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“We’re Stronger as One”: A Visit from the Oakland Raiders
We’re stronger as one. Raiders players visited with members of Girls Inc. of Alameda County to discuss unity on International #DayoftheGirl.
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Tech Industry Needs to Build a Diversity Pipeline
Kids from Girls Inc. of Alameda County, an Oakland nonprofit that prepares girls from neglected neighborhoods to break through gender, economic and racial barriers…
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Nonprofit Spotlight: Girls Inc. of Alameda Providing Support to Celebrate Intelligence, Achievement Goals
According to a national report lead by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, 7 in 10 girls believe they fail to “measure up in some way,” a state of mind that impacts how they view themselves and others.
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Where is Science? Discoveries from Science Action Club
One day after school, Eva, a Girls Inc. Elementary School Coordinator, got a call from a staff member to come to the playground as soon as possible. Fearing there might be a problem, she raced outside and found the staff member standing with two elementary school students, staring at a…
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Leadership According to a Girls Inc. Senior
When asked what a leader is, Destinee pauses thoughtfully. It’s a question with a lot of answers, she explains, since there’s so much that goes into being a leader. Then she decides on what she wants to say. “I think it’s someone who’s collaborative, someone who’s honest, and someone who’s…
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Orientation to Success
During High School Program Orientation Night in September, girls learned how they would be supported while at Girls Inc., even during the most difficult times. At first glance, the approximately 50 girl and family attendees in the Simpson Center for Girls were coming to hear about the basics of their…
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Be healthy AND Support Girls Inc.! Partnerships with Whole Foods and Sports Basement
Thank you to Whole Foods Markets and Sports Basement for supporting Girls Inc.’s life-changing programs! Here are the details: Whole Foods Markets Whole Foods Markets in Alameda County are proud to support Girls Inc. with fundraising at the register this winter. When customers bring in their own shopping bags, Whole…
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Standing with Girls During Difficult Times: a Message from our CEO
Even in the midst of the excitement of our first literacy and STEM lessons of the year, we seem to be constantly facing frightening and disheartening news: just this month we have seen white supremacists marching in Charlottesville, the presidential pardon of the sheriff who leveraged his role and institution…
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New Staff Share “Why They’re Here”
On the morning of New Staff Orientation, 27 staff members entered the Simpson Center for Girls for their first day of work. Some had been in the building only for their interview; some had been Girls Inc. participants since they were in elementary school. All were hired for their skill,…
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“What Did You Do This Summer?”
As our girls head back to school this year, they will inevitably be faced with questions about what they did over the summer- and they will have some extraordinary answers. A high school girl will talk about how, during a tour of Southern California colleges, she got to see first-hand…
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Ready to Read: Exciting Ideas for a New Year
Last year, in considering how best to support elementary school participants’ self-perception as readers and scholars, Girls Inc. staff decided to try engaging a class of 4th and 5th graders as reading role models for their younger peers. Soon, each student in the younger class was paired with a more…
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Girls at Gap
This summer Gap Women in Leadership (GapWIL) partnered with Girls Inc. to launch a summer menteeship program at Gap Inc. Through the course of the 3 week program, 3 high school juniors, “wonder women in training”, met with career coaches, visited stores, developed technical skills through crash courses in retail, inventory…
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What We’ve Learned About the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Youth- and How We Can Fight to End It
During Girls Inc.’s Community Education Series on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Bay Area youth, Jakki Bedsole of MISSSEY, District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, and Hamida Yusufzai of Banteay Srei shared their insights on this critical issue- and what we can do as engaged community members to end the attack on our…
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Alumna Ph.D. Student Returns to Girls Inc.
When Amaurita Kanai was growing up in San Leandro, her parents struggled at times to make ends meet. Her mother realized that her young daughters needed somewhere positive to stay after school while she worked, and placed them with Girls Inc. of Alameda County. Today, decades later, Amaurita is in…
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Girls Gain New Perspectives on Southern California College Tour
Sophia had only really considered public universities before going with Girls Inc.’s college access program on a tour of Southern California colleges. While touring campuses, she was amazed by how different the colleges and universities were in person from what she had heard or seen online. She discovered that the “feel” of liberal…
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