PHX press
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards Grant GFC PHX $50,000
PHOENIX--Girls For A Change (GFC), a leading non-profit organization for urban youth, today announced they received a $50,000 grant on a 6-month term, awarded through the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to help spearhead and fund a new academic social change program for middle and high schools of low socioeconomic status throughout communities in Maricopa County, AZ. This grant will provide teenage girls with the opportunity to become social change agents working towards improving their communities through social change projects.
PHX: In the News
Aline Sibomana of GFC Phoenix, Activist of the Month of Teen Voices Online
www.teenvoices.com, Vol. 23, July 2008
KNOW 99 and the City of Phoenix cover the 2008 Completion Ceremony
http://phoenix.gov/KNOW99
Channel 3 newscast acknowledges GFC's South Mountain High School team project
www.azfamily.com, June 9, 2008
GFC Phoenix Executive Director, Laura Valdo, invited to blog on Channel 12's website
www.azcentral.com, June 9, 2008
Phoenix Mercury forward, Brooke Smith, recognizes GFC girls at annual Completion Ceremony
www.wnba.com, May 21, 2008
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Young local Latinas team up to create big social change
Latino Perspectives Magazine, January 2007
Teen girls learn skills to change their lives
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GFC Launches Program to Transform the Lives of Low Income Girls in Maricopa County
East Valley Tribune.com, August 27, 2006
Girls For A Change Phoenix Welcomes New Executive Director
Press Release, August 25, 2006
Rescue Operation for Girls
Arizonawoman, November 2005
Arizona Launch Reception
Frontdoors, October 2005
