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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Young Jews Making Moves: 

Huntington Woods teen is a strong 
advocate for women’
s rights.
Emma Cherrin

Emma Cherrin

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