Last June, as our Girl Advisory Board (GAB) was wrapping up their research project in partnership with Barbie, they realized they wanted to hear more from one group in particular: Latinx girls. As the grand finale of our 140 conversations with girls in kindergarten to 5th grade, we put together a national “Latinx Leader Power …
After the chaos and disconnect of the past 18 months, students — especially girls — need community, connections, and grounding more than ever. Even before COVID, gender expectations, which many speculate are heightened by social media engagement, led to girls experiencing anxiety, depression, and stress at about three times the rate of boys. This mental …
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 …
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 …
May 27th’s roundtable discussion on what schools can do to support the leadership of Black and Latinx girls was fire. If you missed out, the full recording is here. After letting the conversation soak in for a few days, these are our top 5 takeaways: Top 5 Actions Schools Can Take To Support the Leadership …
