College Access Now! (CAN!) participant Daisha Williams documented Girls Inc. of Alameda County’s summer college tours and was published by the Post News Group. During this year’s Senior Summer, Girls Inc. of Alameda County took their participants on four college tours, led by two Girls Inc. of Alameda County employees, Gabi Reyes-Acosta and Judy Cordova.
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California State University, East Bay hosted Girls Inc. of Alameda County at the Hayward campus as part of an annual summer partnership. Girls Inc. and CSUEB have maintained a long-standing collaboration under the Eureka! Program, wherein a group of middle- and high-school girls across the East Bay area are given an opportunity to attend university-level classes and immerse themselves in a college environment.
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Giving girls the confidence that their voice, their story, their art matters — and that “how they view the world is meaningful” — can be transformative, says Virgil. She remembers one New Literary Project showcase where a father wept listening to his daughter read her work. “This is so important for her,” he told Virgil. “She’ll never be the same.”
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