Advocacy

Seeds 4 Change's Mission

Seeds 4 Change provides seed funding to innovative projects that promote mental health, wellness, and personal growth. Its focus is broad, spanning research, clinical care, education, the arts, and spiritual healing. By offering early-stage funding, it aims to help promising initiatives become self-sustaining and impactful. Its long-term goal is to enhance the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities around the world.

Seeds 4 Change is currently supporting:

The 669 Rescue Unit, an elite group of first responders in Israel.
The Sag Harbor Jewish Center, by providing educational books.
The original artwork of a Persian refugee, helping amplify underrepresented voices through art.

Sarah's commitment is also reflected in her essay, Burnt Flowers, where she examines the enduring impact of patriarchy through Ibsen's A Doll's House. She connects the play to contemporary movements like #MeToo, and to persistent challenges that women face in society.

Burnt
Flowers

In Burnt Flowers, Sarah Friedberg draws a powerful parallel between Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and the modern #MeToo movement to expose how patriarchal structures continue to define and limit women’s status. Using the metaphor of men as the sun and women as flowers that bend and burn beneath its intensity, she illustrates the destructive imbalance of traditional gender roles.Sarah argues that Ibsen’s portrayal of Torvald’s possessiveness toward Nora reflects the enduring cultural habit of reducing women to objects—valued for beauty and obedience rather than individuality or agency. By connecting Ibsen’s 19th-century critique to contemporary issues of objectification, infantilization, and systemic inequality, she shows that the struggle for gender equity remains ongoing. Ultimately, Burnt Flowers calls for a reimagining of power and identity—one in which women can thrive without being scorched by domination disguised as care.

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