Girls are inspired and develop skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Through hands-on activities, girls come to view STEM careers as exciting and realistic option for themselves.
· Helps girls to analyze what they see and hear in the media and advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising. As girls create media that are more realistic and reflective of their lives, they learn about careers and positive use of media.
Girls Inc. of Alameda County provides year-round academic achievement and skills-building programs, as well as counseling services to over 7,500 girls and families. No other Bay Area youth agency offers such comprehensive programming designed specifically for the unique needs of girls.
· Participants build leadership skills and create lasting social change through community action projects. With support from women in their community, girls celebrate the heritage of girls and women as leaders and social change agents and realize their own power as community resources and trustees of the common good.
Participants learn about money and the economy, including how to manage, invest, save and how to help others through philanthropy
George Miller III is the U.S. Representative for California's 11th congressional district, serving Congress since 1975. Tiffany Harris and Vice President of the WCCC Chapter Vicki Winston
We will be leading into our year with a few new Board of Directors (Vicki Winston, Auna Harris, and Virchelle Lampley, and Joyce Muse
Girls Inc. of WCCC has been providing programs to underserved girls for the last 38 years and we have outreached to more than 6,000 youth during that time.
When you educate a girl, she will share it with the world.
The above quote was shared by Cheryl WuDunn, one of the creators of the acclaimed documentary Half the Sky. She and her husband Nicholas D. Kristof conducted research of women and girls all over the world involving disparities females face: rape, sexual trafficking, mortality, education and others.
Girls Incorporated of West Contra Costa County has had a successful year in creating community partners, retaining and renewing funders, and surpassing our outreach goal of serving 200 youth!
Girls' Rights Campaign. In Spring, 2000 Girls Inc. launched a national public education campaign to help girls understand, value, and assert their basic rights, as outlined in our Girls' Bill of Rights. Be a part of the campaign by using tools to help the girl in your life exercise her rights.
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Sixty percent of girls say that they experience stereotypes that limit their right to be themselves.
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