How to talk to youth about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade Girls Leadership opposes the overturning of Roe v. Wade because we believe that the path to leadership begins with self-awareness, self-respect, and the ability to make decisions and choices for ourselves. It is critical that we talk with our kids in an …
We met Jamellah when she participated in our in-person professional development training in 2019. Since then, Jamellah graduated from her master’s program in April 2021 and is now a Program Manager of Transitional Housing with Bay Area Community Services (BACS) in Oakland. (We have a few spots left in our Trauma-Informed Healing Workshop in May …
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 …
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 Ms. Adrianne Warlick What is your role? And how do you currently work with girls? I’m a high school English teacher at Girls Academic Leadership Academy; I teach English …
I consider myself an agent of social justice, and as someone always looking for new opportunities to grow, learn, and empower marginalized communities, your six-week program immediately piqued my interests. -Sierra Leone Anderson In September, we received a particularly memorable scholarship letter for our LeadHERship Club. We immediately knew we had to accept, and not …
Ready to Lead: #DayoftheGirl Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 On Saturday, October 10 Girls Leadership celebrated #DayOfTheGirl with workshops for girls and amazing speakers, including Sara Mora, Jamira Burley, and our own LeadHERship Club high school members. They all shared their inspiration to lead and create change, and none of them included easy stories of when …
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 Laila Moustapha What is your role? And how do you currently work with girls? I’m the Program Director at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), where I manage three programs. Two …
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 …
Whether its an urban adventure of running in the rain or a mountain adventure of running through the night, how do we encourage girls to get out there and pursue their own adventure that’s just right for them? 5 min
Contest alert! Tell us in the comments what brave thing your mother-figure taught you, and one-randomly chosen winner will get a purple T-shirt with all of our How We Lead icons. Dear Mom, Thank you for showing me how to live brave. When others assumed poor spelling to be a sign of stupidity, you …
