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We energize, mobilize and support Black Women to transform their health and their lives through education, advocacy, support, and powerful partnerships. We exist to eliminate health disparities and other barriers that impact Black Women and Girls. We empower Black women and girls to live healthy, well, and thriving lives.

Veerni's mission is to educate and empower girls and women of rural Rajasthan so they can lead healthy and productive lives free from poverty, coercion and disease.

To provide girls aging out of the foster care system and sex trafficking victims (CSEC) with all of the resources and support of an intact family. To allow the greatest opportunity for a successful transition to adulthood.

Huru International's mission is to provide at-risk girls in Africa with reusable sanitary pads combined with sexual and reproductive health and life skills workshops so that they can stay in school and remain healthy.

Black Women for Wellness is a multi-generational, community-based organization committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls by building healthy communities through access and development of health education, awareness, empowerment and advocacy opportunities and activities.

The foundation invests in the potential of 2SLGBTQ+ communities — especially LGBTQ women, girls, and other historically excluded groups — by providing rapid-response community grants, scholarships (e.g., for queer youth camps), and programs to improve health, economic justice, and representation. Its work includes building an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory and supporting grassroots organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

Move it Nation, Inc. is a health, well-being, and leadership 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to empower youth to move their minds, bodies and souls. Collectively, we motivate, educate and inspire the future generation to live well: physically, mentally and emotionally.OUR FOCUSOur focus is well-being particularly among multicultural, urban youth. Recent research has shown that women and adolescent girls of African descent are disproportionately affected by chronic disorders such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and are more physically inactive than their racial or ethnic counterparts.In response to this, we have narrowed our focus with programs and interventions for this population. Our secondary focus is education and enrichment among youth in Southern Africa.

California Black Women’s Health Project (CABWHP) works to improve the health and wellness of Black women and girls across California by providing culturally centered education, advocacy, outreach, and policy work. The organization trains community health advocates, delivers health education and support programs, and pushes for policy changes to address health inequities affecting Black women and girls.

Everything that we do at Back Bay Mission stems from our mission: strengthening neighborhoods, seeking justice, transforming lives.We strengthen neighborhoods through nine initiatives: the Micah Center (Day Center for the Homeless), Home at Last, (Permanent Supportive Housing), Rental Assistance, Emergency Assistance (Includes Food Choice Food Pantry) Community Health Worker Project, Bridges Out of Poverty education, Housing Recovery and Home Port (Housing for Veterans) Our programs are seeking justice by providing a way forward for those caught in generational poverty, those experiencing the devastation of life traumas and those who are victims of poor life choices. These programs assist the people we serve become contributing citizens in their communities, An annual average of 800 volunteers take what they learn at Back Bay Mission home with them where they have the opportunity to strengthen their own neighborhoods efforts in justice seeking. Justice seeking means supporting the people we serve in becoming more involved in their communities, educating people about the realities of poverty, and advocating on behalf of marginalized people..All of our programs transform lives. Whether we're helping a homeowner keep their home, mentoring a single mother as she plans her path out of poverty, or working with an intern who is thinking about a career in social work, we're making the lives of the people we serve better. Our work in transforming leads BBM to be catalyst in transforming individual lives that can transform our communities and the country.