
Girls Circle NY Times video Parts 1 and 2 look at runaways - survival strategies, root causes of running away, and in Part 2, how so many teens get snagged for survival into prostitution.
Source: video.nytimes.com
As an increasing number of runaway children are trying to survive on the streets, a group of teenagers in Medford, Ore., use a number of legal and illegal strategies to get by.

Girls Circle Have any of you had a chance to talk within the Girls Circle groups about Rihanna and her decision to not return to Chris? Are the girls in your groups discussing partner abuse? In conversation with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna said, "Don't react off of love. -- love....Come out of the situation and look at it third-person . . . Love is so blind."

Girls Circle Next question for girls in your Girls Circle groups: What advice do you have for school administrators and teachers and parents to help girls with a bullying situation?

Girls Circle Question for the girls in your GC groups: What have you seen a school principal, dean, teacher or campus supervisor do that really helped with a bullying/relational aggression situation? What did he or she do that helped the situation?

Shanti Generation  Thank Girls Circle for posting this uplifting story..
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
WASHINGTON - -- First lady Michelle Obama -- and some of her Chicago "sisters" in the White House -- on Monday will launch a first-of-its-kind mentoring program with about 20 high school girls from greater Washington. ...

November 4 at 1:24pm

Girls Circle Let's talk to Michelle Obama about doing Girls Circles. Nice article about her mentoring program with girls.
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
WASHINGTON - -- First lady Michelle Obama -- and some of her Chicago "sisters" in the White House -- on Monday will launch a first-of-its-kind mentoring program with about 20 high school girls from greater Washington. ...

Girls Circle "Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire" - skit in training in Canada.

Girls Circle Emma Thompson working to expose sex trade in her story about Elena who was forced into the global sex industry. This is a topic to address with girls - so many are vulnerable....
Source: www.npr.org
Through a striking art installation, actress Emma Thompson chronicles a naive 18-year-old from a small Eastern Europe republic who was caught up in London's sex trade. Her name is Elena, and her story makes its debut in New York on Nov. 10.

Girls Circle Women are 1/2 of the nation's workers. Check out "The Shriver Report: How a Women's Nation Changes Everything." Let's prepare our girls!
Source: www.americanprogress.org
This report describes how a woman’s nation changes everything about how we live and work today. Now for the first time in our nation’s history, women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. ...

Girls Circle Sending out wishes for all the beautiful young ladies and young men out there to take care tonight, stay connected, enjoy yourselves, your friends, scary movies, and be safe. You deserve the best life has to offer.

Girls Circle The Girls Study Group's evaluation technical assistance to gender responsive programs was an excellent program. Almost the entire 2.5 days we received individualized consultation from research experts who worked with us to address challenges. Congrats to the OJJDP and GSG for a great approach, keep it up!

Girls Circle That pink pumpkin greeted us at our Girls Study Group lunch hour yesterday!

Girls Circle Happy Halloween all you passionate, spooky, freaky, fun, bright and bold Girls Circle and the Council for Boys and Young Men pals! May you and all the special characters in your lives have a great day!

Girls Circle Verizon Wireless just granted $54,000 to an agency in Temecula, CA named "Safe Alternatives for Everyone" to implement Girls Circle and The Council for Boys to prevent youth from engaging in at-risk behavior. Nice!















