Dear Friends, I hope that your fall is going well. We are excited to take-on the annual challenge that is Halloween media and sales messaging to young women and girls. Girls as young as age five or six are being sold costumes and characters that limit their imaginations and aspirations to an ever-narrowing definition of …
Dear Friends, We are reveling in the long summer days with our 170 campers. Our girls have been playing GLI games, learning leadership skills, taking leaps on the high ropes course, navigating white water rapids, expressing themselves through various art media (dance, photography, silent film, and poetry, among others), and enjoying old-fashioned summer camp activities. …
Dear Friends, We are kicking off the summer at Bryn Mawr College and bracing ourselves for the 85 middle school girls arriving on Saturday. The excitement is palpable as we decorate the dorms, practice our workshop activities, and even do a dress rehearsal of July 4 festivities, water balloons and all! Follow this link to learn about …
Dear Friends, This is one of the most exciting seasons in the GLI year. This is the moment when we gather the support necessary to make the GLI Summer Camp experience available to all motivated girls. We have over fifty families who’ve applied to participate in our transformational summer camp but don’t have the ability …
Dear Friends, March is always a great month in girl world. It is Women’s History Month and the month of International Women’s Day — an actual holiday in many countries! To participate in the GLI conversations about girls and women’s leadership, like our Facebook page. We’re always linking to timely articles about girls and women, …
Dear GLI Friends, We’re feeling the Valentine’s Day love at HQ these days. Amazingly, there are only 4 months left before the Real Deal: GLI summer camp! Registration is in full swing, so get your application in and join us for a life-changing summer! This month, Rachel keynoted the National Conference on Girls’ Education in …
Dear Friends, We’re giving thanks for all the girls, families, counselors, teachers and administrators that we got to know across the country this year, for our amazingly talented staff and for our countless games of Woosh! Whichever way that you have come to join the GLI family — as a participant, a workshop coordinator, a …
Dear Friends, What a whirlwind fall! Rachel and I just wrapped up an amazing Girl Meets World training session in Boulder, CO. Twenty five passionate teachers and counselors joined us from all over the country for three days of skill building, new activities, and good times. We’ve got some great back to school resources in …
Dear Friends, We are savoring our last days of summer camp. These precious moments are full of deep conversations, talent shows, rock climbing, art project sharing, color wars, and the closest friendships you can imagine. The new three-week summer camp format has fostered a new level of growth, community and personal transformation. Last week, we …