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
New Moon Girl Media: Orb28 Gives Rise to Teen Voices (Part 2)
Ready to tap into the 'inner sphere' of the upcoming teen site Orb28? Continuing yesterday's post about youth media orgs like these ready to put pop culture messaging on a whole new frequency, we'll see what some of the Orb28 Girls Web Editorial Board (at left) have to say about 'what's good for girls'...(also don't miss Patti Binder's blog along these lines!) Orb28 fits … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel-Shaping-Youth, CosmoGirl, Courtney-Macavinta, Critical-thinking-skills, DigiGirlz, Dr.-Jennifer-Austin-Leigh, feminist, feminsting, Girls-Are-Champions, global-girls-groups, GLTR-Girls, Gurl.com, Laid-or-Loved, License-to-thrive, media-literacy, Nancy-Gruver, New-Moon-Girl-Media, Orb28, Packaging-Boyhood, preteens, readergirlz, Reign-of-the-Girl-Child, RespectRx, social-media, Starlings-Volleyball USA, Tapestries-of-Hope, teen-cheerleader-planned-parenthood, Teen-pregnancy-pacts, TitleIX, tweens, UGC-teens, Young-People-Who-Rock, Youth-advocacy, YPulse-National-Mashup