Born This Way Foundation: Lady Gaga Launches Youth Empowerment Born This Way Foundation

Born This Way Foundation: Lady Gaga Launches Youth Empowerment Born This Way Foundation

Born This Way Foundation, a nonprofit organization focusing on youth empowerment, will be launched next year as announced on Wednesday, November 2, by its founder - the multiplatinum singer Lady Gaga with the help of the MacArthur Foundation and Harvard University.

The Born This Way Foundation will focus on issues such as self-esteem, anti-bullying, mentoring and career development. It will also help empower and give voice to young people who find themselves overwhelmed, undersupported, disconnected, isolated, bullied, or struggling.

"Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment," LAdy Gaga said in a statement.