL!
Rise Up Leader April Grayson was selected as a Solís Policy Institute Fellow by the Women’s Foundation of California. April will continue her advocacy on behalf of women and girls who have been incarcerated in California, by creating and shaping policies to address the harmful impacts of the criminal justice system.
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SAFE ABORTION IN INDIA
Rise Up Leader Jasmine Lovely George and her organization Hidden Pockets Collective, created a music video to raise awareness about safe abortion options in India. The music video uses song and dance as educational tools to answer common questions about abortion access.
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We’re hiring! Rise Up seeks a part-time Administrative Assistant position to support our programming in Mexico. The Administrative Assistant will provide general administrative support, collaborate with local partners, and create and support relationships with key stakeholders at the local, state, and national levels.
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Rise Up activates women and girls to transform their lives, families, and communities through investment in local solutions, strengthening leadership, and building movements. Since 2009, Rise Up's powerful network of over 600 leaders has advocated for over 120 laws and policies impacting 135 million people in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the US. Rise Up is based at the Public Health Institute (PHI), a leader in global health and development for over 50 years.
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