News and Events

Girls Inc./US Bank 5K Run/Walk May 10, 2008

Got Girls? Giving Back Series

Strong, Smart and Bold Picture Books, Thurs., May 1, noon-1 at Girls Inc.

Come explore with parents and adults positive images of girls in picture books.  We will have an array of picture books recommended by media experts and librarians for their strong female characters.  We encourage you to bring your favorites to share with the group!

Packaging Girlhood Discussion, Weds., May 21, noon-1pm at Girls Inc.

Critics and experts praise Packaging Girlhood, saying: “Find invaluable guidance and insight from authors who know our daughters from inside out...Chock full of practical suggestions...[written with] that rare gift of translating cutting edge research and analysis into strategies and information that every parent (and every girl) can use in daily life.”  Read a little or a lot, and come share your insights  and hear from others.  Don’t have a copy?  Don’t worry!  Contact Girls Inc. for libraries with reserve copies. 

Girls Speak!  Video and Discussion, Weds., June 18, 7-8pm at Girls Inc.

Do you ever wonder what girls are thinking and feeling, how they are dealing with media, peer and sexual pressures?  Utilizing footage from recent documentaries, we’ll hear directly from girls themselves.  These candid revelations with commentary from experts shed light on how adults can best support girls. 

Links from Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown's talk

PREVIOUS EVENT:

Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown presents:

How Adults Can Help Girls Be Who They Are,Not What They're Sold

Mother, author, educator and girl expert
Lyn Mikel Brown provides a free public talk with reception following, 7pm on Weds. Apr. 9, 2008 in the Loose Lecture Hall, LBC, Earlham College.

Girls Inc. of Wayne County invites you to participate in a free public talk as part of the Girls Inc. Got Girls? Giving Back series. 

Mother, author, educator and girl expert Lyn Mikel Brown provides a talk to help parents & adults support girls.  With “girl power” used by marketers of music, fashion, TV and toys to mean the power to shop and attract boys, girls are encouraged to choose accessorizing over academics, prefer sex appeal over sports and value boyfriends over friends. 

This talk provides information, skills and strategies to help girls resist media pressures and express themselves.  Information is relevant and appropriate for parents, teachers, mentors, older girls (middle school & up) and adults. 

Weds. April 9, 7pm in the Loose Lecture Hall, LBC, Earlham College

“For anyone who teaches, works with or wishes to support girls in our society and for every parent of a daughter who wants to give her child a legacy of meaningful possibilities instead of a prepackaged world of inhibiting stereotypes."   -William Pollack, author of Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

Special thanks to the Wayne County Foundation for their support of this event as part of the Strong, Smart and Healthy program!

For more information about Lyn Mikel Brown and this talk, see the press release. Want to help us publicize? Distribute or post a flyer!