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2014 Changemaker: Ethelind Kaba

"This is a more proactive way of looking at the experience of being a girl. The goal is to get some of these girls in to talk about issues before there's a problem."

2013 Changemaker: Allison Broeren

"When we can really become a community of strong women together, we can help support each other and we can help lift each other up in different ways."

2013 Changemakers: Ami Wazlawik and Hollaback! Twin Cities

"If we could get to a point where all girls and women felt empowered to speak their minds on a regular basis, I would die a happy feminist."

2013 Changemakers: The Girls Restorative Program

"We made statues with words that express how we should be." — Rashonda, 16

2013 Changemaker: Angela Champagne-From

"People don't survive what I survived not to share their story and not to promote change."

2012 Changemaker: Susan Strauss

"It's important that the behavior be correctly named because sexual harassment, or any kind of harassment, is a violation of a student's civil rights."

2012 Changemaker: Christine Stark

"These women have survived for their entire lives. They have an incredible amount of strength and resiliency."

2012 Changemaker: ‘With Impunity’

Documentary examines culture and history of gender-based violence. "We really wanted to tell the story that if we are ever going to stop men's violence against women that men need to step up in leadership."

2012 Changemakers: Gender Democracy Toolkit

"It is so good to bring these conversations out in the open. Not just with women, but with men and youth."

2011 Changemaker: Candy Hadsall

"Is it acceptable to have 15,000 cases of chlamydia and no one speaks up about it?"

2011 Changemaker: SlutWalk Minneapolis

"[the SlutWalk] message isn't telling people 'don't get raped,' it's telling people 'don't rape.'"

2011 Changemakers: ‘Women Making Change’

"If you don't like something, work to change it."