Editing Rebecca Walker (section)

=== The Third Wave Fund ===

After graduating from [[Yale University]], she and Shannon Liss (now [[Shannon Liss-Riordan]]) co-founded the Third Wave Fund, a non-profit organization aimed at encouraging young women to get involved in activism and leadership roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyunews.com/2016/04/21/third-wave-feminism/|title=Third-Wave Feminism|last=Bazeley|first=Alex|date=April 21, 2016|website=Washington Square News|access-date=August 2, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331125111/https://nyunews.com/2016/04/21/third-wave-feminism/|url-status=live}}</ref> The organization's initial mission, based on Walker's article, was to "fill a void in young women's leadership and to mobilize young people to become more involved socially and politically in their communities."<ref>[http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/about-us/history/ History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007020253/http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/about-us/history/ |date=October 7, 2012 }}, Third Wave Foundation. Retrieved May 7, 2012.</ref> In its first year, the organization initiated a campaign that registered more than 20,000 new voters across the United States. The organization now provides grants to individuals and projects that support young women. The fund was adapted as The Third Wave Foundation in 1997 and continues to support young activists. In the wake of the [[2016 United States presidential election|November 2016 presidential election]] in the United States, the organization received more than four times the normal number of requests for emergency grants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thirdwavefund.org/index.html|title=Welcome to Third Wave Fund!|website=Third Wave Fund|access-date=April 20, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331125114/http://thirdwavefund.org/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>