Co-Sponsors and Collaborating Organizations

Alternative Family Matters
Professional, Affordable, and Confidential Guidance, Counseling, and Resource Referral for Alternative Family Planning.

American Repertory Theater
One of the country’s most celebrated resident theaters, presenting a classic mix of drama, music, comedy, beloved masterpieces and important new works.

Another Country Productions
Producing new and underrepresented theatrical voices and to being a catalyst for inclusion in Boston.

Asian Sisters in Action
A networking and social action group for Asian women that offers events with other Asian women of different backgrounds and generations in Boston and surrounding communities.

Boston Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
A group of five leading academic centers and programs in Boston dedicated to research and study on issues regarding gender and security, human rights, conflict resolution and prevention.

Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
A celebration of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues and culture, featuring documentary and narrative work from around the world as well as women’s, men’s, and transgender short film programs.

Boston GLASS
A drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people between the ages of 13 and 25.

Boston Korean Adoptees

GenderCrash Productions
At the intersection of Boston’s Queer, Transgender, and Gender Queer Communities.

Cambridge College
Offering a unique environment where working adults can continue their education by building on a lifetime of learning.

Cambridge Family YMCA
A nonprofit community service organization whose mission is to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities through programs that develop a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all individuals.

Cambridge Public Library

Cambridge Women’s Center
An anti-racist community center for women - working for women’s rights and against all forms of oppression.

Community Change
A center for action and collaboration among individuals and multiracial grassroots groups in the fight to achieve racial justice and equity.

Fenway Community Health Center
For more than thirty years, we have been working to improve the physical and mental health of our community, especially those who are traditionally underserved like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, women, those living with HIV/AIDS, and people from communities of color.

Ford Hall Forum
The nation’s oldest free public lecture series

The Initiative for Inclusive Security (formerly Women Waging Peace)
Advocating for the full participation of all stakeholders, especially women, in peace processes around the world.

Iranian Association of Boston
IAB is interested both in promoting the social welfare of Iranian Americans and in providing a community network for Iranian Americans, especially recent immigrants, most in need of help and guidance.

Mass CEDAW Project
A coalition of individuals and organizations that believes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can meet the standards of non-discrimination detailed in international law and strive to fulfill the human rights of all its residents.

MIT’s Program in Women’s Studies
An interdisciplinary undergraduate program, providing an academic framework and broad-based community for scholarly inquiry focusing on women, gender and sexuality.

MIT Office of the Arts
Administrates arts at MIT, supports the continuing integration of the creative and performing arts into the MIT community, and facilitates communication, outreach, and participation between MIT and the Greater Boston community.

Museum of Afro-American History
Dedicated to preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African Americans in New England from the colonial period through the 19th century.

On the Rise
Helping women who are homeless or in crisis find safety and discover new possibilities.

Simmons Graduate Program in Gender and Cultural Studies
The nation’s only master’s degree that is dedicated to examining the way race, class, gender, and orientation are constructed within the United States and in international contexts.

Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change
“Sponsoring programs, activities, and resources that help initiate social change for women, raise women’s issues to the state and national political level, and reach out to audiences diverse in age, class, sexual orientation, culture, and educational background.

South Asian Journalists’ Association
A professional networking group for journalists of South Asian origin based in North America.

Teen Voices
The original magazine written by, for and about teenage and young adult women.

United for a Fair Economy
Raising awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart.

WE LEARN
Promoting women’s literacy as a tool for personal growth and social change through networking, education, action, and resource development.

YWCA of Cambridge
Empowering women & eliminating racism