Girls for Gender Equity (GGE)
@GGENYC
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Centering Black girls and TGNC youth in policy and advocacy, direct service and culture-change work to achieve gender & racial justice. 📧[email protected]
New York
Joined March 2009
“The HJ team curated spaces to connect healing justice, movement building, community care & creativity. We’re especially proud of our Youth HJ Facilitators & Fellows who co-created these cross-programmatic, intergenerational events.” 💜 #HealingJustice #GGE
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“We were constantly building, breaking down, & repairing in real time—to welcome growth, hold each other accountable, & embrace our humanity.”. – Kretal Krah, YWAC Program Manager 💜.#YouthLeadership #GGE #ProgramReflections #BlackFeministPractice
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To close out our #PrideMonth series, we’re honoring Joanne Smith, our Founder and CEO. Her leadership empowers Black girls and gender-expansive youth to lead with love and strength. 🏳️🌈✊🏾 #JoanneSmith #LGBTQ+Liberation #GGENYC
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Next in our #PrideMonth series: Barbara Smith—a pioneer of intersectional feminism and LGBTQ+ advocacy, and a founding member of the Combahee River Collective. 🌈✊🏾. Image Source: Kevin Andre Elliott.Image License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Texas were finally freed—marking the day we now honor as #Juneteenth. Today, we remember, we celebrate, and we continue the fight for true freedom. ❤️💚🖤 #BlackLiberation #GGENYC. Source: Alexandra Wimley / Post-Gazette
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It’s #PrideMonth at GGE, and we’re uplifting Black women leaders in LGBTQ+ history. Today we honor Audre Lorde—a writer, feminist, and activist who centered the lives of Black lesbian women in her work. 🖤🏳️🌈. Image Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Image Credit: 350VT
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Students with disabilities and Black & Brown youth are suspended at disproportionate rates. We’re in Albany today to demand change. #SupportNotSuspensionsNY #EquityInEducation.
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Suspensions don’t solve behavior issues—they push students out of school and into the justice system. We demand restorative solutions. #SolutionsNotSuspensionsNY #EndSchoolPushout.
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Today, we honor Breonna Taylor. A daughter, a caregiver, a leader—her life mattered. 🤍. We will always remember her, uplift her legacy, and continue to fight for justice. Image Source: AP. #SayHerName #BreonnaTaylor #GGENYC
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Today we celebrate 23 years of GGE! ✨. For over two decades, we’ve centered the leadership of Black girls & gender-expansive youth of color to shift culture & policy for gender & racial justice. Here’s to 23 more. 💜 #GGE23 #BlackGirlsLead #GenderJustice
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📚 Thank you @SenatorRJackson and @SolagesNY for championing #SNS and fighting for students. We need this bill to make the needed changes to school climate and make learning accessible for all.
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📚 NY students lost nearly days of learning last year due to suspensions. It's time to stop pushing students out of classrooms. It's time to #PassA118S134. #SolutionsNotSuspensionsNY #DignityInSchools.
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🏫Education is a right, and New York youth deserve high quality, culturally affirming education! #InvestInYouthNY.
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🗣️ Today, 200+ parents, students & advocates are in Albany calling on NY lawmakers to pass the #SolutionsNotSuspensionsNY bill (A.118/S.134). Our students deserve solutions and support, not punishment. #PassA118S134 #EndSchoolPushout.
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🗣️We must pass Solutions Not Suspensions to make sure youth can attend schools with a positive, restorative climate! Criminalizing students is not a sustainable option for our State, be on the right side of history and pass this bill.
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To wrap up Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re sharing how GGE youth are caring for their mental health & ending stigma in their lives. 🧠💚. This work doesn’t end in May—it’s a movement. #MentalHealthAwareness #YouthVoices #GGENYC
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On #commUNITYsafety Denim Day 2025, SIS marched across the Brooklyn Bridge with signs made in community, honoring visible and unseen contributions. Pictured: GGE Staff, GGE Program Participants, and Farah Lewis, New York City Council Member of the 45th district.
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Young people at GGE are leading the way—normalizing mental health convos, showing up for each other, and breaking the stigma. 🧠💚. What does mental health mean to you? Let’s keep the convo going. #MentalHealthAwareness #YouthVoices #EndTheStigma #GGENYC
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She asked the hard questions. Now it’s our turn. Be an inquisitor. Watch the film. Join the conversation. THE INQUISITOR at Tribeca — June. Link in bio to grab tickets. #TheInquisitorDoc #BeAnInquisitor #BarbaraJordan #Tribeca2025 #DocFilm
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