This past Spring, Strong Women, Strong Girls held its first annual Strong Awards, a ceremony that recognizes the accomplishments and dedication of its wonderful volunteers.  Each city held its own award ceremony. Award recipients were nominated by peers and other Strong Women, Strong Girls advocates. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh held its Strong Awards on April 19, 2011 at August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh. Strong...

Last year, my two fabulous co-mentors and I began mentoring with Strong Women, Strong Girls at Fifield Elementary in Dorchester. Katherine Sammon and Amanda Britton were also new to the program and I greatly enjoyed having these two as my co-pilots in our adventure to find our way, both metaphorically and literally at times, as mentors to our wonderful group of girls. Amanda was our fearless leader, as the oldest member of our trio with the...

To celebrate the successful conclusion of another great semester of mentoring, SWSG @ NU invited all of its mentors to a Holiday Celebration Party, featuring our first annual Gingerbread House competition. Each mentoring team was invited to bring their own decorations to adorn their mansions made of graham crackers. As I circulated the room, I listened in on different mentoring groups conversations. Stories from the previous day’s field...