Sahiyo’s Second Annual Women’s Day Celebration and Silent Auction
Silent Auction & Celebration: March 6-10, 2024 Live Virtual Comedy Show: March 7, 2024 Donate auction items: https://bit.ly/24AuctionDonation Sponsor the event: https://bit.ly/SponsorSahiyo Sahiyo is planning our second annual Women’s Day Celebration and Silent Auction to raise $15K in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction and celebration will begin on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 and end on Sunday, March 10, 2024. During this five-day event, we will celebrate women’s voices with video spotlights, stories, and entertainment. This program includes a Comedy Show taking place on March 7th at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST. We have a stellar line-up of comedians for the show, including Zahra Noorbakhsh, Weyam Ghadbian, Pallavi Gunalan, and Mita Patel. You can buy tickets now. You can also support this amazing event by hosting a VIP Watch Party, where you can invite your friends and family to enjoy the show and learn more about what we do here at Sahiyo. This option also includes Sahiyo party favors as well as a toolkit with templates and materials to help you plan your party. We hope you’ll join us for a fantastic evening of comedy and community in support of an incredible cause! Learn more about these fantastic comedians and purchase your tickets here. For more information about, donating auction items, submitting a video for the program, purchasing Comedy Show tickets, or sponsoring this event, please contact Sahiyo Development Director, Michelle Taylor at michelle@sahiyo.org.
End the year with a donation to Sahiyo ????
As 2023 comes to an end, we want to take a moment to thank you for all your kindness and support. We’ve made great progress educating communities on the harms of female genital cutting (FGC) and supporting survivors to heal. We need your help to reach our goal of raising $5,000 by the end of the year. Every dollar counts. A gift of just $25 can make a difference for survivors of FGC and prevent it for future generations. When you make a donation to Sahiyo, you’re committing to support our mission to empower Asian and other communities to end FGC. You help create positive social change through dialogue, education, and collaboration based on community involvement. Thank you for your support!
Tickets now available for Sahiyo’s Live Comedy Show!
Sahiyo is excited to announce our first ever virtual silent auction to raise $15K in support of our work to end female genital cutting. The auction will open on International Women’s Day, Wednesday, March 8th and close on Sunday, March 12th. To kick-off our 5-day celebration of women’s voices, we’re hosting a virtual evening of comedy and entertainment in a live comedy show on Wednesday, March 8th at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST. Join us to support an important cause and an evening of entertainment, comedy, and more! Featured comedians include Zahra Noorbakhsh, Marga Gomez, Pallavi Gunalan, and more! Secure your tickets today: https://bit.ly/Sahiyo2023KickOff. If you’re interested in donating to our silent auction or becoming a sponsor, click HERE. We appreciate your support and generosity.
Get Involved by Joining Sahiyo’s Giving Circle
Sahiyo’s Giving Circle is a community of donors committed to providing dialogue, education, and collaboration to end female genital cutting all year long through a monthly donation. Monthly giving is a simple but effective way to increase your overall impact through a planned, recurring donation. Much like paying any household expense automatically, you can easily set up a monthly donation to Sahiyo U.S. through our secure donation page. Every single gift is one step toward ending female genital cutting. Click here to join Sahiyo’s Giving Circle
Sahiyo’s Giving Circle
GIVE THE GIFT OF EMPOWERMENT WHAT IS SAHIYO’S GIVING CIRCLE? Sahiyo’s Giving Circle is a community of donors committed to providing dialogue, education, and collaboration to end female genital cutting all year long through a monthly subscription. Monthly Giving is not just about making a donation. It’s about making an even Greater Difference… Enter your monthly subscription amount below to join Sahiyo’s Giving Circle and make a difference! Sahiyo uses a 100% model, meaning that every cent of your monthly subscription is used to support survivors of female genital cutting and to ultimately end the practice. “As an attorney in public service with a passion and commitment to civil, human, women and children’s rights, I am able to explore, participate, and continue as an activist through my relationship with Sahiyo.” – Joanne Golden, Attorney and Sahiyo Advisory Board Member Every single gift is one step toward ending female genital cutting. Monthly giving is a simple but effective way to increase your overall impact through a planned, recurring donation. Much like paying any household expense automatically, you can easily set up a monthly donation to Sahiyo through our secure donation page. Your monthly donation – combined with the generosity of many donors just like you – gives us one more way to responsibly budget and plan our programs around more predictable revenue.
Support Sahiyo’s Work this Giving Tuesday
Every Tuesday following Black Friday, millions of people around the United States give back to support non-profit organizations that they believe in. This year we are inviting you to support Sahiyo’s groundbreaking work to end female genital cutting. Your generous support is absolutely vital, as so much of what we do is donation-based and dependent on your financial contributions. Donate now! Thanks to your support, this year we were able to conduct two Voices to End FGM/C workshops in North Carolina and Washington, D.C. At these workshops, 20 individuals affected by FGM/C were able to create digital stories of their experiences that will be used to educate communities on the harms of the practice, and potentially protect future generations of girls from undergoing it. Thank you for making those workshops possible with your financial support! We are excited about spreading awareness through these new digital stories, but we can’t stop there! We have big plans for the coming year(s) and need your help with fulfilling these goals. If each of our supporters gave $25 to this Giving Tuesday campaign, we would reach our goal of raising $10,000 for more Voices to End FGM/C workshops. Please consider a donation of $25 or more today! A donation of $25 will support our work in various ways: Help pay for participants to host their own community events meant to raise awareness of FGC by showing their films created at the workshops Help pay for participant’s travel to and from the workshop Promote the new digital stories on Sahiyo’s social media platforms Find out more information and make your contribution here!
Donate to Sahiyo U.S.
Donate Now and Protect the Next Generation of Women from Female Genital Cutting. By supporting our U.S. storytelling initiatives, you ensure that survivors’ voices are heard. And that we continue to work towards the abandonment of female genital cutting (FGC) for future generations of girls. For every $50 donated, we can support and train another activist in their advocacy efforts to end FGC in their communities. For every $75 donated, we can host an educational webinar to train advocates, educators, healthcare professionals, and other front-line professionals on how to work and provide care for survivors. For every $100 donated, we can support another survivor to attend our digital storytelling workshops where they can share their story and heal in a supportive group setting. Make a one-time donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate Make a monthly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate monthly Make a yearly donation Your contribution is appreciated. Donate yearly With every donation you make, we come one step closer to changing social norms within FGC practicing communities and ensuring future generations of girls are spared from the harms of female genital cutting. [youtube url=”https://youtu.be/KnPykF1-Wg0″] Sahiyo U.S. is a project of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Empowerment Works, Inc. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.