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Every dollar you give goes directly to Black and Brown girls and gender expansive young people building the tools to heal, tell their stories, and lead.
Why Give
SOAR started with a question a dance teacher's students kept asking: Can we learn Black history in dance class? Five cohorts and 80+ young people later, that question has become an ecosystem — six interconnected programs where girls don't just participate, they lead. They become historians, healers, researchers, performers, and curriculum designers for the adults around them.
Your gift funds a girl's path through that ecosystem — from her first workshop in The Embodied Lab, to her story preserved in The Archive Project, to her research becoming curriculum she teaches to actual teachers in The Curriculum Table.
We believe healing the body is political. We believe storytelling is power. We believe Black and Brown girls are knowledge producers, not just knowledge recipients. Your donation makes those beliefs into rooms, programs, and stipends.
What Your Gift Builds
— Culturally rooted healing spaces through The Embodied Lab
— A living archive of Black and Brown girls' stories through The Archive Project
— Community performances that turn testimony into advocacy through The Freedom Stage
— Liberation education rooted in Black feminist thought through The Sankofa Circle
— Youth-led curriculum that trains teachers through The Curriculum Table
— Stipended fellowships through the Black Girls SOAR Fellowship
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. The SOAR Center for Creative Liberation is a fiscally sponsored organization of The Progressive Leadership Initiative Education Fund. All donations are tax-deductible.
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Your donation goes to programming for Black and Brown girls and gender expansive young people — across our six programs: The Embodied Lab, The Archive Project, The Freedom Stage, The Sankofa Circle, The Curriculum Table, and the Black Girls SOAR Fellowship. That means healing-centered workshops, stipends for fellowship participants, community performances, curriculum development, and the staff and space that make it all possible.
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Yes — SOAR runs on partnership as much as funding. We work with schools, community organizations, foundations, and cultural institutions to expand our reach, and we welcome individuals who want to contribute time or skills. If you'd like to get involved, reach out at info@soarcreativeliberation.org.
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We do. In-kind gifts — supplies for programming, space for workshops and performances, professional services like photography or design — help stretch every dollar we raise further. If you have goods or services you'd like to contribute, email us at info@soarcreativeliberation.org to talk through what SOAR currently needs.