You’ve been asking, and the time is finally here! From today until May 7th 11th, we’ll be accepting applications to join the SPARKteam. The SPARKteam is SPARK’s fuel; it’s what drives us and keeps us going. The SPARKteam is a core group of girls and young women ages 13-22 armed with fierce writing and creative arts…
by Mehar Gujral, Angela Batuure, and Crystal Ogar This past weekend, SPARK activists Angela Batuure and Mehar Gujral and SPARK Action Squad Coordinator Crystal Ogar were at the Women in the World Summit in New York City! While Angela and Mehar live blogged from the Women in the World Tumblr, Crystal spoke on a panel…
As we mentioned last week, SPARK activists recently took the stage and the mic at the United Nation’s 58th Commission on the Status of Women. They talked about girls’ activism and why it’s so important for adults to listen to, and work with, girls on the ground. Here, SPARK girls Sam Holmes and Cheyenne Tobias…
Click here to donate to SPARK! Since 2010, SPARK has been training girls between 13 and 22 to be activists, organizers, and leaders in the fight against the sexualization of girls. Our team of girl activists has been growing steadily–from fewer than 10 activists in 2010 to 31 in 2013–and together, we’ve been achieving more…
We’re super excited that six of SPARK’s activists are girl delegates at the 2014 Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations! The Commission on the Status of Women meets at the UN every year to report on and evaluate gender equality and progress for women across the globe. At the 2014 CSW,…
by Celeste Montaño [Ed. note: an earlier version of this blog didn’t mention the research of Ann M. Martin, a science educator who has been tracking and writing about gender in Google Doodles since 2011. This piece, and our corresponding action page, have both been updated to credit her and her work, which is excellent and…
by Madeleine Nesbitt “I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.”– Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit It has been a year of books here at SPARK. In January 2013, we embarked on The Hiding Spot’s Feminist Reads Challenge– a quest to…
by Montgomery Jones For this month’s Women’s History Year, I talked about Billie Holiday and the bravery she displayed by singing Strange Fruit. Originally a poem written by Abel Meeropol, Strange Fruit is an eerie song about two men who were publicly lynched. This song ruffled feathers, but Ms. Holiday sang it anyway. Who influences you? Send us your own…