PROTESTRA is crowdfunding for Girls for Gender Equity and Hour Children ahead of our upcoming concert on June 27, 2026 - Founding Mothers.
ABOUT HOUR CHILDREN
Hour Children's mission is to help incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children successfully rejoin the community, reunify with their families, and build healthy, independent, and secure lives. Their name acknowledges the key hours that impact the life of a child with an incarcerated mother – the hour of her arrest, the hour of their visit, and the hour of their reunification. www.hourchildren.org
ABOUT GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY
Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) works intergenerationally, through a Black feminist lens, to center the leadership of Black girls and gender-expansive young people of color in reshaping culture and policy through advocacy, youth-centered programming, and narrative shift to achieve gender and racial justice. www.ggenyc.org
ABOUT PROTESTRA
PROTESTRA (protest + orchestra) is a grassroots orchestra based in NYC that bridges the divide between advocacy and classical music. Since 2017, PROTESTRA has educated audiences about contemporary issues of social justice through orchestral performances, donating a portion of ticket proceeds to mission- and policy-driven nonprofit organizations related to the concerts’ themes. Since September 2020, PROTESTRA has held ten issue-centered benefit concerts that have reached several thousand in-person and online viewers, collectively raised $38,000+ in audience donations for nonprofit beneficiaries, and provided $40,000+ of paid work to 300+ musicians. www.protestra.org