This roundtable is the third in a series to understand the implications of our Ready To Lead research report that came out in August 2020. Our panelists shared their personal stories of the daunting task of parenting Black and Latinx girls in a White world. They talked about their pain in witnessing the way …
An Emotional Emergency Kit is a set of emotional wellness tools and can include some of the following activities that you can share with your family or class to build emotional resilience and connection. Emotional Emergency Kit An Emotional Emergency Kit (just like a Disaster Emergency Kit) is designed to provide the necessary supplies to …
Some folks are perfecting their sourdough, others are getting fit, but for Girls Leadership Co-CEO Takai Tyler, there was no choice, in this pandemic she was going to up her adolescent parenting game. Here are eight of her takeaways (so far), including when screen time is the solution for wellness. “I was reading all these …
As a former social worker and a leadership coach, I’ve been crafting the art of question-asking for decades, and I know there is nothing more limiting to creating connection than asking the standard “How are you?” or “How was your day?” During shelter in place, in an attempt to lure my son out of his …
Today we’re celebrating a leader who is making others better as a result of her presence and making that impact last in her absence. Meet Ja’Nay Jenkins What is your role? And how do you currently work with girls? Superwoman. That’s it, that’s my role; well, I have five. I am the Office Manager …
