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The Pine-Sol® Powerful Difference™ partnership with Girls For A Change on TNT

The Pine-Sol® Powerful Difference™ partnership with Girls For A Change was highlighted as TNT Dramatic Differences Featured Story, which celebrates unsung heroes whose acts of self-less giving help to change the lives of others and inspire hope.

Podcast: Words With Whitney

Summer debut edition of the podcast interview series with Whitney Smith, CEO and Founder, with questions submitted by YOU the listener to annie@girlsforachange.org

Words With Whitney.July.2010


Speaking Out About "Girl Fights"

Violence_2 When a video of a brutal "girl fight" in Florida was posted on YouTube in April, it sparked media coverage of violence among girls and debate about whether so-called girl aggression is on the rise. Here the GFC community discusses the problem—and solutions:

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GFC spokesGIRLS Natasha and Rena speak out on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet about how violence impacts girls and how they were empowered to stop the violence through creating social change. (Fox stations nationwide on Friday, May 2). Watch the video clip here!

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Meghan Arrigo, GFC Phoenix Program Director, blogs about how women and girls at GFC are uniting to work through conflict and begin to see each other as allies rather than enemies. Read the post...

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Each year, hundreds of girls join Girl Action Teams through GFC and create and implement projects to improve their communities. Many of these projects focus on ending and preventing violence—from bullying to girl fights and gossip to gang violence, genocide, child abuse and domestic violence. Click here to check out some of the innovative "stop the violence!" projects designed by Girl Action Teams.

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Coach Video

Hear this special message from some of our coaches:

PHX coach segment

SV coach segment #1

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SV Projects: Video Diary!

Below is a video diary of the projects created by Girl Action Teams in 2007-08.

To see the first segment, click here.

To see the second segment, click here.

To see the third segment, click here.

Below is a video diary of the projects created by  Girl Action Teams in 2006-07.

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Girl Action Team Projects Body Image and Self-Esteem

GFC Girl Action Teams aim to solve persistent societal problems--including those among teen girls. Here is a sampling of team projects focused on improving girls' negative body image or low self-esteem.

   

PHX Projects: Video Diary!

Below is a video diary of the projects created by Phoenix Girl Action Teams in 2006-07.

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teams segment #2

coach segment


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