The Schlesinger Library at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute has offered to help us preserve the history and impact of this important organization and—more importantly—the voices of the many girls who attended programs, shared stories and wrote articles over 20+ years. Schlesinger will apply its cutting-edge expertise and technology to preserve and steward the Teen Voices digital and print files, ensuring they will be available among its renewed collection of feminist materials to scholars and the general public for generations to come.
Here are four things you can do:
1. Share your print and digital files.
If you worked at Teen Voices, please donate to this collection! We’re interested in everything: poems, program agendas, draft articles with hand-written edits, photos, youth artwork, etc. If you have items like these in your closet or on your computer, please send Jenny Amory a note at: teenvoiceslegacy@gmail.com. We can arrange an electronic transfer, mailing, or a physical pickup.
2. Make a financial gift.
We’re raising funds to cover the consulting time from former staff and teens who are coordinating the project, collecting files, and doing outreach to our community as well as for incidental costs, like mailing. Small donations help! Your one-time gift will ensure Teen Voices’ legacy is preserved for generations. Read more about the Teen Voices Legacy Project, and make a gift! Or send a check to Our Bodies, Ourselves, P.O. Box 590403, Newton Center, MA 02459. Please write “TVLP” in the memo on the check. Your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law. You can also donate through their GoFundMe page.
3. Spread the word! If you are in touch with former staff, teen editors, and friends of Teen Voices? Please share this information with them.
We are also planning an oral history project to capture the long-term impact of Teen Voices through videos and stories from former teens, staff, and champions of the organization, which will also be given to Schlesinger Library.
MORE ABOUT TEEN VOICES
Teen Voices, formerly Women Express, was a collective created by visionary co-founders Alison Amoroso and Christine Diamond and dedicated volunteers who shared a belief in the power of girls to create social change. The organization grew through committed boards, volunteers, staff, teen leaders, and former Brookline resident Executive Director Jenny Amory’s leadership to reach hundreds of girls in Boston, 45,000 readers in all 50 states, and more than 177 countries. Director of Transformational Leadership Saun Green expanded the unique Boston-based after-school and summer program. One of her many projects included a partnership with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media, which challenged Hollywood producers and executives to create a more accurate and positive portrayal of girls in the media.
