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Vaneeza On Taking Up Space As A Writer

by Fatima Rizwan, Project Manager illustration by Meena Rakasi, Content Manager Poetry has always been a veil, behind which the depths of...

Nadya Okamoto on Battling Menstrual Inequality

story by Lu Lu illustration by Vy Nguyen For all of humankind history, women have been shamed and stigmatized for the natural bodily...

Interview: The Founder of Global Nonprofit PERIOD in Her Own Words

The Homegirl Project chatted with Nadya Okamoto about the need for menstrual equality, her nonprofit, PERIOD, and what energizes her to...

Amber Anderson on Mentorship for Black Youth

Meet The Homegirl: Founder of 'Black is Gold' by Tamera Trimuel Amber Nicole Anderson is a trailblazer on a mission to inspire and...

Interview: The Founder of 'Black is Gold' in Her Own Words

The Homegirl Project chatted with Black is Gold founder Amber Anderson about the importance of supporting Black youth and fostering the...

Zehra and Sophia Naqvi on Combining Fashion and Social Justice

Meet the Homegirls: Co-founders of GLO, Fashion for the Socially Aware by Lu Lu “Fair is better” they say. The colorist society we live...

Interview: Zehra & Sophia Naqvi on Radical Fashion

The Homegirl Project chatted with fashion designer sisters Sophia and Zehra Naqvi about their socially-conscious company, GLO, and...

Interview: A Teen Author in Her Own Words

The Homegirl Project interviewed Chanice Lee, a teen activist, about reclaiming her time and publishing Young Revolutionary. by Ava...

Chanice Lee on Black Girl Magic

Meet The Homegirl: Girl Up Teen Advisor & Author of Young Revolutionary by Ava Marshall When activists of the past like Angela Davis and...

Interview: Activist Cook Sisters in Their Own Words

The Homegirl Project interviewed Deanna and Mya Cook, the sisters who made headlines for ending a racist hair policy at their school,...

Mya and Deanna Cook on Unapologetic Blackness

Meet The Homegirls: Advocates for African-American Students by Shermarie Hyppolite To 17-year-old Mya and Deanna Cook, hair is more than...