SWSG is thrilled to have so many outstanding women supporting Jump into Spring 2012 by committing to fundraise for SWSG.
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In response to the last piece of research on which Strong Women, Strong Girls is focusing for the quarter, we're focusing on maximizing the benefits of female mentoring relationships.
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Representatives from SWSG's cohort at the University of Miami will attend this prestigious program in spring 2012.
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Lindsey Smith, known as the “food mood girl,” works with people who have a habit of looking to food for all the wrong nutrients: comfort, reward, fun, and acceptance. Through speaking and coaching she motivates, equips, and inspires people to sort out their relationships with food so they can live a healthy, balanced life. Lindsey is also the author of Junk Foods & Junk Moods: Stop Craving and Start Living! She is hosting a...
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“What I am is good enough, if I would only be it openly.” ~Carl Rogers With the New Year comes resolutions. Many resolutions involve some seismic shifts on our part, oftentimes resulting in us feeling completely wretched by about mid-February, if not sooner. Thus begins the self-flagellation. We see advertisements everywhere encouraging us to lose weight, get rid of wrinkles, grow our eyelashes (?!)… Sadly, most of these ads are...
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I walked into the dimly lit auditorium, hearing the chatter of the audience as I found my seat among the other Strong Women, Strong Girls mentors of Simmons College. Women and men of all ages crowded into the auditorium to watch the Simmons College screening of the award-winning documentary, Miss Representation. Walking into the auditorium, I knew very little about what the documentary was about. When I walked out of the auditorium, I was...
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Strong Women, Strong Girls is about life changing relationships. Annie, a mentor at Northeastern University, describes the mutual empowerment she and her mentee, Francesca experienced through their participation in Strong Women, Strong Girls:
“In a spectacular twist of fate, as a mentor with Strong Women, Strong Girls, I was placed at a site in Dorchester where special needs children are taught in the same environment as general education students. When I met Francesca, it was clear that she had a disability. During our check-in, Francesca would chime in eagerly, but required help from her classmates in translating her message. When it came to writing journals, much of Francesca’s writing was jumbled and comprised of repeated lines of her favorite Disney characters, Hannah Montana and Zoey 101.
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