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VOICE A feminist nonprofit helping organizations led by women, girls & LGBTQIA+ communities turn vision into impact globally.

06/01/2026

As Pride Month begins, we want to celebrate something that has always existed, even when the world tried to erase it: LGBTQ+ families.
Families built through love.
Through community.
Through resilience.
Through chosen family, caregiving, partnership, and showing up for one another again and again.

LGBTQ+ families deserve visibility, respect, safety, and joy, not just during Pride Month, but every single day.

At a time when LGBTQ+ people, especially trans people and q***r parents, are facing growing attacks and harmful rhetoric, celebrating LGBTQ+ families is also an act of protection and affirmation.

Love makes a family.
Care makes a family.
Community makes a family.

Happy LGBTQ Family Day and Happy Pride Month to the beautiful families who continue to love openly and exist boldly despite it all.

06/01/2026

One of the most devastating acts of racial violence in American history happened just over a century ago, close enough for survivors to still be alive until last year.

The Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed homes, businesses, churches, and generations of Black wealth in Greenwood, a community so prosperous it was known as Black Wall Street. Families lost everything overnight. Many never recovered financially, emotionally, or culturally. And despite all that was taken, survivors and their descendants were never given reparations.

What happened in Tulsa was not an isolated moment. It was part of a larger pattern of violence used to punish Black success, Black ownership, and Black autonomy in America.

Now, at a time when books are being banned, histories are being watered down, and the truth is becoming increasingly politicized, remembering matters even more.

We cannot protect what we refuse to honestly remember.
Tell the story. Share the history. Teach the next generation.
Remember Tulsa.

Periods don’t stop because someone is living through poverty, war, displacement, or crisis.Yet millions of women and gir...
05/28/2026

Periods don’t stop because someone is living through poverty, war, displacement, or crisis.

Yet millions of women and girls around the world still lack access to basic menstrual products, clean water, sanitation, and safe spaces to manage their periods with dignity.

This is what period poverty looks like. And it impacts education, health, mental wellbeing, safety, and opportunity.

Menstrual Hygiene Day is a reminder that menstrual equity is not a “women’s issue.” It’s a public health issue. A human rights issue. A dignity issue.

Swipe through to learn more about period poverty, its impacts, and ways to help support women and girls globally and in our own communities.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many ways AAPI voices have shaped ...
05/27/2026

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many ways AAPI voices have shaped conversations around justice, culture, identity, care, climate, disability rights, gender equity, and community leadership.

These activists, writers, organizers, artists, and advocates are using their platforms to challenge inequality, expand representation, and create space for more inclusive futures across movements and communities.

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Before there was Memorial Day, there was Decoration Day.On May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina, thousands of newl...
05/25/2026

Before there was Memorial Day, there was Decoration Day.

On May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina, thousands of newly freed Black men, women, children, and missionaries gathered to honor Union soldiers who had died in a Confederate prison camp and were buried in unmarked mass graves. They reburied the dead with dignity, decorated the graves with flowers, and held a ceremony of song, scripture, and remembrance.

Their actions helped lay the foundation for what we now know as Memorial Day. And yet so many people were never taught this history at all.

At a time when books are being banned, classrooms are being censored, and Black history is being stripped from public spaces and curriculum, it matters more than ever to tell the truth. Because Black history is American history. It always has been.

We cannot allow history to be whitewashed, erased, or rewritten to make people more comfortable. The truth matters. Memory matters. And the stories we choose to protect shape the future we leave behind.

So while many of us gather with loved ones this weekend, may we also remember the people who taught this country what remembrance could look like in the first place.

Tell the stories. Share the history. Refuse to let it disappear.

source: https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/

Jewish American Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many ways Jewish voices have shaped movements for just...
05/22/2026

Jewish American Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many ways Jewish voices have shaped movements for justice, liberation, culture, and collective care.

These activists, artists, writers, organizers, and creators are using their platforms to speak out on issues ranging from anti-war organizing and reproductive freedom to LGBTQIA+ rights, Palestinian liberation, feminism, and progressive political change.

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There are women and girls carrying entire communities on their backs right now. They are organizing, advocating, showing...
05/20/2026

There are women and girls carrying entire communities on their backs right now. They are organizing, advocating, showing up to meetings, responding to crises, holding space for other people’s pain while quietly trying to survive their own. And too often, the expectation is that they should keep going no matter what it costs them mentally, emotionally, or physically.

Burnout has become normalized in activism spaces.
So has hypervigilance.
So has exhaustion.
So has the feeling that resting means you’re letting people down.

But people fighting for justice are still people.
We are not machines with endless resources. We are not disposable.

And never forget...
* Your humanity matters too.
* Your body matters.
* Your joy matters.
* Your rest matters.

The work is important. But so are the people doing it.

Tag someone who’s been holding a lot lately and remind them they deserve support too.

On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia, VOICE stands in solidarity with all marginalized gender...
05/17/2026

On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia, VOICE stands in solidarity with all marginalized genders, regardless of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or status against violence and discrimination.

Just returned from the Conference and I’m still reflecting on everything the week held, the urgency, the sisterhood, th...
05/14/2026

Just returned from the Conference and I’m still reflecting on everything the week held, the urgency, the sisterhood, the exhaustion, and the honesty.

What stayed with me most were the women and girl leaders continuing to carry so much in this moment, often without the resources and support they deserve.

In this newsletter, I write about community, funding, power, and what becomes possible when we stop carrying this work alone.

Click the link in my bio to give it a read, share your reflections, and subscribe to my LinkedIn newsletter, "A Moment to Speak" for more conversations on gender justice, power, leadership, and this moment we’re living through.

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