On National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD), February 3, 2016, the Girls’ Initiative in Recreation and Leisurely Sports (GIRLS) was presented with a 2016 Breaking Barriers Award. The award is sponsored by the Minnesota Coalition for Women in Athletic Leadership, and was given to the GIRLS founder and director Fatimah Hussein, MA, past GIRLS participant and current volunteer Salma Hussein, MSW (both U of M graduates), the Apparel Design Program’s Elizabeth Bye, Ph.D., and Chelsey Thul, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology lecturer and Tucker Center affiliated scholar, for their work in dismantling barriers to physical activity programming with East African adolescent girls through the co-design of activewear that is functional, culturally sensitive, and aesthetically appealing.