Rose Afriyie

Writer, Founder, Investor & Champion for Women

"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." Audre Lorde

Founder: mRelief

With almost 1 million families served, mRelief is the easy-to-use platform online and on text messaging for people to sign up for SNAP.

Backed by Y Combinator, our mission is to transform access to social services for the inherent dignity of all people. Food is a human right and that belief has empowered our all-woman software development team to help families access more than $300 million in SNAP benefits.

Writer: Project Motherland

For more than 20 years, I have written fiction and non-fiction. I have been published in Essence, The Chicago Tribune, Glamour and more.

In my spare time, I am currently at work on my first novel, Project Motherland reimagining what America and west Africa would look like if slavery never occurred.

Champion for Women

I am a Black Queer Feminist who started my career working as an organizer for women's rights. The first campaign I won was a campaign to secure Emergency Contraception over the counter.

I am a long time blogger for Feministing.com and have appeared on thefeministwire.com and adventuresfrom.com I long for a world where all women are free from violence.

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