The Girls Circle Project
Abstract:
The Girls Circle Project is designed to train college women to facilitate Girls Circles in Columbus-area schools and agencies. A Girls Circle, made up of two college women co-facilitators and five to 10 young girls, is meant to both empower young girls and also to foster healthy relationships among them.
Description:
IMPACT. 1: Since 2008, the Girls Circle Project has trained over 100 OSU college women to run approximately 105 Girls Circles and thereby impact approximately 750 girls' lives in the Columbus area. In 2012 - 2013, The Girls Circle Project partnered with 18 different greater Columbus public, private, and charter schools, as well as agencies, to positively reach numerous girls between the fourth and 12th grades. -- 2. The young girls report positive experiences in understanding their own identities, other cultures, and more healthy and open peer relations. The facilitators report increased confidence in public speaking and leadership skills; a greater understanding of diversity, social constructs, power, and privilege and how they affect our views and interactions in society; and the realization of how much of a difference they can make in a young girl's life.
OSU PARTNERS: Office of Student Life; Office of Economic Access; Women's, Sexuality, and Gender Studies; Education & Human Ecology; University Honors & Scholars
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Midnimo Cross Cultural Schools; KIPP Journey Academy; The Wellington School; Parkmoor Elementary; Arlington Park Elementary; New Albany Middle School; Hilliard Darby Elementary; St. Brendan School; Washington Elementary; Hamilton Local High School
PRIMARY CONTACT: Vicki Pitstick (Pitstick.10@osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: Office of Student Life; Office of Economic Access; Women's, Sexuality, and Gender Studies; Education & Human Ecology; University Honors & Scholars
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Midnimo Cross Cultural Schools; KIPP Journey Academy; The Wellington School; Parkmoor Elementary; Arlington Park Elementary; New Albany Middle School; Hilliard Darby Elementary; St. Brendan School; Washington Elementary; Hamilton Local High School
PRIMARY CONTACT: Vicki Pitstick (Pitstick.10@osu.edu)
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