Each month, Meghan Trombly, Strong Women, Strong Girls’ Director of Process Improvement and Knowledge, is blogging about the current research and emerging trends that are informing our work. Check in each month to learn what we’re reading about relationships, role models, or skills. What’s your New Year’s resolution?  Soon enough, we’ll be fielding endless queries about the changes we intend to make at...

Let me begin by saying that: #1  I truly wish that France was within driving distance, and #2  I would be ELATED if the SWSG mobile of my imagination had driven me there!  [I’m picturing a hot pink and black 25 foot Volkswagen Bug] Before I confuse anyone else, I will backtrack to explain that I spent the last year teaching English in France at two elementary schools.  I largely attribute my decision to choose this...

Though most of our Pittsburgh mentors and girls have completed Strong Women, Strong Girls for the program year—the college women returning home for the summer to be with their families, the girls preparing for their summer activities—all have left their communities with tangible, sustainable, and quite impressive contributions as a result of the service projects they completed this semester. The SWSG learning model followed by our...

The Sheryl Sandberg TED Talk, “Why we have too few women leaders” was both inspiring and incredibly important. If you haven’t watched yet, the video is above. This talk reminded me of all the progress women have accomplished yet the lengths that we, men and women, must still go for real gender equality. Ms. Sandberg’s talk really opens up the conversation about what gender equality means and some possible solutions to achieve...

“Don’t you remember Are You There God? Its Me Margaret?!” “NO, what about Goosebumps?!” “Ah! Those were the best – remember the Boxcar Children?” Recently, in the office it was a trip down book memory lane. We spent a good 20 minutes recounting the stories that we read in school, for summer reading, and throughout our pre-adolescence. What sparked this recounting, you may ask? Well, get out those reading specs,...