At its core, Social Emotional Learning is “the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.” (Source: CASEL) There are five core…
Is there anything stronger than a circle of fierce female friends? It’s a question my own circle of fierce female friends debate whenever we’re all together. There’s six of us in this friendship circle, and it dates back to 1999 when we found ourselves all at the same junior high together. That means, we’ve experienced…
June 11, 2018 Global GLOW’s HerStory programming grows with girls to meet their needs as we work to strengthen and support them in advocating for themselves. Girls start attending our weekly afterschool HerStory LitClubs from ages 10-12, move on to HerStory GLOW Clubs from ages 13-14, and then HerStory Teen Clubs for high school age…
During our recent HerStory Summit in Detroit, 50 girls from three different LitClubs throughout the city came together to participate in a fun interpretive art activity. Each girl received a list of quotes from famous African-Americans. Together they reviewed all the quotes, then each girl selected one that personally resonated with her. After sharing in…
At Global G.L.O.W., when we are not reading poems by fierce woman poets, we’re writing them. In this post you will: Learn one of Global G.L.O.W.’s signature activities, the “I am Poem” Read sample poems written by girls from some of our Southern California programs Have the chance to write your own “I Am” Poem…