South African producer/director Kgomotso Matsunyane (left) and former Olympic gold medalist Julie Foudy speak to potential donors at a GGM brunch in New York City. Photo by Brian Dalek.
As the
FIFA World Cup gets ready to “kick” off in South Africa,
Global Girl Media is getting geared to go as well. The nonprofit was founded by media superwomen Amie Williams and Kamala Lopez (you may remember Lopez from her stint on Sesame Street as Maria’s cousin Mercedes) to help young women in low-income communities become more employable by training them in new media journalism. The girls have attended a training camp, and are now ready to start shooting video and writing for
GGM’s blog about how the World Cup affects their communities. What makes this girl-power group even cooler? Their spokesperson is none other than
Olympic gold medalist and soccer star Julie Foudy! For more on Global Girl Media and their latest adventures, check out
this shout-out on Seventeen’s website.
And become their fan on Facebook for up-to-the-minute updates from Soweto.
