所有程序 Second Annual State of Wisconsin Girls Summit Will Kick Off With Summer Activities 为 Girls, Virtual Event Moved to October
Second Annual State of Wisconsin Girls Summit Will Kick Off With Summer Activities 为 Girls, Virtual Event Moved to October
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Mari Copeny, Little Miss Flint, Will Keynote
Milwaukee, (July 22, 2020) – The second annual State of Wisconsin Girls Summit at 澳门水利博彩官方网站大学 is moved to October 10, but girls who want to get involved can take part in activities now. The activities are designed to get girls thinking about what it means to be a girl in America today. Designed in collaboration with a local artist and graphic designer, 劳伦·梅迪纳, the activity pages offer girls opportunities to explore their leadership, 值, heroes and identity. “今年夏天, girls are more isolated and lacking in typical summer engagement opportunities,” said Jodi Eastberg, 博士学位, executive director of the 研究 Center 为 Women and Girls. “We want to do our part to provide girls with positive activities that help them to think about their own leadership and identities.”
The reimagined State of Wisconsin Girls Summit will be a virtual program. The new concept emphasizes the health and safety of attendees while also providing an engaging and purposeful experience. Happening the same weekend as the International Day of the Girl, the summit will convene thought leaders and inspiring voices to encourage girls to become more civically engaged and develop their leadership skills.
Twelve-year-old Mari Copeny, known as Little Miss Flint because of her activism around the water crisis in Flint, 密歇根州., will be the keynote speaker. 2016年5月, when Copeny was 8 years old, she wrote a letter to President Barack Obama detailing the water crisis in her hometown and challenging him to visit. The president visited Flint and subsequently authorized $100 million to repair the city’s water system. Copeny’s activism made national news, and she has been using her voice to fight 为 social justice since.
The State of Wisconsin Girls Summit is an opportunity 为 girls, 社区领袖, agencies that serve girls and the general public to have thoughtful, productive conversations and celebrate the contributions of girls to our community. The event will begin with Copeny’s keynote address. There will also be a panel of girls who are working 为 change in our community, and a panel discussion with women serving as government officials.
“We continue to be committed to hearing directly from girls in Wisconsin in order to in为m our research agenda in an ef为t to improve the lives of girls in our state,伊斯特伯格说。. “We know from our research that girls are more likely to be civically engaged, to vote when they come of age and to volunteer, but they are far less likely to imagine themselves running 为 office or to consider government office as a desirable profession or goal. We are hopeful that through participation in the Girls Summit and engagement with our activity book, they will imagine themselves as leaders and ultimately will be inspired to run 为 office or serve in government.”
The summer activities are available online at kiaabs.net/research/girlssummit and on the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast website at gswise.org/en/Activities. Hard copies of the activities may also be picked up at Arts @ Large, located at 1100 South 5th Street in Milwaukee. For more in为mation and to register 为 the Girls Summit, visit kiaabs.net/research/girlssummit. Organizations interested in distributing the activity sheets should contact the 澳门水利博彩官方网站大学 研究 Center 为 Women & 女孩在 研究.Center@澳门水利博彩官方网站.edu.
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast are partners of the event, and sponsors to date include the Dr. 玛丽·安·施瓦茨 & Dr. Richard Brewer Endowed Speaker Series, the Brewers Community Foundation and Catalyst Construction.
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