
Girls Circle We hope you all have a safe, warm and thankful week with family and friends. What are you thankful for this year?

Girls Circle Eve Ensler has a new book coming out in Feb 2010: I am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World She performed the lines from a poem of same title while speaking at the Women's Conference 2009 -..SO powerful, SO strong and real, I hope you can hear it.

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Just for fun: Girls Circle is a _______________________________________f or girls, ages 9 - 18(you fill in the blanks).

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Darlington Public Schools and Boys & Girls Club in Okahoma just shared the new video they created about their Girls Circles. It's a beautiful and touching story. Watch it here! http://lc.celebrateoklahoma.us/video/gir ls-circle

Girls Circle To HELP GCA win a CLOROX GRANT, Stay Tuned for Announcement of VOTING phase - we'll need you to VOTE ONCE per day, each day, once that phase begins. 5 top nonprofit programs helping children will each win $10,000. in later Jan 2010. STAY TUNED FOR THE ALL IMPORTANT VOTING PHASE, THANK YOU.

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GCA posted a new blog today with an article writen on Girls Circle by one of our ambassadors, Vicki Pitstick, with Ohio State University. THANK YOU to Vicki! http://girlscircleassociation.wordpress. com/
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Vicki Pitstick is the Program Manager at the University Honors & Scholars Center at The Ohio State University. She is also a long time advocate of Girls Circle who has recently become a Licensed Girls ...

Girls Circle HELP GCA win a $10,000 grant + a feature in People Magazing by nominating our organization for the Clorox Bright Future Contest! This will bring us one step closer to our goal of a Circle for every girl and a Council for every boy! Submit a nomination here: http://apps.facebook.com/brightfuture/
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Girls Circle Teen girls are largest group to contract STD's.
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Improved access to treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis is 'imperative,' expert says

Girls Circle We are proud to be partners with Girls Inc. Northern Sacramento Valley. In the communities of Shasta and Tehama Counties, these dedicated women are providing high quality programs that inspire smart, strong and bold girls. Congratulations to founding executive director Barbara McIver who has been honored with an an award named after her. GO Girls Inc. NSV!
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Girls Inc. Celebrates North State’s Strong, Smart & Bold Women

Girls Circle I'm off to see Precious, but the author of this article, Malika Saada Saar, E.D. of Rebecca Project for Human Rights, talks about the sad truth that the vast majority of girls like Precious do not end up with the same opportunities. Sadly they end up in our juvenile justice system. READ THIS GREAT ARTICLE!
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The movie 'Precious' ends happily, but not all young women are so lucky.

Girls Circle Ceres Policy Research has been has conducting a national study related LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system. While 10% youth self-report as LGBT in the legal system, it breaks out to about 27% girls self-identifying as LGBT and about 8% boys. Girls Circles are intentionally inclusive. How are your groups respons...ive to the needs and experiences of the significant number of LGBT youth in the Girls Circle groups?

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Girls are out there changing the world for the better every day! Inspiring...
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Young Vancouver Girl Begs for a pollution free and war free word at the United Nations

Girls Circle We would like to honor all military veterans today. Thank you for your service to our country. Peace.

Girls Circle Due to the Veteran's Day Holiday, we've rescheduled the national teleconference calls to Thursday November 19th! Informational Call: 11am PST, 12pm Mntn, 1pm Cntral, 2pm EST; AND THE Facilitator Call with Topic- Conflict in the Group: 1pm PST; 2pm Mountain; 3pm Central; 4pm EST. JOIN IN -FREE Conference Call

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Beth posted a blog today called "Take a Seasonal Breather to De-Stress"
- something that we can ALL benefit from. Read and comment on it here: http://wp.me/psINn-3A
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Here we are in November, when the weather is colder, skies are getting darker, holidays are approaching rapidly. Some of us look forward to the time with family and friends, while others of us carry apprehension ...














