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Girls In The Game – Chicago, IL

By at May 11, 2009 | 10:04 pm | 2 Comments

Mission Girls in the Game provides and promotes sports & fitness opportunities, nutrition & health education, and leadership development to enhance the overall health and well-being of all girls. Since 1995, Girls in the Game, a 501c3 nonprofit organization, has emerged as a leading girls' health and fitness organization in Chicago. Every year, Girls in

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Precious! Pretty! Powerful!™ – Durham, NC

By at May 5, 2009 | 1:20 pm | 2 Comments

Dr. Gail Hayes is the founder of the Precious! Pretty! Powerful! Girls Book Club out of Durham, North Carolina. Mission Statement To help girls, through reading, writing, and speaking become powerful communicators in word, thought, and deed. We believe... That words have power and that language builds and shapes character. Words are powerful tools that can inspire and

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Teen Sircles – Prince George’s County, MD

By at April 19, 2009 | 6:47 am | 7 Comments

Ms. Sharon Cummings is the President of Teen Sircles. Website: www.teensircles.org Teen Sircles, Inc. P.O Box 1921 Clinton, MD 20735 Telephone: (301)242-9008 The  mission of Teen Sircles is to enrich the lives of teen girls, between the ages of 12 and 17, by providing the life skills needed to become a productive adult and a benefit to society as a

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SisterMentors – Washington, DC

By at March 29, 2009 | 7:59 pm | 2 Comments

Dr. Shireen Lewis is the Founder of SisterMentors. Vision Statement of SisterMentors Because girls of color are dropping out of school at an early age, SisterMentors is committed to mentoring girls of color in middle and high schools in the Washington, D.C. area. We are giving back to our community by promoting the value of education among girls of color. Our

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Camp Atwater-North Brookfield, Massachusetts

By at March 23, 2009 | 9:02 pm | 0 Comment

Serving youth for 87 years, Camp Atwater is a residential summer camp for boys and girls, 8 - 15 years old.   Atwater is located in North Brookfield, MA.   Camp Atwater's mission is to assist in the academic and social growth and development of youth by offering a quality residential camp experience within a safe, nurturing and Afrocentric environment. The

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Camp Kupugani – Leaf River, Illinois

By at March 20, 2009 | 11:26 am | 0 Comment

“Kupugani” is a Zulu concept meaning “to raise oneself up.” The fundamental point of Camp Kupugani is—in a residential camp setting—to expose girls of varied backgrounds and ethnicities to each other. Living, playing, and working together are the best teachers of instilling bonds of friendship and trust. They represent an important step towards breaking down

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Science Club For Girls – Cambridge, MA

By at March 18, 2009 | 12:26 pm | 1 Comments

The mission of Science Club for Girls is to increase the self-confidence and science literacy of K–12th grade girls belonging to groups that are underrepresented in the sciences, through free, after school programs that provide experiential learning, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Girls work with mentor-scientists who model and foster leadership, affirm

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Girls Living Life On Purpose – Dallas, TX

By at March 14, 2009 | 3:50 am | 1 Comments

Website: http://www.gllopinc.org/ Founder: Leslie Denman Girls Living Life On Purpose, Inc™ (GLLOP) out of Dallas, Texas is the premier all girl faith based organization founded by Leslie Denman and dedicated solely in empowering African American and minority girls through life purpose coaching, character development, and abstinence education. Everyone was

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