The “Black Girl Me: Girl/Friends’ Fifteen-Year Retrospective” marks the 15th anniversary of A Long Walk Home’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute, highlighting the stories of Black girls and genderqueer youth in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Scheherazade Tillet
Executive Director, A Long Walk Home,
will take center stage at Tedx Chicago
Friday, September 27th
Harris Theater Chicago
In partnership with the Ford Foundation, a discussion featuring acclaimed author and journalist Charles Blow and co-founders of Courage Fund and A Call To Men, accompanied by an award ceremony and reception.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Ford Foundation, NYC
Healers and Dreamers Exhibition Lubeznik Center for the Arts Featured Rainbow Beach Altar Installation film, in group exhibition
Nov. 1, 2024 — Feb. 15, 2025
A Long Walk Home is a national organization based in Chicago that uses art to empower young people and end violence against women and girls.
A Long Walk Home is committed to increasing resources and opportunities for girls and young women in our society who are most vulnerable to multiple forms of violence in the Chicago area, including low-income, Black girls and women, those with disabilities, and LGBTQI+-identified and gender-expansive youth.
Courage Fund
Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Long Walk Home, and A Call To Men have founded The Courage Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to support Black survivors of sexual violence. The fund raises awareness and provides resources to those dedicated to ending sexual violence against women and girls in the United States. Join us in this vital effort to make a significant difference in the lives of countless individuals.
Girls/Friends Leadership Institute
A Long Walk Home’s Girl/Friends Leadership Institute is a two-year-long initiative that equips Black girls, gender-expansive youth, and young women in Chicago with the leadership, artistic, and activist skills necessary for driving change within their communities and beyond.
In the Headlines
This year was a record year for the organization in terms of media presence. Featured in more than 30 pieces in print, online, and on television, we reached an estimated audience of 1 billion people and generated nearly 10,000 shares of articles on social platforms.
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