2019 has been a year of equity at Gwen’s Girls! We know our girls have limitless potential, but face so many obstacles, especially in the wake of the City's disturbing gender equity report. Your support will help catapult them onto a level playing field. Click Here to...
Miss the Black Girls Equity Alliance Summit or want to relive the moment? You can now view the livestream of the 4th Annual Equity Summit & Awards Reception, Intersectionality: Gender, Race, & Systemic Implications for Black Girls. Hear from Professor Kimberlé...
Gwen's Girls headed to Atlanta to advance the needs and potential of girls and young women at the In Solidarity Conference, presented by National Crittenton. Executive Director Kathi Elliot and Gwen’s Girls participants presented on the work of the Black Girls Equity...
One day, all girls, regardless of race or income, will receive the trauma-informed care they need and deserve. #ONEDAY is May 7th! On this day, The Pittsburgh Foundation will issue a critical needs alert, creating a sense of urgency for the public to make online...
April is National Volunteer Month, a time to celebrate the work that volunteers do year-round. Because of volunteers, we can advance our mission to empower girls and young women to have productive lives through holistic, gender-specific programs, education and...
A balanced world is a better world. How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world? That’s the question being asked this International Women’s Day, which has a theme all about balance. Here at Gwen’s Girls, we try to answer that question through our holistic,...
We have to figure out what it takes to get women to believe in themselves and that they have what it takes to make it in this life. Our Founder Gwen Elliott's words still ring true today as we celebrate Women's History Month and the women working so hard to figure out...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]It's Respect Week! A week where organizations nationwide remind people that while love has many definitions, abuse is not one of them. Everyone has the right to create meaningful and healthy...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Oct. 19 and 20 at the Omni William Penn Hotel, there was a celebration of the 15-year legacy of the late Commander Gwen Elliott. In 2002, Gwen’s Girls was created. It’s a non-profit organization that has worked for 15 years to...