Tag Archive for: Changemaker
2010 Changemaker: Peace Circle Initiative
"There were three shootings into my house. I couldn't sit around and watch it happen."
2010 Changemakers: 29th Street Petal Pushers
"Girls are always thinking about their fantasies but the business plan can help them think forward and stay on track."
2009 Changemaker: Marlene Jezierski
‘Beyond the Mirror’
Marlene Jezierski gives away…
2009 Changemaker: Audrey Thayer and the Native Women Together Sewing Project
"You just don't do a work of art in a frame of hateful feelings. When you touch the thread, material, there's a flowing of good feelings, and you pass that on."
2008 Changemaker: Margaret Anderson Kelliher
"We [women] tend to look at prevention as one of the most important lenses to see policy through."
2007 Changemaker: Connie Perpich & Planned Parenthood
Reproductive justice: increasing low-income women's access to contraception
2007 Changemaker: TADA!
Teens Against Dating Abuse spread the message about dating abuse to ‘tween girls
2007 Changemaker: Lauretta Dawolo
The KFAI Youth News Initiative brought 10 girls of color into the studio to produce their own stories.


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