Women Making a Difference for Denver Girls
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Finding Your Voice - July 25, 2019
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women in exploring the challenges our girls face today and
Join us at our July event and hear how Carlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine found her voice.
At this exclusive networking event, you will share cocktails, conversation and TED-style speaker sessions to explore how you can help girls find their voice – to express their dreams, seek justice, or just ask for help. Don’t miss out on the wisdom of speakers like civil rights icon and National Women’s Hall of Fame inductee, Carlotta Walls LaNier.
Some Things Are Harder for Girls Self Worth
Kids Living in Poverty Face More Challenges
7 in 10 girls believe they aren’t good enough or don’t measure up in some way - including their looks, school performance, and relationships
Less Learning Time:
Pressure to Please Pressure to Please 33% of girls say they are afraid to be a leader because they don’t want others to think they are bossy
By the time children living in poverty reach 6th grade they have on average experienced 6,000 fewer hours of learning experience than their more affluent peers. More Obstacles: • • •
Isolation
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1 in 4 girls falls into a clinical diagnosis that includes depression, eating disorders, cutting and other mental and emotional disorders
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Homelessness Single Parent Families Unsafe Neighborhoods Insufficient Food Unhealthy Relationships Abuse
At Boys & Girls Clubs, We Make a Difference Empowering Girls to Reach for More and Achieve
We’ve been refining the programs at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver since 1961. At the core of our programs for girls, we focus on helping them develop the social and emotional learning that will be the foundation for their success – academically, emotionally and in their relationships. We encourage and mentor our girls and give them opportunities to practice leadership – in mixed gender settings that mirror the real world as well as in girls-only settings. Girls-only opportunities include: • • •
Girls’ sports teams Girls’ hour in the Tech Lab Girls-only group sessions focused on leadership and character development