In the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, We, Women was founded to amplify women and gender nonconforming voices during an era of divisiveness and distrust in politics.
Through a radical transformation of image-making—with the goal of contributing to lasting change—We, Women believes we can revolutionize how we see our world and ultimately, ourselves.
Why Women:
Every urgent issue in America today—from immigration to education, affordable housing to climate change, incarceration to health care—impacts women. Yet, women and gender nonconforming people are largely disempowered in our political and social systems.
Despite decades of advances by trailblazing women, mainstream media has historically shown the country through a white, male lens. Diversifying the voices that tell our stories is imperative if we want to understand a more complete version of our reality and dismantle unjust power structures.
We, Women fuels the movement by combining photography and community engagement to maximize visibility and impact.
We, Women supports artists from all spectrums of identity, including but not limited to race, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability, and socio-economic status. By creating projects that unite and engage communities across the United States, We, Women artists show how issues are interconnected and how we are all affected by them.
In an era characterized by divisiveness and distrust in politics and the media, We, Women artists investigate how they can combine images with community engagement to offer a direct route to the core of a problem and the beginning of a solution.
We, Women artists highlight the vital role the arts can play in social change movements, by visualizing issues, attracting attention, connecting changemakers, and bridging dialogues.
We, Women believes that only through a holistic understanding of how imbalanced power structures impact our entire society can we hope to create a shift in our political and social systems.
We believe that gender is fluid. We, Women is inclusive of a plurality of voices including women, transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary people.
