Girls Leadership works with districts, public schools, charters, independent schools and community-based organizations across the country and internationally. Learn how we partnered with two departments in the Alameda County Office of Education to teach how SEL can be used as a lever for racial and gender equity. Department of Special Programs The Need: Alameda …
Ready to Lead: Creating Policies that Support the Leadership of Black and Latinx Girls Thursday, Aug 19 1 PM PT/4 PM ET Watch The Ready to Lead report found that Black and Latinx girls were most likely to self-identify as leaders and scored highest on the leadership scale. But in school, teacher bias limits …
If I told you that on average, the lowest income Black girls have greater leadership skills and ambition compared to the highest income white girls, would you be surprised? Girls Leadership found exactly that in its Ready to Lead report on what contributes to Black and Latinx girls’ confidence and leadership aspiration. Key factors included …
When our partners at Morgan Stanley saw the results of our Ready to Lead report, they stepped up to ensure that schools, parents, and community-based organizations would know about these findings. Morgan Stanley sponsored a report launch that included not only the design of the report itself, but a series of roundtable conversations around the …
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 Alex A rising senior in Oakland, CA, Alex is the treasurer of Girls Leadership’s Girl Advisory Board, (GAB). She first joined Girls Leadership in elementary school at a Girl and …
Our mission is to help girls find and use their voice so there’s nothing more moving than hearing powerful, insightful words directly from our girls! During last week’s online summer camp with 4th and 5th graders, several themes emerged through their positive self-talk mantras. These mantras are ones all of us would do well with …
Girls Leadership works with districts, public schools, charters, independent schools and community-based organizations across the country and internationally. United States: Alabama Alabama A&M University Leading Ladies of Legacy Inc. Arizona Alhambra School District Coach Kimmie LLC Phoenix Elementary School District #1 Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona California 4-H About-Face Aim High Alameda County Office of …
The past year and a half was a logistical and emotional rollercoaster for educators, and now is the time for healing and radical self-care through community. If you are within striking distance of Oakland, CA, join us July 21-23 for a professional development experience that goes to the heart of what you need right now: …
By Simone Marean + Takai Tyler We are relishing in the celebrations of Pride Month’s rainbow flags and acknowledgments of LGBTQ+ excellence, while also holding space for the overwhelming feelings resulting from a series of devastating legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. Given that states are passing a record breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ measures into …
Think about the confidence on Simone Biles’ face every time she sticks a landing. Where does that confidence come from? That is the confidence we can only earn from our own hard fought experiences. But the community that makes building confidence possible? That environment is created by her relationships with her family, her coaches, her …
