Project Fearless in the Press

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Jonge tienermeiden zijn soms moeilijk te bereiken, maar coach Sara denkt dat ze de code gekraakt heeft.

November 2023

Podcast: Salt The Podcast

S02 E49 Build. Make. Be. Project Fearless

In this episode Salt host, Stella, speaks to PF founder about Project Fearless, the anti-perfectionist reminder, artivism. Listen and learn about the draft mode journey, relive a memory that impacted Mérida’s life. And above all, share stories of joy and life together. 

December 2022

Podcast: How I met my Mentor

E15: Mérida Miller. A Fearless ‘Empowerer’

Our founder talks with Lidia Lopez on How I met my Mentor about her journey to founding Project Fearless and the importance of role models from all ages.

November 2022

Stories Curated by Rebel Girls

“Rebellious from an early age, Mérida Miller has never been afraid to step outside of her comfort zone. Discover how her audacious spirit inspired the birth of Project Fearless—a multi-faceted programme to educate young girls on fundamental life skills.”
This summer Nike Women teamed up with Rebel Girls sharing 25 stories on women athletes and coaches that highlight lessons on resilience and celebrate the joy of sport!

August 2022

The Duchess of Sussex, helps girls with business pitches as guest coach for entrepreneur session

Earlier this year, Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex joined our first Entrepreneurship course as a guest coach. The 8-week program gave 14 girls hands-on insights into business fundamentals, learning from a range of female entrepreneur role models and exploring the ‘fail early, fail often’ growth mindset that’s key for innovation.

June 2022

Female creative leaders inspire 'future fearless' generation

In art schools, 7 in 10 students are women, but the number of women in top jobs in the creative industry is only 1 in 10. One way to close the gender gap is to show girls from an early age that they too become future leaders. FONK magazine covers the seven-week ‘Future Fearless’ masterclass, an initiative from Project Fearless and dentsuACHTUNG! , in collaboration with MassiveMusic , Studio Orbit and director Thessa Meijer.

April 2022

Lilith Mag talks with MÉrida Miller from Project Fearless

Lilith is an intersectional feminist media platform where predominantly women and other marginalised people speak about politics, economics, media, art, fashion and science. They spoke with Project Fearless founder, Mérida Miller, about getting young kids into sports and other group activities with the goal of them becoming great team players in life.

February 2021

OATLY’S JE NE SAIS QUOI AWARD FEATURING PROJECT FEARLESS

Je Ne Sais Quoi is a grant that celebrates amazing people everywhere doing amazing things in so many amazingly different ways. Their team met up with Mérida (online) to talk about her unorthodox approach to instilling confidence in the women of tomorrow.

December 2021

Project Fearless on the Dam Daily radio show

Fearless founder Mérida talks about working with girls in Amsterdam to foster bravery and leadership. The interview starts about 1:00:00.

October 2021

TEDxAmsterdam Acts worth knowing,

Instead of bringing people to the TEDxAmsterdam stage, the Acts Worth Knowing campaign brings the stage to the people. Read the article on Project Fearless: Redefining girlhood from the ground up.

June 2021

Monster Children - Meet Amsterdam’s Girls Skate Crew

Our Roll Model film is still making waves! Our founder Mérida spoke to the Monster Children team to discuss what drove her to create Project Fearless and the importance of the film.

August 2021

Let's Make Girls Fearless - MÉrida Miller, by AmsterDames: Inspiring women in the Netherlands, A podcast on Anchor

In our society, girls are still taught to be nice, be careful, and to not take any risks. The Amsterdam-based NGO Project Fearless, however, wants to encourage girls to get out of their comfort zone, take risks and learn new things that are not necessarily considered 'girly', such as skateboarding or boxing. In this episode, founder Mérida Miller talks about gender stereotypes, the programs of her NGO and its visible impact on the girls.

September 2021

Skateism - How to be a roll model

The film is an ode to freedom, friendship and straight-up badass female power following a group of 9-14 year olds through the skatepark, getting a glimpse into their lives. They fall, they goof around, they land tricks. Everything you would expect from your regular skate video. Except for a few things…

March 2021

Unconform | Design for women

A conversation with Mérida Miller of Project Fearless, on designing to break stereotypes among young women.

February 2021

The female Founders Network

Listen to this Apple podcast to hear about starting a female empowerment nonprofit with Project Fearless founder, Mérida Miller.

January 2021

The Focus - Project Fearless

The after-school program tackling gender inequality.

June 2020