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Girls For A Change
GIRLS FOR A CHANGE
(GFC) sounds like a positive push to
educate young girls about themselves and their self worth. This national organization is recently new,
and has been in existence only four years, but I hope it catches on.
The initial
push is to help girls first to see the value in themselves by personal transformation. They encourage girls hold on to their
convictions, help them find their voice and help them increase their confidence.
The next step
they are taught is developing life-skills, how to be decision makers, and
educated on how to create visionary change.
Lastly, they
put all this information to use in their community, to design, lead, fund and
implement social change projects that plague their neighborhoods.
I feel that
this is a very worthwhile program because females see too many negative media
that encourages things that hinder a woman from being an asset to society. The media encourages teen pregnancy, early
drinking, lack of respect for anyone, fighting, and also no respect for our
bodies.
It’s time we
broke this cycle and taught girls to become active leaders, engaged citizens in
our families and in our neighborhoods, and to become positive role models and
realize their full potential.
My attention was mainly caught by seeing girls for change in the url. reading the post did spark an interest onto actually going into the website and seeing it for myself. I think it was very interesting to learn a little more on what the organization is trying to accomplish. To help girls realize their potential and make it known that they should not settle for anything less than reaching their goals.
ReplyDeleteI am so grateful that there are national organizations out there trying to make a change. It's even more amazing that this organization is focusing in young girls. I believe that girls are pressured into becoming someone who they are not. The media plays a big role in this dilemma. Images of skinny girls, illegal drinking, and teen pregnancy are always shown on the television. It almost seems like if those girls are being praised. But I am glad that this organization is teaching them on how to speak up and use their voice, even to reach their fullest potential.
ReplyDeleteGreat find! Groups like this can probably use all the publicity they can get in order to get the word out about the good work they do.
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