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DECEMBER 2021 | NEWSLETTER

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

The Rise Up team wishes you a safe and happy holiday season!

Thank you for being part of our global community and rising higher with us this year. With your support, our powerful network of Rise Up Leaders are improving access to education, health, and economic opportunity for girls and women in communities around the world.

We wish you safe and happy holidays and we look forward to your continued partnership in 2022!

TRANSFORMING PHILANTHROPY

Read our letter to the editor in the Chronicle of Philanthropy

In a letter to the editor published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Rise Up founder and executive director Denise Raquel Dunning reflected on recent criticism of MacKenzie Scott’s giving and how philanthropy can do more good by following Scott’s lead:  

"As the founder of Rise Up, a nonprofit that recently received funding from Scott, I know firsthand that donors like her, who are not part of the philanthropic mainstream, enable us to expand our work and advance systemic change in previously unimaginable ways….By trusting and putting power into the hands of the organizations she supports, Scott is expanding philanthropy’s potential to create lasting change.”

 

Read the letter>>

#16DAYSofACTIVISM

Young Rise Up Leaders pledge to combat gender-based violence

For #16DaysofActivism, a global annual campaign to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV), Rise Up Youth Champions from around the world created a short video to share their pledges to end GBV. Ritika, a Rise Up Leader and editor from India, shared her pledge:

“I pledge to raise awareness of gender-based violence by documenting stories of survivors, amplifying their voices, and questioning those in power.”

Watch the video >> 

Apply today to join our incredible, growing team!

JOIN OUR TEAM

We’re hiring! Rise Up seeks a full-time program assistant to support administrative processes for our global programs, and a digital communications associate to develop and implement strategies and content to grow our audiences and raise visibility. Join our growing team to help advance health, education, and economic opportunity for girls and women around the world!

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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