Women and Girls Collective Action Network Records

Dates: 2001-2011. Size: 3.5 linear feet, includes 1 oversize folder, 320 photographs, 362 negatives, 12 DVDs. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections. The Women and Girls Collective Action Network (WGCAN) was established in Chicago, Illinois, in August 2004 as an organization dedicated to end violence and social injustices against women and girls. Through its two primary initiatives, the Community Accountability Institute and Females United for Action (FUFA), WGCAN provided trainings, resources and programs to develop youth and community leadership, challenge media representations and end domestic violence. The documentation includes correspondence, interviews, meeting minutes, photographs, programs, reports, research articles, training surveys and workshop materials. [Finding aid]