"Hi Marni,
I’m the co-founder of Women LEAD, one of the teams competing for the grant this month. I’d love your support to empower more than 200 young women in Nepal to become leaders in their schools and communities! Your vote would help…"
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Payton M left a comment for Marni Rader"Hi Marni, I'm Payton M a 5 for fairness intern. Now that we have ended the last grant cycle it's time to raise another $5,000 so that we can provide one for a new team. We currently have slightly under $4,000 and you can help us reach our…"
India W left a comment for Marni Rader"Hello Marni! If you have a moment I was hoping you would come by and check out the team page for Orchid project. Orchid project's goal is to end the practice of female genital cutting. If you are inspired by what you see we welcome…"
Madi L left a comment for Marni Rader"Hi, my name is Madi L and I'm a 5 for Fairness intern. I'm stopping by to let you know now is the perfect time to support any Teams you think deserve spots in the Voting Round. There are seven teams in the running and only five…"
5 for Fairness left a comment for Marni Rader"Hi Marni - would love to meet you too. Next time we celebrate!
Anna
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Marni Rader left a comment for 5 for Fairness"Thanks Anna! I'm looking forward to voting again...we had such a wonderful experience with you and WriteGirl. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the happy hour you had recently - I'd love to go to the next one and meet…"
5 for Fairness left a comment for Marni Rader"Loved your story Marni. Thank you so much for posting it. That discussion is just what I dreamed would happen on 5 for Fairness back when I was at the, "this seems like it could work" stage!
Anna"
jimmiebriggs replied to Marni Rader's discussion 'Why I like the concept of Manning Up' in the group Man Up"Thank you so, so much for that story. From my point of view it's the perfect example of individual activism that we all could do. I think a huge part of the problem around violence against women, especially the commonplace street…"
"you go girl! just be safe... and this is why a cause like man-up can make a difference!"
Marni Rader left a comment for Emma C."Hi Emma -
I just wanted to thank you again for all your support with WriteGirl! We are so thrilled to have been the recipient of this wonderful award.
I look forward to contributing in the next round of voting for another…"
Emma C. left a comment for Marni Rader"Hi Marni!
My name is Emma and I am the social media outreach intern on 5 for Fairness. I just wanted to thank you for voting and let you know that I featured your comment from the Polling Place page on our twitter! If you want to see it you can…"
India W commented on Marni Rader's blog post 'My 14-Year-Old Writing Instructor'"What an wonderful experience to share! I really loved reading this, thank you so much!"
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- I love your concept! And as a volunteer for WriteGirl, I LOVE what they do - at WriteGirl we can't save young teenage girls at risk and we don't try to - we just light a fire of hope and confidence within them using creative writing and mentoring, and they save themselves. With our help they write brilliant new futures and it's so wonderful to see! Thank you SO MUCH the work you do!
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My 14-Year-Old Writing Instructor
It took at least an hour for Guadalupe to look at me. I focused on the iridescent green shadow on her lids while her espresso colored eyes held down the floor.
We were both participating in a fiction/non-fiction workshop, given by the non-profit organization WriteGirl.
Founded by songwriter, vocalist and poet Keren Taylor in 2001, WriteGirl promotes confidence and self-expression through creative writing to empower teen girls…
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- At 7:03am on January 31, 2012,
Claire Charamnac said… Hi Marni,
I’m the co-founder of Women LEAD, one of the teams competing for the grant this month. I’d love your support to empower more than 200 young women in Nepal to become leaders in their schools and communities! Your vote would help us build the capacity of future female leaders to tackle the root causes of poverty and discrimination. Our organization strongly believes that building young women's confidence and skills is key to empowerment. Please check out our page and website to see the work that we do and let us know if you have any questions. Thank you!
- At 4:28pm on July 13, 2011, Payton M said…
- Hi Marni, I'm Payton M a 5 for fairness intern. Now that we have ended the last grant cycle it's time to raise another $5,000 so that we can provide one for a new team. We currently have slightly under $4,000 and you can help us reach our goal by donating just $5. Women's rights are very important to me as a young girl and your $5 will contribute to bringing awareness to women's rights issues. We appreciate all you've done and continue to do! Click here to donate.
- At 1:53pm on June 20, 2011,
Eliot H. said… - Thank you so much for voting for Man Up!!!
- At 11:28am on June 20, 2011, 5 for Fairness said…
Thanks for voting, Marni and for you lovely comment on the "I Voted!" discussion!
Anna
- At 12:28am on June 13, 2011, India W said…
Hello Marni! If you have a moment I was hoping you would come by and check out the team page for Orchid project. Orchid project's goal is to end the practice of female genital cutting. If you are inspired by what you see we welcome your support and would love it if you would become a member of our team!
Thanks!
- At 4:45pm on May 29, 2011, Madi L said…
Hi, my name is Madi L and I'm a 5 for Fairness intern. I'm stopping by to let you know now is the perfect time to support any Teams you think deserve spots in the Voting Round. There are seven teams in the running and only five spots, so please take the time to look at all of the teams and support your favorites. Here is how you can become a Team supporter.
Go to the teams tab and look at the teams individually, and if you find one to be intriguing, click the +Support (Team name) button on the top right corner of the Team page. For more "official" instructions on how to support a Team, click here. Click here to see all of the teams in the running. We appreciate all of your help and support!
Thank you,
Madi L
- At 7:18am on May 25, 2011, 5 for Fairness said…
Hi Marni - would love to meet you too. Next time we celebrate!
Anna
- At 8:23pm on May 23, 2011, 5 for Fairness said…
Loved your story Marni. Thank you so much for posting it. That discussion is just what I dreamed would happen on 5 for Fairness back when I was at the, "this seems like it could work" stage!
Anna
- At 4:02pm on March 18, 2011, Emma C. said…
- Hi Marni!My name is Emma and I am the social media outreach intern on 5 for Fairness. I just wanted to thank you for voting and let you know that I featured your comment from the Polling Place page on our twitter! If you want to see it you can click here. Thanks again for voting and if you have any questions please feel free to write on my wall or send me a message!-Emma
- At 7:44am on March 17, 2011,
Anna McDonnell said… - Just sent you an email with a link to our Polling Place and my phone number in case you still can't figure it out!
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