In 2017, a staggering 85% of Americans participated in cultural protests. 1 in 5 of them attended a political protest or rally, and 20% of them were first-timers. Since then, millions of babes have been activated and made their voices heard. But most were left asking, “Now what? What do we do next?”

Studies show that civically involved adults have greater self-esteem and better personal relationships, fewer illnesses, lower levels of depression, and even live longer. But in real life, we simply aren’t being shown how or given enough opportunities to be good citizens. We’re disconnected from the issues in our communities, and from our own power to effect change. “Getting involved” requires so much hoop-jumping and can be so overwhelming, that most of us are giving up and doing nothing instead. As a result, too few of us are personally connected with each other and the people we elect to represent us; we’d like to give and do more but have no clue where to start. And that just seemed like a huge problem that someone really needed to address, so that's what we did.

our story

We know from personal experience what’s like to want to do more but aren't sure how or where to start... We get that if you're a babe who's short on time, money, or both, all the hoop-jumping required to "get involved" can make it a non-option.  And we know exactly what it's like to not be able to do or give everything, so just you give up and just do nothing instead. 

Babe Council was born in the summer following the 2017 Women’s March, by three besties looking for more ways to “get involved” and be better citizens and community members.

“We quickly realized that no one had ever taught us as adults what being a good citizen even means or how to do that, we took the advice of the Women’s March website and hosted a political letter writing event for a dozen of our friends. None of us had ever written letters to our elected reps, but we googled and made cocktails and gave ourselves permission to do it wrong.”

The feedback from women has been overwhelming, we are so so grateful. We totally look forward to continuing to create opportunities for babes from sea to shining sea to claim their social, political, and economic power through activism and altruism.

what like it’s hard?

Do what you can, when you can.
And when you do, we will be there with gold stars and rosé.
#yeswayrosé

OUR ROOTS

Girl gangs are nothing new. Babe Council is just helping to revive a social movement started centuries ago by radical babes, banding together to make our world a better place. In fact, in the 19th century nearly two million women across America were the source of reform on issues like education, child labor, juvenile justice, legal reform, environmental protection, library creation, and literally so much more. And they did it all without Pinterest 😳 WTF

Here's a 10 sec herstory lesson on the woman's club movement: 

• The women's club movement was a social movement that took place throughout the U.S.

• The first wave was started in the early 18th century (also called the Progressive era) by white, middle-class ladies, followed by the second phase started by African-American women in the early 19th century.

• initially beginning as book and social gatherings, these clubs became a source of reform for tons of issues including: education, child labor, juvenile justice, legal reform, environmental protection, library creation and more.

• Women's clubs established the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform, define and shape public policy.

• These boss-ass babes started initiatives like kindergartens and juvenile court systems, and tackled issues like women's suffrage, lynching and family planning.

• However, as women gained more rights, the implicit need for these clubs to exercise political and social influence became less important. Over time, participation in women's clubs has waned in the U.S...

Until now.

use your life to serve the world, and you will find that it also serves you.

-oprah