Atlanta GLOW

Founded in 2014, Atlanta GLOW is a faith-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves low-income and/or young women and girls of color, ages 14-25, from marginalized communities. As a group, women and girls of color (WGOC) live at the intersection of multiple systems of oppression, yet few programs and organizations focus on their unique experiences, challenges and needs. However, we at Atlanta GLOW want to see more young WGOC grow up with the vision and motivation to change the pattern of poverty and challenge the system of inequality for themselves and future generations. Therefore, our programs seek to fill the opportunity gap by examining the intersectional factors that both drive and deny their leadership cultivation and opportunities. We then prioritize a multi-pronged approach to help lead and launch traditionally marginalized young WGOC towards lives filled with opportunities for personal fulfillment, upward economic mobility, civic engagement and career advancement. These efforts contribute to our organizational mission to encourage, educate and equip young, low-income women to be thriving, self-sustaining leaders and effective agents of economic growth within their communities. Through our mentoring and life skills program, Atlanta GLOW models and teaches the social-emotional, leadership and life skills they need to successfully transition to adulthood and become thriving, active members of society. This also includes financial literacy education where we help youth and young adults learn all the basics of finance—including how to make money, budget and save—in easy to understand terms. Further, to support the ongoing needs of our youth and their families, we also provide earn and learn stipends and limited assistance with access to food, school, hygiene and period supplies to help fight food insecurity, period poverty and learning loss in underserved communities while promoting the health, safety and wellness of our participants and their families.