Funders

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Chicago Foundation For Women

Crossroads Foundation

Chicago Community Trust Safe and Peaceful Communities

Lush, Inc.

NoVo Foundation

With and For Girls (Collective fund of Comic Relief, EMpower, FRIDA, Mama Cash, Nike Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Plan International UK, Stars Foundation, The Global Fund for Children and Purposeful Productions)

Sarah Peters

Partners

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lifetime Network: Stop Violence Against Women Campaign 

Depaul University 

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Rutgers University 

Chicago Women’s Health Center

Between Friends

Black Girl Jump

Monument Lab

For Freedoms

Red Clay Dance Company

Rekia’s Haven

Resilience

Rootworks Gallery

SisterSong

GOOD Kids MAAD City

Black Lives Matter -Chicago Chapter

Assata Daughter 

Girls for Gender Equity 

Project Nia 

Sensitive Visuals

Floyd Little Double Dutch

Chicago Park District
Village Leadership Academy

Katherine Dunham Technique

Girls Like Me Project

Jumpalicious

 

Visiting Artists and Scholars

Aishah Shahidah Simmons

Yvonne Shirley

Tracie D. Hall

Alondra Nelson

Anaya Frazier

Bella Bahhs

Crystal Laura

Elizabeth Mendez Berry

Linda Carlson

Martinez Sutton

Megan Selby

Monica Simpson

Tarshel Beards

Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Beth Richie 

DJ Rae Chardonnay

DJ Dr.McCoy

DJ Fathom

Marissa Alexander 

Rhonda Brown

Penny Godboldo

 

SOARS Cast

Hettie Barnhill

Regine Jean Charles

Patrese McClain

Ugochi Nwaogwugwu

Montana Ross