The AFG team is excited to spend the rest of this week at our annual retreat connecting with one another & planning AFG’s next exciting chapter. 🫶 We will be unavailable during this time so our staff can focus & be fully present. ✨ To reach us, drop 📩 & we’ll reply on Monday!

👋🏽Meet AFG's new Co-ED, Chantal Hildebrand. Advancing gender & racial equity internationally and here in CA has been her life’s work. Chantal joined AFG nearly 3️⃣years ago and, before being named Co-ED was our Deputy Director. 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾Get To Know Chantal: alliance4girls.org/blog/meet-chan…

As we approach sundown, AFG wishes a Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate. 🕎

We're back in the office! ⏰ Our annual retreat was special b/c it brought together the newly integrated AFG & Evaluation Studio team in person to connect & engage about AFG’s next exciting chapter. The work starts with us & we’re excited to share more details soon! 💪🏾💪🏿

Curious to see what we have been up to over the last few months? Click here to visit our blog and read our winter newsletter! ❄️ 📝Read here: alliance4girls.org/blog/afg-2023-…

Looking for gift ideas that support girls'* creativity & confidence in STEM? 👩🏾‍🔬🧪🥼 * At AFG, girls & gender-expansive youth refers to cis girls, trans girls, non-binary youth, gender non-conforming youth, gender queer youth & any girl-identified youth).

Have you seen our AFG Girls Resource Hub? Launched in the summer, the platform is a guide to resources for girls and gender-expansive youth in the Bay Area and LA. Visit the hub today! alliance4girls.org/hub

YES! We are here for shifting the narrative of #YoungMothers!

Year in Review: AFG’s Research 📊 12/2022: Radical Visions of Safety Brief 9/2023: #SafetyinNumbers a case study of Phase I of #NotOneMoreGirl 10/2023: Hear Their Voices - summary of our community asset heat map of South & Southeast LA Read all reports @ alliance4girls.org/research

The AFG office will be closed from December 25 - January 5 to allow our team to celebrate the holidays and rest from a year of hard and diligent work. We look forward to continuing this work in 2024!

The holidays feel different for many people. Everything is scary & very uncertain right now; it is easy to lose hope. While we are not shying away from the injustices, violence, & sadness happening around us, join us in confronting this darkness by uplifting glimmers of light.

Wishing a joyous Kwanzaa to all who celebrate. 🕯️❤️🖤💚 One of the great things about Kwanzaa is the chance to be expressive and creative. Find various Kwanzaa resources here: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/initia…

AFG's & our members' work in LA County is truly inspiring. Together, we shed light on the challenges & opportunities girls & gender-expansive youth face in their communities. We look forward to more collaboration in 2024. 🫶🏾 Read our message & donate: alliance4girls.org

🕯️As we look to light the path for gender-equity in the next decade, we remain committed that diverse leadership is the key to effective leadership. Under the guidance of our new co-EDs, the AFG team is working towards a shared vision & we look forward to sharing more soon!

📢 ICYMI! A big thank you to MinetaTransportation for inviting AFG's Co-Executive Director, Chantal Hildebrand, to discuss rider harassment on public transit. 🚍 🚊 📌Learn more about the fight for transit safety: bit.ly/3HNTBU3

To expand our learning from recent intergenerational & interactive workshops that convened girls & gender-expansive youth, girl-serving org leaders, & community members who ride BART, AFG & BART invite leaders & youth to a meeting on 4/23. 📍Register: bit.ly/safetyonbart

📣We are excited to share AFG's new strategic plan.📝It charts the course of our collective future to facilitate generative change with & for girls and gender-expansive youth of color & the organizations that serve them. ✨ ➡️ Learn more & view our plan: bit.ly/afgstratplan20…

AFG is launching the State of the Bay Area Girl Initiative County Profiles to spotlight youth-led solutions. Join our Pláticas September 19 and October 2nd to build this vision together. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/SGIPlatica1 bit.ly/SGIPlatica2

Did you know that #GenZ will represent over 20% of the electorate this year? 🤯 Help IGNITE National #IGNITEtheVote with a new generation of voters by sharing their resources: bit.ly/3QoF3Mz