IT STARTED WITH A SIMPLE IDEA.

WHEN GIRLS AND WOMEN PLAY SPORTS THEY ARE EMPOWERED AND GAIN STRENGTH, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

BUT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ISN'T SUPPORT, TIME, OR SPACE FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN TO PLAY?

AND, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IMAGES AND STORIES OF THE GIRLS AND WOMEN ARE NOT BEING SHARED AND SEEN BY A COMMUNITY?

WE SET OUT TO CREATE A PROJECT THAT WOULD START TO SHIFT THIS LANDSCAPE.

WITH A BACKGROUND IN JOURNALISM, DOCUMENTARY, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND MULTIMEDIA, FOUNDER ELIZABETH STANTON SET OUT TO FILM, INTERVIEW, AND PHOTOGRAPH GIRLS AND WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD TO CAPTURE THESE EXPERIENCES AND SHARE THEM.

THE IDEA SPRUNG FROM A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SEEING GIRLS AND WOMEN PLAYING SPORTS ALL AROUND HER AS SHE GREW UP. DURING HIGH SCHOOL SHE WOULD RUN HOME EACH WEEK TO SEE IF HER TEAM HAD MADE THE PAGES OF HER LOCAL NEWSPAPER. AND OFTEN THEY DID.

FAST FORWARD TO HER FIRST JOB AFTER COLLEGE, AT A NEWSPAPER IN COSTA RICA, WHERE IT WAS RARE TO SEE IMAGES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS PLAYING SPORTS IN THE PAGES OF THE DAILY PAPERS.

WE THOUGHT - IF WE CAN:

• CAPTURE THESE STORIES OF EMPOWERMENT AND SHARE THEM WITH THE WORLD

• TEACH YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES

• AND CONNECT TEAMS AND PLAYERS WITH EQUIPMENT AND FUNDING

THEN WE CAN SHAPE THE WAY GIRLS AND WOMEN ARE SEEN. AND WE CAN CHANGE THE PLAYING FIELDS, THE CLASSROOMS, AND THE BOARDROOMS.

ENTER - THE THROUGH HER EYES PROJECT.

OFTEN TIMES THE FRONT PAGES OF THE PAPERS WOULD BE GRACED WITH CAR CRASHES OR BIKINI CLAD WOMEN, AND IT GOT HER THINKING ABOUT HOW THE IMAGES WE SEE INFLUENCE AND SHAPE US.

TODAY, THE PROJECT STRIVES TO NOT ONLY TELL THE STORIES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN, BUT TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES, AND TO FUND AND SUPPORT THEIR PLAY.

THIS IS THE THROUGH HER EYES PROJECT.

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