After Visiting 47 Countries, She's on a Mission of Social Change
Ever since she was a young girl living in South Florida, Loren Medina has loved to travel and learn about countries and cultures different from her...
Challenging the Church's Approach to Mental Health
After her husband died by suicide two years ago, Jessica Jiggetts was at a loss. The days felt never-ending. She ignored invitations to see friends...
Moms Aren’t Okay — Here Are 5 Ways To Alleviate Our Stress Levels
The pandemic has caused many to experience mental health issues, but women, and especially mothers, have had a particularly difficult time. We do n...
How Jeans Became an International Symbol in the Fight Against Sexual Violence
More than 20 years ago, the Italian Supreme Court made international news when it overturned a rape conviction by saying that the “tight jeans”...
4 Ways to Overcome Fear About Climate Change and Instead Focus on Positive Action
Being bombarded by scary news headlines about climate change can create an overwhelming sense of dread and fear, but that shouldn’t stop us from...
Amplify These 5 Female-Owned Organizations Helping Ukrainian Refugees
In light of the recent invasion of Ukraine, many have come together in support of the country and its people. In particular, women and children are...
Beating Cancer, Saving Lives, & Founding Brigade of Mercy
Ambreen Rizvi had lived a full life. She had a successful career in risk management for major financial services companies. She was a mother of thr...
Growing Girls – and Women – in the Greenhouse of Girl Scouts
Once a Girl Scout, always a Girl Scout pretty much describes Rhonda Boston. At 7 years old, she joined her local troop in Clinton Hill, a neighborh...
How This Girl Scout's Gold Award Project Is Helping LGBTQ+ Youth 'Thrive'
Like many young people, 19-year old Sophia Smith-Gatto struggled with her sexual identity growing up. She wanted to express herself but worried she...
Walk the Walk: Besting the System To Give Opportunities To ALL Girls
Launched in 2018 to enable girls in the New York City shelter system to experience the same benefits as other Girl Scout troops, Troop 6000 is a sh...
Where Heroes Rise: 4 Remarkable Stories of Kids Helping Seniors
With the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, the world remains full of stories of disconnection and isolation. In many cases, our more vulnerable p...
Stop Fighting Women for a Seat at the Table
On paper, lifestyle blogger and online retailer shop owner Paige Minear and I should be enemies. We need the same customers for our antique and vin...
Bringing Attention to — and Easing the Problem of — Global Period Poverty
For women and girls experiencing financial hardship or poverty, menstrual hygiene products are often inaccessible or low on their list of “essen...
Meet the 21st-Century ‘Cat Lady’
Valisha Jackson never considered herself a big pet person. She had one cat growing up named Puddy, and while she loved animals, she had no plans to...
Learn How To Serve From Collectivist Cultures
If you grew up in or currently live in the United States, you may have heard phrases like, “I only look out for me,” “I’m a lone wolf,” o...
Making a Difference, Even When Times Are Tough
When I was a kid, I had some pretty lofty dreams about making a massive difference in the world. I wanted to become a successful surgeon slash sing...
This Girl Scout Gold Award Project Is Still Protecting Students
Lauren Klym, 20, was a young student when the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy occurred less than an hour away from her hometown of Stamford, Con...
How to Incorporate Microkindnesses Into Your Life
“It doesn’t cost anything to be nice.” “Be the change you want to see.” But most importantly, “No act of kindness, no matter how small,...
This Teen Is Empowering the Next Generation of Female Voters
Girl Scout Lauren Crane has a passion for social change and civic duty. But as a 17-year-old too young to vote, she’s had to find other ways to g...
How This Gold Award Girl Scout Connects Incarcerated Women With Their Families
Children everywhere need words of encouragement and love from their mothers, but kids with an incarcerated parent don't often get to hear their mot...
Helping Young Latinx Writers Find Their Voice
Today, Colombia is one of the most popular tourist destinations for Americans, with its beaches, cuisine, and festivals drawing adventurers and foo...
This "Black Fairy Godmother" Is Gifting Serious Cash to Women in Need on Social Media
When Simone Gordon suddenly lost her banking job four years ago, the mother of a newborn struggled to keep up with the bills. Her mind raced daily...
How a Baseball Fan Took Her Love of the Dodgers to Start a Movement Around Women and Sports
Growing up in Los Angeles, Danielle Wong remembers always being tuned in to a Dodgers game at her home. It either played on TV or on the radio with...
How to Help a Friend
Throughout my teenage years, I started to notice something new and different emerging within my closest friendships. I seemed to be spending a lot...
How Churches Are Joining the Sustainability Movement
Nearly seven years ago, Martha Blume and Marj Chapman got on a bus with a few members of their church and headed to Manhattan for the People's Clim...
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Speak Out on Vaccine Equity: 'We Need to Recover'
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are working on a new vaccine equity project. Earlier this week, international advocacy group Global Citizen announc...
How To Celebrate Earth Day All Year Long
Earth Day is April 22, but every day is an opportunity to help the Earth. While large corporations are largely responsible for the global climate c...
She’s Teaching Us That Climate Change Isn’t A Political Issue, It’s a Human Issue
Climate change doesn’t just impact our environment. It impacts our culture, too. Jasmine Sanders is the first Black female executive director of...
She's Helping People Process Anxiety About Climate Change
For many of us, climate change is scary. The toll it takes on our mental health often isn’t talked about enough, though. Words like ecoanxiety an...
Her Podcast Is Amplifying African Voices on Climate Change, Locally and Globally
When Pato Kelesitse saw how much a drought impacted her Botswanian home in Gaborone, she was inspired to become a climate change activist. Kelesits...
Asian American Women Leading the Fight to #StopAAPIHate
At the time, it was a shocking, unusual event at a middle school in the San Fernando Valley suburbs of Los Angeles.
Reclaiming Oakland: The Ohlone Are Rematriating the Land
Thousands of years ago, the Ohlone people inhabited a vast swath of California, stretching from the San Francisco Bay to the Salinas Valley, living...
A Women-Led Mission in Tennessee to Help Immigrants Hit Hard by the Pandemic
More than a million immigrants arrive in the U.S. every year, with tens of thousands landing at the southern border in search of safety and prosper...
Sisters Deliver Food for Charity in 'Competition' with NFL Star Brother
Arizona Cardinals cornerback Prince Amukamara and two of his sisters found an unexpected hobby over the last year during the pandemic: working for food-delivery
This 7-year-old Raised $20,000 for Hospital PPE, Research
A 7-year-old girl has raised more than $20,000 for a Chicago hospital to purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and put toward their research...
5 Ways Gift Giving Is Different in 2020
Gift giving is obviously rewarding when you're the gift giver — and it's not too bad to be on the receiving end of a gift, either. But the gift-g...
3 Ways You Can Give on Giving Tuesday
Every year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, we celebrate Giving Tuesday. Created in 2012, the day was meant to encourage people to do good in some capac
Helping the Homeless Feel Like They Belong
Marla Bautista had already suffered the loss of her father and mother when an abusive stepfather kicked her out at age 18. With nothing but a teddy...
Young Girl Brings Thousands of Toys to Other Kids
One day at band camp … That sounds so cliché, but there’s no better beginning to this story. After picking my daughter up from her first day...
How One Woman Is Helping Trauma Victims Heal in Rwanda
The events of the Rwandan genocide left many with scars that are still healing, but former attorney Emily Gould is aiding recovery through communit...
We Asked 11 Women What Being a Humanitarian Means to Them
World Humanitarian Day (August 19) was created by the United Nations to commemorate humanitarian workers who dedicate their lives to protecting peo...
Community Fridges Are Helping Feed Americans in Need
According to a 2018 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, at least 37.2 million people, including 11.2 million children, did not hav...
This All-Female Flight Crew Is Bringing the Gift of Sight to New Heights
As we celebrate Amelia Earhart today on July 24, we're also looking at the unique ways aviation has helped so many around the world. In particular,...
Slam Out Loud Is Engaging Children in the Arts, Even from Afar
“Every individual will have a voice that empowers them to change lives” — that’s a message from Slam Out Loud (SOL), a for-mission, nonprof...
Stocking Little Free Libraries with Food
In March, when many Americans found themselves being asked to stay home, grocery shelves emptied out as many prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s when...
Religious Groups Unite to Feed the Hungry During the Pandemic
When the world seems like it’s coming apart, there is nothing more life-affirming than seeing a coordinated effort of different groups to bring i...
