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contact Shannon shannon@hardygirls.org
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Shannon grew up in Maine and left shortly after high school to satisfy the demands of her city-girl heart. She received her BA in women’s studies from UCLA and freelanced for over 2 decades, working with a diverse list of clients, primarily in entertainment and creative arts. In 2015, she co-founded the Michigan-based Women’s Health Council, a grassroots organization focused on improving health outcomes in underserved communities. Before joining Hardy Girls, Shannon served as project manager of the Sorter Project, a community-based feasibility study, conducted in partnership with researchers at the NIH. In addition to her work with Hardy Girls, Shannon is an adoptee rights advocate & group facilitator.
Shannon has an adult daughter who lives in Chicago, and a dachshund and an elderly cat who live with her here in Maine. She’s always up for a solo adventure and she never leaves home without a book, her journal, coffee, and a playlist of some sort.
Favorite book: Impossible! I do love The Stations of Solitude and An Unknown Woman, both memoirs by Alice Koller
Woman (dead or alive) to have dinner with: Fran Meneses (aka Frannerd)
Favorite feminist anthem: Under the Table by Fiona Apple
Favorite place to go on a feminist rant: Any place where I least expect to be confronted by an opportune moment.
Perfect day (in one sentence): A full tank of fuel, coastal roads, a good playlist, and the anticipation of discovering landscapes, bakeries/cafés, and thrift stores as yet unknown to me.
contact Meg
meg@hardygirls.org
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Meg began working with Hardy Girls in 2016 as part of the Muse program while completing her BA in English and Education Studies at Colby College. In 2020, driven in part by her work with Hardy Girls to develop connections with youth in rural communities, Meg moved to Washington County, ME, where she taught middle school ELA for 2 years and worked in community-based organizations to expand access to equitable educational opportunities through grassroots community work and programming. In 2022, Meg joined the Hardy Girls Staff as a part-time Teen Programs Coordinator before joining the team on a full-time basis as Manager of Teen Programs and the Training Institute in 2023. Meg is passionate about creating spaces for youth to be in charge of imagining and putting into motion the community practices that support and affirm them. Within these spaces, Meg believes youth are the experts of fostering the world they want to lead through youth-empowered activism.
Outside of her work in education and youth development, Meg loves to make art, read both genuinely good and so-bad-they-are good books, knit sweaters in a wide variety of earth tones, and rate the potholes she sees while running down U.S. Rt. 1.
Favorite book: Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Woman (dead or alive) to have dinner with: Stacey Abrams
Favorite feminist anthem: Nobody’s Stopping You Now by Lake Street Dive
Favorite place to go on a feminist rant: Wherever I am standing (or where I jump to my feet) when the necessitating moment strikes
Perfect day (in one sentence): My perfect day starts early with a long run on the blueberry barrens followed by a really good bagel and iced coffee breakfast and a trip to the bookstore and beach.