Team Members

Creative
Daneaja Gipson (she/her)
Daneaja’s passionate desire to spread awareness for equality and unity stemmed from her constant movement as a military child. Through vast schools and communities, Daneaja discovered the brutality that came from ignorance. This discovery has stemmed her passion to find ways to help make information accessible and compelling to a wide range of people. As a creative, Daneaja works on creating templates for Instagram posts. These templates are then used to post information while gaining the viewer’s eyes and ultimate interest. With the help of the Ruth Project, Daneaja hopes to gain experience and knowledge on how to reach people about important issues/topics, not only sharing information with peers and others, but also to learn more herself.

Creative
Jillian Conway (she/they/he)
Learning about the discrimination women face because of their gender was something that sparked Jillian’s interest in gender equality from a young age. They come from a family of strong women who aren’t afraid to speak up when something isn’t right. As a Creative, she hopes to cultivate audiences with her designs and spread the word about much-needed gender equality. Jillian works as the Editor-In-Chief of her school’s yearbook in his free time and hopes to turn their love for design into a career.

Outreach Team Member
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Sydney is currently going into her senior year of high school and has a passion for social justice and women’s rights. In addition to the Ruth Project, she is also a 3-year member of her school’s Voices of Change Program, responsible for creating positive change in their community. She joined the Ruth Project to make a difference through a women’s rights organization. Motivated by her grandmother, who raised two kids and three grandkids, she will continue to fight against gender discrimination in today’s world.

Staff Writer
Hailey Donahue
(she/her)
Hailey is passionate about civil rights reform in central Florida, as well as international law. When not working on the Ruth Project, you can usually find her working with students at her college campus to build student power, volunteering with local politicians, and novel-writing.
Hailey managed the first volume of Project Empowerment, and contributes as a writer for the Ruth Project.

Writer
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Madeline has a passion for helping the global community through advocacy, policy, and action. Inspired by the work of other youth activists, Madeline hopes to use her writing at the Ruth Project to spark important conversations that educate others through an intersectional and environmental lens. Madeline believes in the power of community engagement and grassroots activism to create palpable social change, and she is honored to write for an organization that exemplifies those values.

WriterAnushka Behal
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Anushka is a passionate writer, reader, Swiftie, and activist. She is inspired by the resilience and intersection of the gay liberation and civil rights movement, specifically writers like Audre Lorde, Gloria Steinem, and Maya Angelou. She is extremely passionate about climate justice, racial equality, and equity in women’s sports. Having lived in 5 different countries, she has experienced varying levels of women’s freedoms, which allows for her to develop multiple perspectives and challenge her own thinking. With the opportunity to write for the Ruth Project, she hopes to make the feminist movement more accessible and trans-inclusive, and encourage others to exercise their power and make their voices heard.

WriterMaya Derico
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Maya’s passion for feminism was inspired by the strong women in her life. She has been eager from a young age to tackle the issue of gender equality and all of the problems that entail. Maya believes that with enough hard work and dedication the next generation will be able to experience the beginning of gender equality for all. Maya hopes that she is able to inspire others to feel deeply about social issues, as well as to bring awareness to the problems our society is facing. She hopes she can achieve this by being a copywriter for the Ruth Project.

Writer
Lily Gast (she/her)
Lily is a devoted feminist and advocate for equality, mental health awareness, and climate change. She is eager to tackle global challenges in the world around us to build a better world. Lily is also passionate about reading, art, and volunteering in her community. She is thankful for the opportunity to be a part of the Ruth Project, an organization that strives to educate and empower people into action. Lily is committed to working as a copywriter to inspire and encourage others to join such a powerful organization through her writing and research.