This summer I travelled to Freetown, Sierra Leone joining 1000 + other feminist activists for the 10th Annual African Conference on Sexual Rights and Health.

I am an undergraduate student pursuing a B.A. in psychology at the City College of New York and was a social media intern with Colors of Connection this spring. Colors of Connection is a non-profit organization driven to create change within the lives of individuals through creativity.

The Adolescent Girl and Creativity Network (AGCN) launched a Creative Assets and Program Content Guide commissioned by the Population Council. This guide includes thirteen creative assets and fifty activities – program content – to build social and emotional learning, mitigate and manage trauma, and promote healing for adolescent girls.