Our Mission:
We empower girls with leadership, confidence, and financial literacy skills, giving them the tools to succeed in life, school, and their future careers. Through online and live programs, we guide girls in building successful, empowered lives, while paving the way to be successful adults and their higher education.
Our 4 Learning Objectives are to:
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- Increase high school and college graduation rates of all girls to help them become leaders.
- Increase leadership skills in all girls so they can lead and navigate their life and become successful adults.
- Increase core life skills and build mental resiliency in all girls so they can overcome hard things.
- Increase financial literacy and money confidence in all girls to help progress their goals and impact their future and the world economy.
Our Purpose:
We help girls become the next generation of leaders.
We help girls build healthy, empowered, successful lives.
We help girls build a path to their dreams and higher education.
We help girls know that they are brilliant, beautiful & bold just as they are.
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Girls today have many things that can derail them. But with the right skill sets, they can override those things and be successful in their life. Leadership skills are learned. Self-esteem skills are learned. Financial literacy skills are learned. We must equip and educate girls with these crucial skills to win at life. But many girls today are feeling depressed, anxious, lonely, insecure and battle with an array of challenges. Let’s talk about the statistics of girls today. We are battling the highest suicide rate in girls in 40 years along with many other staggering statistics like teen pregnancy (1 million nationwide per year). Read more statistics here. Additionally, experts say electronic and social media addiction is one of the main causes behind the rise in suicides and lower self-esteem. All girls have encountered some of the 7 “derailers” at school or in their personal lives (see left). We believe that the key to overcoming these challenges lies in preventing them. One way we do that is by equipping girls with the tools to rise above these obstacles and to have the skills to navigate these obstacles.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to teach teen girls positive skill sets that will influence healthy choice making, create strong self-esteem and build strong financial literacy with our live programs and online classes.
Our Curriculum: We focus on 3 core skill sets for success
- Our 12 Leadership Principles: The 12 principles to be able to lead your life and goals to success
- Financial literacy skills: The building blocks of financial literacy: Earn, Save, Invest, Borrow, Spend/Budget
- Our confidence skills/core life skills:
- Self-awareness & self-esteem: A well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism, and a “growth mindset.”
- Self-management: Effectively manage stress, motivate yourself to stay accountable to your word, and achieve goals.
- Social awareness: Understand the perspectives of others/family/coworkers and the ability to empathize with them.
- Relationship skills: Communicate clearly, listen well, cooperate with others, resist inappropriate social pressure, negotiate conflict constructively, and seek and offer help when needed.
- Responsible decision-making: Make constructive, healthy choices about personal behavior and social interactions.
With confidence, leadership and financial literacy a girl can become a successful woman who changes the world.
Our Tshirt line
GIRLS CHANGE THE WORLD Tshirt line. Shop here
Our Co-founder, Dena Patton
Dena Patton has a calling and a passion to empower and advance women and girls. Read about her on our leadership page here.
Our Team
We are made up of men and women volunteers, financial supporters, partners, and sponsors, who help our organization grow to impact more girls to reach their greatest potential. It takes a village.
You can get involved here.
