USA. 23rd September, 2017. Double Dutch jump rope, a popular activity at the block party. Block party celebrates conversion of a women's jail into The Women's Building, a center for empowerment for women and girls. Credit: M. Stan Reaves/Alamy Live News
The building was originally designed in 1931 as a YMCA for merchant sailors whose ships were docked nearby. The site was founded on values of safe harbor, restoration, and hope. Converted into a prison in the early 1970s, the building locked away women whose lives were consumed by trauma, addiction, and poverty. Still under development, the facility will be reborn as a hub of activism and engagement, offering leaders working on behalf of girls and women the space, resources, and support they need to drive critical change. It’s a workspace – and more. It will rise as a vertical neighborhood, designed to spark serendipitous interactions, build partnerships, create networks, and grow sustainable solutions by bringing diverse organizations together as they work to build a better world. The development project is led by the Novo Foundation, a private foundation focused on ending violence against women and girls, and the Goren Group, a women-led development firm, to transform the women’s prison into a Women’s Building. The Novo Foundation is chaired by Peter Buffett, investor Warren Buffett's youngest son, and his wife Jennifer.
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