Girls for a Change, San Jose, USA
From the Global Women's Network
| Girls for a Change, San Jose, USA | |
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| Logo: |  |
| Street address: | P.O. Box 1436 |
| City: | Santa Cruz |
| State or Province: | California |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: |
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| Location coordinates: | 36° 58' 27" N, 122° 1' 51" WLatitude: 36.9741171 Longitude: -122.0307963 |
| Executive Director: | Whitney Smith |
| Contact number: | 408-540-6432 |
| Contact email: | info@girlsforachange.org |
| Website: | http://www.girlsforachange.org/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/Girlsforachange |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/girlsforachange |
| Target: | Girls |
| Organization type: | National NGO (operating countrywide or advocating at the national level) |
| Sectors: | Leadership |
| Other sectors: | Empowerment |
Summary
Girls For A Change (GFC) is a national organization that empowers girls to create social change. GFC invites young women to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues.
About
Through GFC, girls develop the voice, ability and problem solving capacity to speak up, be decision makers, create visionary change and realize their full potential. GFC seeks to address the very heart of issues confronting girls – increasing confidence in their own voice and convictions, developing life-skills, and improving the ability to identify paths and resources within their communities that can contribute to positive change and break cycles for a lifetime.
GFC envisions a world where girls with strong voices become active leaders and passionately engaged citizens, impacting not only their own neighborhoods but also their nations as girls become informed and participating citizens in their civic, political and cultural communities. By connecting them with adult women trained to serve as volunteer coaches, girls develop trusted relationships with powerful role models for civic engagement while women become strong advocates for girls and their neighborhoods.
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