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- Educating Young Adolescent Girls, Frances Patricia O'Reilly, Elizabeth Marie Penn, Kathleen Bennett DeMarrais – 2001
- Empower Me!: 12 Sessions for Building Self-Esteem in Girls [Paperback]
- Herstory: Black Female Rites of Passage [Paperback], Mary C. Lewis What is it about the development of Black female adolescent that is unique to Black females?
- Sisters Helping Sisters (Paperback) by Madeleine Wright PhD Continuing the cultural tradition of empowerment preparing young women for responsible Christian adulthood.
Examing Women in the Judicial System
- Join the Pen or Pencil Movement! The Pen or Pencil Movement of the National Alliance of Faith and Justice (NAFJ) is a social action and educational movement designed to influence the lives of youth at greatest risk of academic failure and potential incarceration. “Pen” is short for pen
- The Sentencing Project – Women in the Justice System The number of women in prison, a third of whom are incarcerated for drug offenses, is increasing at nearly double the rate for men.
Mentoring
- Urban Leadership Institute Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) is a social enterprise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Some Websites We Like
- Black Girls Rock!, Inc. Black Girls Rock!, Inc., is a mentoring outreach program targeting ‘at risk’ teenage girls of color. This charity has been established to promote the arts and to encourage dialogue about the images of women in hip-hop music & culture, as well as prom
- Girl Talk – Baltimore Chapter Become a Fan
- Girl Talk, Inc. Founded in 2002, Girl Talk is a student-to-student mentoring program that pairs middle school girls with high school girls who serve as mentors.
- Girls For a Change Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers thousands of teen girls to create and lead social change. GFC provides girls with professional female role models, leadership training and the inspiration to work together in teams to solve
- Girls Inc. Girls Inc. is the non-profit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.
- Hiyaah Power The purpose of Hiyaah Power Girls eMentoring Program is to connect our girls with dynamic women and positive mentoring relationships for young girls in 5th to 12th grades. Mentoring has been proven to guard against the risks of educational failure, teen p
- Join the Pen or Pencil Movement! The Pen or Pencil Movement of the National Alliance of Faith and Justice (NAFJ) is a social action and educational movement designed to influence the lives of youth at greatest risk of academic failure and potential incarceration.
- PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc. PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc. is a dynamic and innovative non-profit leadership development organization serving at-risk, primarily African American and Latina girls, ages 10 to 19 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- She Matters Too Our mission is to inspire, cater to and showcase female accomplishments.
- Street Soldiers / Omega Boys Club
- Urban Leadership Institute We empower youth and adults to create and launch their own enterprises, and through these enterprises, to take greater responsibility for their lives and communities.
- Urban Leadership Institute Urban Leadership Institute (ULI) is a social enterprise based in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Category Archives: The Prison System
Who doesn’t like a good Adventure?
The other night I watch a story on Dateline about a young woman that was killed in her own home (shot/stabbed several times) and the scene was set up to look like a burglary. The woman had a strong family … Continue reading
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Very Young Girls
When one in the US thinks of sex trafficking and exploitation, they tend to think of girls from lands with mostly unpronounceable names. Images of Russian “Natasha’s”, young Thai girls, girls on the streets of India, etc., however those images … Continue reading
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Girl Talk Examines…Women in the Justice System
The number of women in prison, a third of whom are incarcerated for drug offenses, is increasing at nearly double the rate for men. These women often have significant histories of physical and sexual abuse, high rates of HIV infection, … Continue reading
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