Chica Project

Chica Project’s "Estoy Aqui" (I Am Here): Strengthening the Mental Health of Latinx and Other Young Women of Color

Chica Project works to destigmatize and decolonize mental health through a social-emotional program for young women of color.

CATEGORY: Strengthening Partner Capacity
LOCATION: Quincy, MA
AMOUNT: $40,000
YEAR AWARDED: 2022
WEBSITE: https://www.chicaproject.org/

FEATURED IMPACT STORY


Perpetual Motion

Have you heard the Tower Foundation’s origin story?  It has now been freshly told by Cassandra Gainer in the recent issue of Traffic East, a Western New York journal celebrating entrepreneurial and creative energy.  Gainer interviewed daughters Mollie Byrnes and Cynthia Doyle in telling the story of Peter and Elizabeth Tower’s life together and how they came … Continued