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2011 Grant Recipients
On Monday, June 13, 2011 Womenade Boston held our first annual voting meeting to select grant recipients for 2011. It was a wonderful evening and the spirit and excitement in the room were terrific. Prior to voting, the members heard presentations from our four finalists. The My Life My Choice Project and Girls' Leap were our top vote getters and each will receive a $25,500 grant.
Girls' LEAP Self-Defense
Girls' LEAP (lifetime Empowerment & Awareness Program) trains at-risk girls aged 8-18 in verbal and physical safety skills and self-awareness. LEAP helps girls develop a diverse set of responses to violence, beyond the extremes of passivity and escalation.
For more information:
Deborah Weaver, Executive Director and Founder
Girls' LEAP Self-Defense
www.girlsleap.org
The My Life My Choice Project
My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a groundbreaking, nationally recognized initiative designed to stem the tide of commercial sexual exploitation of adolescent girls. MLMC offers a unique continuum of services spanning provider training, prevention groups for vulnerable adolescent girls, case consultation, and survivor mentoring to young victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
For more information:
Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, MPH, Co-Rounder & Director
The My Life My Choice Project
A Program of Justice Resource Institute
www.jri.org/mylife
www.facebook.com/mylifemychoice
2011 Womenade Boston Runners Up
Girls Inc. of Lynn
Girls Inc. of Lynn has been operating programs and advocating for girls/young women since 1942. A local affiliate of the national organization, their mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold by meeting the needs of girls in the community, developing girls’ capacity to overcome the effects of discrimination and be self-sufficient, responsible members of the community, and by serving as a vigorous advocate for all girls.
For more information:
Catherine Dhingra, Director of Teen Programs
Girls, Inc. of Lynn
www.girlsinclynn.org
GRLradio.org
GRLZradio.org is a first of its kind after-school/summer youth development program serving at-risk teenage girls from Dorchester and other Boston neighborhoods. Broadcasting daily on the web from St. Mary’s Women’s and Children’s Center, all programming and production is originated and orchestrated by the girls, supporting the motto “where girls are heard and respected.” The station allows the girls to build technical, organizational and job skills, gain self-esteem, and speak out on the issues that are important to them.
For more information:
Bernadette Reid, MPA, MSCJ, Program Director
www.grlzradio.org
www.grlzradio.org
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