Our 2023 Campaign
Since 2020, our CommUnity started to support organizations that are facilitating safety and security for Devis (women) around the world.
This year, we furthered our efforts towards Women’s upLIFTment by raising over $25,001 to support women and children breaking the cycle of violence and abuse in our Cleveland CommUnity.
All offerings to the 2023 Elevate HERstory Fund supported the Journey Center for Safety and Healing, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality programs and services to adults, teens, and children who have been impacted by abuse.
We’re grateful for your contributions to this vision!
Our CommUnity’s goal reached and surpassed!1
Our Past Campaigns
Elevate HERstory – Our 2022 Campaign
By: CM Niagara All offerings to the 2022 Elevate HERstory Fund will support the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the sovereignty of Native nations and safeguarding Native women and their children. As the National Indian Resource Center (NIRC) Addressing Domestic Violence and Safety for Indian Women, NIWRC supports culturally grounded, grassroots advocacy and provides national leadership to ending gender-based violence for American Indian and Alaska Native (Native) tribes, Native Hawaiians, and Tribal and…
Our 2021 Campaign
By: CM Niagara All offerings to the 2021 Elevate HERstory Fund supported the Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) Sidhbari, an extraordinary non-profit centered in Himachal Pradesh, India. For over twenty years, CORD, the secular service wing of Chinmaya Mission, has been helping rural communities create programs and adopt practices for holistic welfare, facilitating participatory, integrated, and sustainable development for underprivileged communities in over 700 villages and remote areas across India. In particular, the Mahila Mandals are the nuclei…
CommUnity for Society
By: Krishnapriya Thirumala While the coronavirus pandemic has presented a unique challenge for everyone, it has also provided an opportunity to more deeply reflect on societal problems and ways to alleviate them. Recognizing this, the CommUnity for Society movement, organized by Chinmaya Mission Niagara under the guidance of Shri Vivek Gupta, has worked consistently over the past eighteen months to support a variety of pertinent social causes. The movement—which began in April 2020 and culminated in October 2021—has raised…
Invoking Devi, Elevating HERstory
In North America, 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetime. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cases has only increased, affecting the wellbeing of women and children alike. Troubled by these rising trends and inspired into action, the Chinmaya Mission Niagara community launched Elevate HERstory, a campaign to empower women experiencing violence. Initiated during the joyous and auspicious season of Navaratri and Dipavali, the unique social empowerment campaign sought to change the…