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 …
As we write this, 5th graders from all over the world are getting ready to join us at camp for the first time. Together, they’ll build a brave space and safe community, one where they take risks, like shouting their poems into the Pacific ocean, or creating original plays in three hours starring themselves. During …
“We equip girls with the skills to exercise the power of their voice.” Last May, I was thrilled to be preparing for my third summer as a Girls Leadership Summer Program Staff member. Whether I was delivering morning announcements to a full cafeteria audience, leading discussions on anger or body positivity in workshop, or performing …
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“The best part of Girls Leadership are the other girls… Our bond is really strong. I call them sisters…We talk about everything, we are vulnerable, we grow with each other… It is a family. I wouldn’t call it a camp.” – Niyea, Summer Program Alum 3 min read
We were thrilled when Bustle named Girls Leadership one of 7 Summer Camps Empowering Girls That You Should Support (Or Attend). Here’s our backstory.
We asked a Summer Program four-year participant about what leadership looks like in her life. “In 6th grade I was afraid to introduce myself,” Niyea explained. She joined our PwC sponsored Spring Break Day Camp in seventh grade, and then started participating in our Summer Program with her big sister the following summer. So in …