Join us on November 4th for this year’s virtual Breakfast!
From Rebel to Advocate: Rise Up Leader Marcela García Vázquez Reflects on Her Journey
Rise Up Leader Marcela García Vázquez is the founder and general director of the Nueva Luna organization, which is recognized for its work with incarcerated women in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Since becoming a Rise Up Leader in 2018, she has successfully led projects supporting the social reintegration of women who were formerly incarcerated and promoting indigenous women’s political rights. … Read More
Rise Up Delhi Grantees Announced
Last year, Rise Up adapted our intensive in-person training curriculum to launch our first-ever virtual Leadership Accelerators. Over a six-month period, new Rise Up Leaders in India and Mexico came together online during challenging and unusual circumstances to develop their leadership and advocacy skills, build their networks, and create their own strategies to improve the lives of girls and women … Read More
Voices the World Needs to Hear
Rise Up is honored to be among the 286 nonprofits that received a total of $2.7 billion from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott We are pleased to share the wonderful news that MacKenzie Scott and her husband Dan Jewett recently awarded Rise Up our largest ever gift. We were honored to be selected as one of “286 Teams Empowering Voices the World Needs … Read More
MacKenzie Scott’s donation “paves the way for transformational change” — accelerating progress toward gender equity
For Immediate ReleaseJune 15, 2021 Contact: Kaitlin Chandler Brooks, Manager of Development, Partnerships & CommunicationsPhone: +1 (510) 285-5724 Email: kchandler@riseuptogether.org OAKLAND – Rise Up, a global non-profit advancing gender equity, is honored to be among the 286 nonprofits that received a total of $2.7 billion from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and her husband Dan Jewett. As Scott shared, these gifts are … Read More
Responding to India’s Devastating COVID Surge: Part II
India’s devastating second wave of coronavirus cases has killed thousands of people each day and overwhelmed the country’s healthcare infrastructure. While there have been some recent signs of hope — cases of the virus appear to be decreasing nationally and vaccine supply is increasing — concerns remain that India is undercounting COVID-19 cases, particularly in rural areas where it is … Read More
Taking a Global Stand for Girls’ Rights in Guatemala
Rise Up Leaders at the Generation Equality Forum Rise Up’s network of girl and young women leaders in Guatemala, Las Niñas Lideran, was selected to help lead the Action Coalition on gender-based violence for the Generation Equality Forum. Generation Equality was established by the United Nations to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a … Read More
Responding to India’s Devastating COVID Surge
The Rise Up team sends our thoughts, love, and strength to all of our friends, partners, colleagues, and Rise Up Leaders in India, who are grappling with a devastating spike in coronavirus cases. Right now, India is reporting more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases every day, higher than any national daily total since the pandemic began. Experts believe the disease’s spread … Read More
