Alliance for Girls

Alliance for Girls builds communities where every girl and gender-expansive youth of color, and the organizations that serve them, are respected, valued and safe.

Alliance for Girls (AFG) is a powerful, community-driven alliance comprised of 120 girl and gender-expansive youth-serving organizations and leaders all working to advance gender equity and ensuring every girl and gender-expansive youth in California, especially those of color, can thrive. Our membership includes 120 organizations that collectively serve more than 300,000 girls and gender-expansive youth annually across the San Francisco Bay Area and LA County.

AFG works to shift systems, narratives, and structures that serve as barriers to girls and gender-expansive youth of color’s ability to live the lives they want. In accordance with AFG’s 2024-2029 strategic plan, our model includes youth-led research, storytelling, community building, and systems change advocacy.

The issues facing girls and gender-expansive youth are complex and multi-faceted. AFG is transforming the girls’ service sector from one of siloed, single-issue organizations, to a strong, connected network of organizations, with the necessary complexity and collective power to holistically meet girls’ needs and eliminate systemic barriers to their success.

Together we’re enabling new, integrated models for supporting girls and gender-expansive youth with strong leadership, collaborative programming, original research, and intergenerational, collective advocacy strategies.