What's Happening at Girls Inc.
Elementary School Girls are Over the Moon About Black SciGirls Earth and Space Curriculum
We partnered with Black SciGirls, an organization dedicated to increasing access to STEM education for Black girls, to complete an Earth and Space educational unit. The unit included lessons on designing and building their own windmills, learning about flower and plant life, light pollution, robotics and outer space! The girls…
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Rakuten and the Golden State Warriors Host Girls for 5th Year of Future Leaders Event
For the fifth consecutive year, we were invited to be a part of Future Leaders—a two-day empowerment event inspired by Women’s History Month—sponsored by Rakuten and The Golden State Warriors (GSW). The girls were first matched with mentors from both organizations, who would guide and inform the rest of their…
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Girls Inc. of Alameda County Responds to Alarming Results of the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey
–Teen girls are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide risk — “Girls Inc. of Alameda County is the ‘medicine’”– Oakland, California – This February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), with results indicating a dire…
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Girls Inc. of Alameda County Hosts Launch Event to Welcome First-Ever Expanded Learning Apprentices
First cohort of Apprentices begin their earn-and-learn program, becoming Girls Inc. of Alameda County employees and Berkeley City College students Oakland, California – On February 16th, 2023 Girls Inc. of Alameda County, alongside partners Berkeley City College (BCC), the Partnership for…
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Girls Inc. of Alameda County Attends Oakland’s 6th Annual Black Joy Parade
We concluded Black History Month with an exercise in Black Joy. Youth and staff didn’t let the cold, rainy weather stop them from being in community at Oakland’s 6th Annual Black Joy Parade. They gathered at the Simpson Center for Girls to make posters and artwork beforehand, and then joined…
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Girls Inc. of Alameda County’s Great Bake-Off!
We celebrated Valentine’s Day all week with the Great Girls Inc. Bakeoff! Our middle and high school girls were challenged to create unique sweet treats without recipes in only 30 minutes, employing skills like effective communication, delegation, and teamwork to accomplish a shared goal. Girls Inc. Read More »
Girls Inc. of Alameda County Hosts First-of-its-Kind Biannual Women of Impact Breakfast
We had an incredible turnout at our first-ever biannual Women of Impact Breakfast! The breakfast kicked off our 65th Anniversary, our Simpson Center for Girls’ 10-year Anniversary, and our reimagined Women of Impact Program, which also turned 10 this year. The exciting event included a review of upcoming engagement opportunities…
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2022 Girls Rise Gala – Reaching Higher
Girls Inc. of Alameda County’s 2022 Girls Gala, Reaching Higher, First-of-its-Kind Celebration On Saturday, October 15, we hosted our 2022 Girls Rise Gala: Reaching Higher, our first in-person fundraising event since 2019. It was a beautiful evening of celebration, inspiration, and connection. The gala was an interactive, first-of-its-kind…
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Future Leaders Event
Fourteen of our high school scholars had a two-day experience of a lifetime! Earlier this month, Girls Inc. of Alameda County was invited to be a part of the Future Leaders Event sponsored by Rakuten and The Golden State Warriors. The girls were matched with a mentor from either Rakuten or Warriors and were led…
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March is Women’s Empowerment Month
March is an important time to ground ourselves in women’s history and empowerment, and the work at the intersection of gender, race, and economics. While the girls we serve are entering into a world very different from the one that generations before them entered, we cannot deny that they will…
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In-Person Author Event
As part of our partnership with The New Literary Project (formerly Simpson Literary Project), author Danielle Evans recipient of the 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Award visited in-person with our youth. This was our first in-person event at the downtown Oakland Girls’ Resource Center in two…
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