CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER | PHOTOS COURTESY OF EMMA CHERRIN
S
ixteen-year-old Emma
Cherrin considers herself
a feminist with a passion
for empowering women.
She attends Berkley High
School, where she and a friend
started a women’
s club called
Girl Up.
“My friend Zoe Zaltz and
I were interested in joining a
feminist club at Berkley but
when we got there in ninth
grade, we realized there wasn’
t
one in place,
” Cherrin said.
“We ended up searching the
web for a feminist club and we
came across Girl Up.
”
She noticed there was
nothing like this in her area
and got more feedback on
the organization.
“Girl Up is the United
Nations Adolescent Girl
Campaign,
” Cherrin said. “It
advocates for global gender
equality, provides education to
girls in developing countries
and provides the right resourc-
es for their health.
”
Not only does it impact girls
in developing countries, Girl
Up also lends a helping hand
to advocate for women’
s rights
here in our communities.
With the help of Zaltz,
Cherrin started Berkley’
s
Girl Up club. “It’
s actually
popular,” Cherrin said. “We
have a lot of girls who are
passionate about it. It is
amazing to see our commu-
nity come together to sup-
port one another.”
Their Girl Up club organizes
fundraisers at Berkley High.
One of its most memorable
fundraisers took place on
International Women’
s Day,
where the group sold T-shirts
that said, “empowered women,
empower women.
”
Cherrin also had the
opportunity to participate in a
T-shirt design competition for
a collaboration between Girl
Up and Fabletics, a women’
s
sportswear company founded
by Kate Hudson.
“I was looking online for
more opportunities to become
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Huntington Woods teen is a strong
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s rights.
Emma Cherrin
Emma Cherrin
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