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Founded in 2013, Girls PACT combats unplanned pregnancy among young women ages 15-24 by revealing the power of self-confidence.

Girls Prep was founded in 2009 as a non-profit mentoring organization offering innovative, collaborative and personalized mentoring relationships to African-American and Latin X-American girls between the ages of 16-21. We seek to increase the educational outcomes of these two minority groups and our success criteria is to have 100% our program participants matriculate and complete college within four years and enhance the pool of future minority women leaders for the 21st century. We will achieve this thru the following:-Academic Preparation & Support-Exposure to Cultural Diversity-Leveraging Technology -Providing Leadership Skills -Providing Career Development

Outreach Antigone Rising visits schools, community & youth centers, embassies and corporations for a 60-90 minute outreach program.We share stories about our experience as women in a male-dominated industry. We weave songs throughout the program as relevant to the discussion. A typical outreach ends with a Q&A period and song requests from the audience. The band's light-hearted rapport makes every Girls Rising event unique, entertaining and informative. Most importantly, a Girls Rising outreach always leaves kids (and grown ups) feeling empowered. Mentoring Antigone Rising mentors aspiring female artists through performance and songwriting workshops. Each year, artists are chosen to perform at the band's annual “BeachFest,” which takes place the third weekend of September at Sea Cliff Beach Pavillion on Long Island. In previous years, the band has featured 4th grade violinist, Emily White, high school singer-songwriter Mia Alonso and 14 year old singer songwriter Alexis Avery. While on tour, the band presents young local female artists to open shows, giving them an opportunity to perform in front of a large audience. Artists have included 11 year old singer songwriter Taylor Gayle in Dallas, TX, Hannah Cottrell and Annie & Kate in Austin, TX, Vietnamese artist, Cue, Kalliope Jones in Northampton, MA, and Sydney Kayne in Stanhope, NJ.

Empower and support youth through empowerment programs for all youth and supporting basic needs for youth facing poverty.

The Tigray Development Association is a member-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in August 1989 in Washington DC. Our primary objective is to contribute to the improvement of the livelihood of the people of Tigray through human resource development and the enhancement of health services. We address the core causes of the problems by fostering self-sufficiency at the community level, empowering Tigrayans as change agents, and developing successful collaborations with local and international communities and partners.

Their mission is to trigger an increased curiosity through deliberate education, access and opportunity of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) within the minds of black girls in every community.