Dec. 8, 2010 Pop-Quiz from our partner org, San Mateo Starlings Volleyball, serving low-income and minority girls age 12-18: Did you know that girls who participate in sports are: ..."92% less likely to use drugs, 80% less likely to have an unwanted pregnancy, far more likely to graduate from high school and attend college, and far less likely to suffer from childhood … [Read more...]
Social Media Rally For Girls Sports Today
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Ashoka, Ashoka's Changemakers, girls self esteem, girls sports, Girls-Are-Champions, girls-self-worth, Liz Mayta, Nike GameChangers, NWLC, organized sports, Positive Coaching Alliance, positive media, Rally4Girls, San Mateo Starlings, Sports Pay Dividends, Starlings-Volleyball USA, Title IX, volleyball, What did you win by playing?, women sports, Women Talk Sports network
GLTR Girls: Girls Learn to Ride Creates Oceans of Self Esteem
Surfing. Wakeboarding. Snowboarding. Skateboarding. Skiing. All are ‘wannabe’ favorites of GLTR girls that opt for ‘X-treme’ sports over the ‘girly girl’ glitter-fest, like my 13-year old 'Billabong blonde' who’s ready to try most any new sports venture now that she’s gained so much self-worth. She’s been waterskiing long … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Against the Grain, Ancora imparo, athletes, Burton controversy, Burton snowboards, Carissa Moore, Chica Brava, Danica Patrick, Dr. Jenn for girls, empowerment, female action sports, female photographers, females, FOAM, Foam magazine, GAC, GACtv, Girl Overboard, girl power, Girls Learn to Ride, girls skateboard documentary trailer, Girls-Are-Champions, GLTR, grrrls, Hawaiian Tropic, independent film, IndieGoGo, Iron Horse Maidens, Justina Chen Headley, Lisa Izzi, Makapu'u, Mark Sperling, media-literacy, Nancy Chang, Piper Girls, positive media, preteens, RESPECT, San Mateo Starlings, self-worth, sk8r, Skate like a girl, skateboard, skatr, SLAG, snowboarding, sports, surfer girls, surfing, Tara Dakides, teens, Waimea Bay, waterski training boom, waterskiing, watersports, Women of Worth, X-games, youth