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
Women Talk Sports Network: Voices To Be Heard
May 19, 2009 In the “Young Runners” post yesterday I glossed over the new Women Talk Sports network and Shaping Youth Correspondent Rebecca Scritchfield’s involvement as one of their cadre of contributing bloggers, because I KNEW this media magic warranted a post and presence all its own. One of our readers yesterday was seeking a hub for encouraging teen girl athletes … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 3 Sisters Adventure Trekking, athletes, Danica Patrick, Daughters, girls, girls voices, girls-self-worth, Go Girl World, GoGirlGo, GWLN, Jane Schonberger, Jean Zimmerman, Media-Education-Foundation, Megan Hueter, Natalie-Coughlin, Nicole LaVoi, Olympians, Playing-Unfair, preteens, pretty tough, Raising Our Athletic Daughters, self-esteem, Sport for Change, teens, Tucker Center, Women Leaders for the world, women s, Women Talk Sports network, Womens-Sports-Foundation, WomenTalkSports, WTS, Young Runners, Youth-sports