Four times a year, She’s the First hosts free, sold-out Tweetups —educational offline gatherings of our online followers in NYC. We screen documentary clips, facilitate discussions, and spark collaborations that will sponsor girls.

GIRLS WHO ROCK is a crowd-pleasing, change-making concert during Internet Week New York that connects music, tech, and design communities to sponsor girls’ education through She’s the First. Visit girlswhorock.org to learn more.

JoJo, Kat DeLuna, Lenka, Shontelle, Nikki Jean, Mozella and Nina Sky

Money Raised

Press Hits In-Kind Donors Twitter Online Access

Two concerts raised

$23,000Money sponsored girls

in Tanzania and Uganda. (In 2012: India!)

Time Out New York, New York Daily News,

Glamour.com, NBC New York, MTV.com, NY 1, and

The Huffington Post

We attracted Fender Musical Instruments,

Victoria’s Secret Beauty, Levi’s, Pop Chips

Named 2nd most influential Twitter handle of Internet Week 2011 by social media marketing

firm Synthesio

Mobilized bloggers in online fundraising

campaign and livestreamed the concert

to 5,200 viewers

Past Performers Girls

Eventbrite & Vivanista named GIRLS WHO ROCK Best Fundraising Event of 2011

Social Media-Driven ProgramsCo-learning with students worldwideShort-Form Penpal ProgramWe discovered that while girls across the world are interested in getting to know one another, posting their letters to the Internet felt intrusive. So this year, we’re implementing a penpal program that gives them what they asked for: A short-form question-and-answer platform which they can use to communicate, connect, and learn from each other.

Poetry CampaignWe engage students and our social media community in self-expression via poetry to support girls’ sponsorships and aspirations worldwide. Last year, we sponsored a girl in South Sudan by selling Poetry Month e-cards, and in 2012, we’ll collaborate with girls we sponsor around the world to publish an anthology. Local poets and students will perform their words aloud at a Poetry Night fundraiser in April, and proceeds from the book and event will sponsor more girls.

#CelebrateSTF Tweetups

She’s the First was selected as an official partner of Social Media Week’s Social Good Hub in Feb. 2012!