Friday, March 18, 2011

Women of WISE

Promise Fellow site, Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE) is featured in a local paper! WISE is a nonprofit organization founded in 1995 to help Asian, African and Latino immigrant women and girls succeed in this country. One of their programs, Girls Getting Ahead in Leadership (GGAL) aims to teach low-income immigrant high school girls what they need to know to get into college and how to finance it.

Way to go, women of WISE!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Youth Issues via Webinars

There's still time to sign up for some timely webinars related to working with youth. Well Aware is offering webinars about suicide and cyberbullying.

Workshops for Girls!

The YWCA is offering some all-day workshops for young girls! Click here for more information!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Race to Nowhere

Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.

Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.

In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Century College Presents "Reach for the Stars" 11th Annual Young Women’s Conference.

Reach for the Stars “is a conference to encourage girls in grades six through ten to discover their unique interests and talents and to explore the wide range of future careers open to them. We want young women to connect their education to their economic future and to visualize themselves as successful and fulfilled workers.”

When: Saturday, April 2, 2011. 9:30 am -3:15 pm
Where: Century College, East Campus
How much: $10 per girl, $10 per adult

For more information, see http://www.century.edu/files/events/ywc_flyer.pdf
Or contact: Tracy Lybeck, 651.779.3967