SureFire Girls

Melanie Klein’s Body Collage Work With Teens: Proud to Be Me

October 10, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Oct. 10, 2013 All this week I’ll be shining the spotlight on “inspiring minds you’ll want to know” in our “All Things Girl” series celebrating the Girl Effect taking place worldwide this Friday, Oct. 11, at the 2nd annual U.N. International Day of the Girl, and the SureFire Girls Conference the day after, Oct. 12, 2013. With that in mind, today our profile pick turns to … [Read more...]

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SureFire Girls: Life Literacy For Teens in a Power-Packed Conference

October 8, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Oct. 8, 2013 As the parent of a teen graduating high school, spring was like a surreal montage of college tours, anticipation, excitement and questions swirling in my brain.Did I give her enough savvy to navigate credit/debit financial literacy, branding and budgeting? Does she have body awareness and boundaries to carve out her own comfort zone in complicated core … [Read more...]

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