Thank You! This report shows the ways everyone in our community came together to make this work possible. Because of your energy, commitment and partnership Third Wave was able to:
● Fund 23 feminist youth-led organizations that are developing leaders and organizing young people to transform their communities.
● Support the collaboration of 20 reproductive justice organizations to identify the issues that are immediate threats to the well-being of their communities, and the strategies to confront those threats.
● Provide trainings in financial planning during tough economic times to 25 organizations and blogging for social justice to five grant partner organizations.
● Give funding for emergency abortions to more than 500 young people in need across the United States and Puerto Rico.

Download the annual report here.

From Third Wave community member Kelly Ren!

I wanted to send you two photos of some feminism in action. Attached is a photo of the 2011/2012 edition of The Guide to a Healthy Birth NYC Edition. This guide is a free resource for the public and it is produced by Choices in Childbirth. The guide is to help expectant parents access education and resources regarding pregnancy, birth and postpartum and to help the public become more aware of maternity rights and choices in our society. I was present at their guide launch on December 20th, with President, Elan McAllister, Executive Director Lisa Malley, Program Manager Malorie Schecter and staff Julia Jolly and new admin assistant Debbie.

Thanks for sending me the stickers, I will definitely be getting them out in 2011. Keep up the good work!

Thanks to Lolita for providing drink specials for our evening, including a festive feminist cocktail we named “Intersectionality on the Beach.”

Hot party photo credits to Mary Ellen Hitt.

Check out more photos at lastnightsfeministparty.com where you can sign up for notices about the next LNFP and be sure not to miss out on a good time! Here are the LNFP/NYC Facebook album and Flickr set as well.

“After Thanksgiving Regret?” No way.

(Get your own “Feminism Was Here” sticker and show us where you put it.)

Submitted to our  ”Feminism Was Here”  action campaign.

Greta Marshall in Willard, Missouri,  sent us this adorable photo of her baby. You’re never too young to be a feminist!

The Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network, Inc (JASMYN), is a community organization with a 14-yr history of education and advocacy by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) young people in the South. Through building empowerment, reproductive justice awareness, education, advocacy and support, JASMYN also works against bullying and harassment in schools. JASMYN is a Third Wave grantee. In the above photo, JASMYN member RJ shows that Feminism is at JASMYN!

We’ve been sending your stickers as quick as you’ve been asking for them, and now we want to know, where are you going to put them to show your support for young feminists? What are some places in your community that feminism should be? We came up with the following quick list of some spots that could use some feminist action:

1. classrooms
2. police precincts
3. clinics
4. campaign offices/posters
5. billboards
6. construction sites
7. museums/art
8. public statues
9. mega chain stores
10. banks

What places would you add to the list? Share with us by requesting some of our “Feminism was Here” stickers and sending us a picture of where you put feminism in your community!

Submitted to our “Feminism Was Here” action campaign,

“I put this sticker on a picture that my father took of an empty New York City street in the 1980s. Feminism walks the streets of this city, every day.”

The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota has been a major player in women’s philanthropy for over 25 years. Their core values of Justice, Social Change, Inclusion, Feminism and Hope, guide their investment in the advancement of equality for all women and girls in the areas of economic justice, safety and security, health and reproductive rights, human rights, and political power, centered in the state of Minnesota.  Check them out!

Third Wave’s Mia Herndon (our Executive Director) and Tara Ellison (Deputy Director) visited with the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota to see from the inside how they do — from visits with donors and grant partners to spending some quality time sharing stories and victories. Here’s Third Wave’s Board chair, Kai Gurley, hanging out with Lee Roper-Batker, WFMN’s Executive Director — and her amazing red lady hat.