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Judy Rothman, the Equality Now Team leader is on a book tour and Equality Now is focussed on their 20th Anniversary Celebration so they are sitting out this grant cycle and will be back for the next one!Founded in 1992, Equality Now tirelessly fights for the rights of girls and women throughout the world, combining grassroots activism with legal advocacy. With offices in New York, Nairobi and London, areas of focus include Discrimination in Law, Sexual Violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),…See More
Claire Charamnac left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi Susan,
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…"
Payton M left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi Susan, 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…"
Eliza B. left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi Susan,
I'm Eliza, a 5fer intern and I am here to ask you to help us get to our next $5000 grant. We are only $1,857 away but in order to get there, we need every member to donate another $5 dollars. If we each chip in just a little, we…"
India W left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hello Susan! 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…"
"Thoughtful post, as always. I have to think that Sheryl WuDunn, who is N. Kristof's wife, deserves more attention than she gets but maybe she doesn't go for the raid and rescue or savior model. As you undoubtedly know, she co-authored Half…"
Payton M left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi,
My name is Payton M, I am a 5 For Fairness intern. I’m stopping by to let you know that now is the time to support your favorite team or teams to help them advance into the voting round. Seven teams are competing for five available spots…"
Liz Greenberger left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi Susan,
I hope you will consider voting for RowLA in this, the final hours of the voting period. Please visit our website at:www.rowla.org to see how we are using the Marina del Rey waters as a waterway to college for the promising young…"
Eliot H. left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi! I don't know if you have gotten a chance to read my post on 5 for Fairness about why I am so committed to Man Up and why I think it is such a fantastic place to send our grant in my Aunt Mima's name. If you haven't and have a…"
India W left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hey Susan! Please take a moment and come checkout the WriteGirl team and read about this amazing organization. If you like what you see we hope you will consider joining our team!"
Anna McDonnell left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Me again. Just read your HuffPo piece on Panzi and am here to ask you to start a discussion in our main forum about it - with a link to your HuffPo blog - saying just what you said to me which is that Panzi is a great choice! Also, since you…"
Juliet S-G left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi and welcome to 5 for Fairness! If you have spent a lot of time on facebook, you will probably find it really easy to get around here, but if you are a newcomer to social networking sites, it may take a little while to get your bearings. I'm…"
Anna McDonnell left a comment for Susan Sawyers"Hi there and welcome to 5 for Fairness! So happy to have you part of this adventure. An intern will drop by soon with some info about the site and how we work but since you are a firefly, I know you'll be comfortable with the platform itself.…"
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Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 6:24am on January 31, 2012, Claire Charamnac said…
Hi Susan,
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 4:56pm on July 7, 2011, Eliza B. said…
Hi Susan,
I'm Eliza, a 5fer intern and I am here to ask you to help us get to our next $5000 grant. We are only $1,857 away but in order to get there, we need every member to donate another $5 dollars. If we each chip in just a little, we will get there easily. To donate via Paypal, click here. Thank you for your support!
- At 1:17am on June 13, 2011, India W said…
Hello Susan! 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 3:01pm on May 29, 2011, Payton M said…
Hi,
My name is Payton M, I am a 5 For Fairness intern. I’m stopping by to let you know that now is the time to support your favorite team or teams to help them advance into the voting round. Seven teams are competing for five available spots in the voting round. The five teams that make it to the voting round will have a chance to win our $5000 grant, but only one team will win. The teams need your support now to make it into the voting round. Here's how to support a Team:
First click on the Teams tab at the top of any page to see all of the teams. Click on any team that sounds interesting to you. If you like what you see and want to become a supporter, click the +Support (Team name) button in the upper right hand corner of the Team page. You can support as many Teams as you think deserve a spot in the Voting Round. Click here for more information on how to support a Team or, if you are ready to start, click here to see all the Teams.
Thanks for supporting 5 For Fairness,
Payton M.
- At 3:22pm on March 21, 2011, Liz Greenberger said…
Hi Susan,
I hope you will consider voting for RowLA in this, the final hours of the voting period. Please visit our website at:www.rowla.org to see how we are using the Marina del Rey waters as a waterway to college for the promising young girls of Los Angeles' public schools. Thank you.
- At 11:23am on March 20, 2011, Eliot H. said…
- Hi! I don't know if you have gotten a chance to read my post on 5 for Fairness about why I am so committed to Man Up and why I think it is such a fantastic place to send our grant in my Aunt Mima's name. If you haven't and have a minute it's right here:
http://5forfairness.org/group/manup/forum/topics/why-man-up-for-me.
I hope after reading this you feel inspired to go out and vote for our team ;-) if you do decide to vote Man Up, here's the place to do it:
http://5forfairness.org/group/votehere.
Thanks so much!
Cheers,
Eliot
- At 1:37pm on March 13, 2011, India W said…
- Hey Susan! Please take a moment and come checkout the WriteGirl team and read about this amazing organization. If you like what you see we hope you will consider joining our team!
- At 5:07pm on April 14, 2010, Anna McDonnell said…
- Me again. Just read your HuffPo piece on Panzi and am here to ask you to start a discussion in our main forum about it - with a link to your HuffPo blog - saying just what you said to me which is that Panzi is a great choice! Also, since you contributed more than the required $5, you have two gift memberships to give away to anyone you think might want to be part of our community here. Just tell them to indicate when they join that they were given a gift membership by you and send me their naem and emails so I can match them up when they join. Thanks again and more soon!
Anna
- At 3:38pm on April 12, 2010,
Nina M said… - welcome!
- At 7:27am on April 12, 2010, Juliet S-G said…
- Hi and welcome to 5 for Fairness! If you have spent a lot of time on facebook, you will probably find it really easy to get around here, but if you are a newcomer to social networking sites, it may take a little while to get your bearings. I'm a volunteer intern and am happy to act as your tour guide if you need one and to try answer any questions you might have.
We just gave away our first $5000 grant to the Panzi Hospital/HHI. We need only a few hundred dollars more until we have our NEXT $5000, so now is the time for members to join and/or start Teams. You can join as many existing Teams as you like and the only rules about starting a Team are that a)the Team needs to support an organization that fosters fairness for girls and b)Teams can only be started by passionate volunteers.
I have sent you an invitation to the VOTE HERE! group which is where we vote to decide which Team we will support with a grant. For now, please follow the link in the email and join the group, and you will be ready to vote when we are ready to give away our next $5000.
Looking forward to having you on this journey with us!
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