Our Purpose
Our Mission:
Girls Rule Leadership Academy's mission is to equip girls to become confident leaders, critical thinkers, and future changemakers. Through transformational workshops, summits, after-school clubs, and summer camps, we provide the leadership training, life skills, and financial literacy education girls need to thrive, achieve their goals, and become the next generation of leaders. We believe that girls with skills become women who change the world.
Our 4 Learning Objectives are to:
Increase leadership skills
in girls so they can lead and navigate their life and become successful adults.
Increase financial literacy and money confidence
in girls to help progress their goals and impact the world economy.
Increase soft skills
in girls to build healthy coping skills, so they can overcome hard things and challenges.
Increase high school and college graduation rates
of girls to help them become our next generation of leaders.
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.
Girls today have many things that can derail them.
But with the right tools and skill, 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). 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.
Our Curriculum: 3 Core Skill Sets
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 & financial literacy a girl has the foundational skills to become a successful woman who changes the world.
Our T-shirt line: GIRLS CHANGE THE WORLD T-shirt line. Our Co-founder Dena Patton has a calling and a passion to empower and advance women and girls.