After two years of virtual everything, it was both shocking and wonderful to watch my colleagues Hénia Belalia and Cassandra Brown make magic at SXSW EDU this month for Girls Leadership’s session, Co-creating Justice-Centered SEL with Students. During this session, Hénia and Cassandra shared our curriculum development process, which is based in Liberatory Design and …
Most of us didn’t grow up celebrating International Women’s Day, so how would we know how to do this? Maybe it’s the impact of the last two years on women’s jobs, or the mental health crisis facing our teen girls, or the erosion of our control over our own bodies, or the way my niece …
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 …
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 …
Rachel Simmons and Simone Marean, Co-founders of Girls Leadership, put together a list of books for parents & girls of all ages.
Practicing an Emotional Intelligence Workout is at the core of everything we teach at Girls Leadership. That’s because Emotional Intelligence, or EI, is pretty much the core skill of everything in life. We’re not even being hyperbolic here. This is what we mean by EI: Do you know what you feel? Do you respect what you …
Girls Leadership is celebrating the power and leadership of every girl. Ready to Lead: International Day of the Girl Saturday, Oct. 10 10 AM–11:45 AM PT /1PM–2:45 PM ET This event is over but you can still watch the inspiring message from our speakers. Watch We will come together to lift each other up and …
Dear Friends, We are grieving. Our Black colleagues, moms, caregivers, teachers, and partners are not okay. We at Girls Leadership stand with the Black communities across the country to fight injustice and institutionalized racism. We commit to fight harder to support our girls, families, and teachers of color. We will use our platform to address …
Last week, a dad came to me for advice. His 9th-grade daughter was suffering from debilitating anxiety and was having a difficult time getting out the door for school each morning. He was working with his daughter, his wife, and a school guidance counselor to develop strategies that would help his daughter cope with her …
