A collaboration for change
Spark Change Project
Get the low down
Established in 2020, the Spark Change Project is a collaboration between the Excellence & Advancement Foundation and Girls Empowerment Network. Our mission is to center girls of color as leaders in advocacy who discover their activist voices, and galvanize their peers to engage in their own passions for positive social change.
How Do We Spark Change?
The Spark Change Project team hires high school-age Black and Brown girls and partners with them to develop a platform and agenda to testify to local policymakers and leaders about issues impacting their communities. Spark Change policy priorities have included girls’ mental health, safe and supportive school environments, equity issues, healthy relationships, and others.
Girls share their lived experiences and knowledge to facilitate discussions at Listening Sessions with their peers, City Council and/or School Board meetings.They are equipped with skills to become effective advocates in their communities, including engaging in training, research, storytelling, grassroots advocacy, and fundraising.
Spark Change Facilitator Applications are now CLOSED.
Stay tuned for our upcoming events to get involved!
Apply to be a Spark Change Project Peer Facilitator!
Learn more about our upcoming events that are open to Texas girls in grades 6-12 who want to learn more about advocacy, activism and social justice. Dates subject to change. Join our Spark Change Project mailing list for the most current updates!
Spark Change Project Peer Facilitator Application
The Spark Change Project Peer Facilitator Application is now CLOSED. Stay tuned to meet the new cohort!
About the spark change project collaboration
The Spark Change Project is a collaboration between the Excellence & Advancement Foundation and Girls Empowerment Network, two nonprofits with complementary missions and a desire to help more girls of color find their activist voices and advocate for change in their communities.
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