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Programs!
Source the Supergirl Dilemma,
Girls Inc. and Harris Interactive
We offer the following Girl’s Inc. National Identity Programs
- Friendly PEERsuasion
- Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
- Leadership and Community Action
- Project Bold
- Economic Literacy
- Media Literacy
- Operation SMART
- Sporting Chance
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Economic Literacy
Equal Earners, Savvy Spenders
Equal Earners, Savvy Spenders allows girls to build their economic knowledge, skills, and abilities through interactive sessions where girls learn to see money as a tool to be used intelligently. Topics covered include “wants vs. needs, career development, banking skills, loan options, credit cards, investment risks vs. returns, media literacy, labor laws, global economics, and fitting a career into a full, well-rounded life.
Money Talks
Money Talks is a one-day financial literacy workshop for girls and their parent/guardian. Adults and girls begin and end the day together working in teams to learn about using money powerfully.
Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
Will Power/Won’t Power
Will Power/Won’t Power is an abstinence-plus program which gives young teens the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to delay sexual intercourse. This interactive, girl-centered, comprehensive sexuality education program allows girls to explore their values, identify and resist media and other pressures, and create a girl-safe community to practice assertiveness skills and learn to support other girls in delaying sexual intercourse.
Leadership and Community Action
SHE-E-O
Through SHE-E-O, girls are exposed to various career fields and have an opportunity to interact with women leaders in those fields.
Project Bold
Living Safe and Strong
Living Safe and Strong allows girls to learn and repeatedly practice several self-defense techniques in a safe, girl-friendly environment while also allowing girls to explore the subject of violence in society through various themes from bullying and teasing to dating violence and sexual harassment. Also important, girls explore ways to use their internal strength as well as their minds and voices to help avoid situations that may lead to violence.
Media Literacy
Media Smarts!
Girls learn to analyze critically what they see and hear in the media, advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising media, and create images that are more realistic and reflective of their lives.
Operation SMART
SMARTstart
Girls develop enthusiasm for and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by participating in activities that encourage their interest and provide opportunities to explore SMART (Science, Math, and Related Technologies) careers.
Friendly PEERsuasion
Girls develop skills to resist pressure to use harmful substances such as alcohol, tobacco, household chemicals, and other drugs. The Friendly PEERsuasion program is a unique response to girls' needs because it approaches drug-abuse prevention as a peer issue, using the positive influence of young people modeling healthy behavior.
Sporting Chance
Girls enCourage!
This component is designed to sustain girls' interest in sports through adolescence by introducing them to nontraditional activities and adventures that go beyond stereotypes and challenge them to set their own personal goals and create their own definitions of success.
Events!
Reception on the South Lawn with President Obama honoring the WNBA Detroit Shocks
Potluck Picnic and Play with DCNOW and Girls Inc at the Ft. Davis Community Playground.
Girls Inc. DC goes to the National Luncheon!
Girls Inc.’s Annual celebration luncheon took place on May 5th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. Our DC girls attended and were inspired by listening to the Girls Inc. national scholarship winners, every one of them great examples of strong, smart, and bold girls becoming tomorrow’s leaders!
Yachad DC Teams up with Howard and Georgetown Universities to Support Girls Inc. WDCMA!
On Sunday, April 26, students from the Howard University chapter of Engineers without Border and Georgetown University partnered with Yachad to build a stage for our new center on Howard’s campus.
We thank Yachad DC and the student groups for generously supporting Girls Inc. WDCMA as we work to get the new center up and running!
SMARTstart: Think Smart, Get a Head Start!
On Saturday, April 25th, 8 girls went to the University of the District of Columbia to get a glimpse into the life of a college physics student. Girls saw science in action and learned about opportunities now that will help with a SMART career later!
Many thanks to Dr. Khatri of UDC for bringing physics to life with his science demonstrations and thanks to Dr. Brown and all the graduate students for giving the girls encouragement to pursue STEM careers!
A special THANK YOU to Christine Newman for coordinating this event!
Girls Inc. WDCMA goes to the White House!
Girls Inc. WDCMA was invited to attend the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House on Monday, April 13th. We were joined by girls from sister affiliates from Philadelphia, Hagerstown, Delaware, Washington County, and the Greater Peninsula. Following a fun-filled morning of double dutch, egg rolling, and celebrity sightings, we all came together over a wonderful lunch at Bertucci’s Italian Pizzeria.
Thanks to April Osajima and the Girls Inc. Public Policy Office for coordinating the event!
Over President’s Day weekend, 35 volunteers from Yachad, the Jewish Housing and Community Development Corporation of Greater DC, painted the walls of our new Girls Inc. Center at Howard. The beautiful shades of purple make it look like a whole new space!
Thank you to all the Yachad volunteers, Girls Inc. board members and staff who spent their weekend helping Girls Inc. beautify a home base for DC girls!
A special thanks to board member Phyllis Lerner for organizing the collaboration!
Charrisse Jackson Jordan and Behind the Bench: The National Basketball Wives Association sponsored a wonderful day for Girls Inc. WDCMA!
On Sunday, February 8, we were treated to a performance of the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center followed by a delicious dinner at Cafe Milano in Georgetown! What a great time! The girls made some wonderful new friends and look forward to getting together with them for more activities in and around our exciting city!
THANKS to Ms. Jordan and her friends for an amazing time!
Last November, our girls became faux artists-in-training, thanks to the expertise of Adria Wright. The beautiful creations will be on display at our new Girls Inc. center at Howard University.
Thanks to Adria and her friends for a wonderfully creative time!
We welcome all to view the artwork once our new center is unveiled. Stay tuned!
SMARTstart Career Day, October 25, 2008
A Collage of Past Events!
A science, math, and technology career day for middle school girls who want to learn what it takes to start a SMART (science, math and related technologies) career! =
Inaugural Gala, "The New Red"October 5, 2007
At the Four Seasons Hotel Georgetown; Washington, DC
Wizards game!
Sponsored by the Ladies Behind the Wizards Bench, Charisse Jackson-Jordan, Chair and wife of Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan, and Keisha Booth, wife of Wizards player Calvin Booth.
Girls Inc National Celebration Luncheon
May 1, 2007 at the Capitol Hilton, Washington, DC.
Money Talks Workshop,
Greater SouthEast DC Public Library
Healthy Living Girl!
Essay Contest
Be Smart, Be Fit, Be Yourself!
A fun nutrition and fitness day co-sponsored by the WNBA Washington Mystics!
Girls Inc Leadership Circle
For middle school girls ...Now being formed!
An opportunity to join other girls, participate in interesting projects, while developing your leadership talents. Contact the Program office at 202-806-1175 for an application!
Explore with us!
Bowling, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Tour of Howard University campus and meeting with Admissions staff, ESPNZone, Wizards games, Mystics games…meeting with interesting professional women and entrepreneurs... and more to come...