Jump into Spring 2012 is. almost. here. Back in January, at SWSG Boston’s 2012 Spring Training, we asked attendees what they were looking forward to about the event. In the final installment of our video series, find out why South Florida Executive Director, Rhea Beck, is excited for Jump into Spring. Why are you excited for Jump into Spring 2012?     Share With...

SWSG South Florida’s AmeriCorps members were in attendance at the 2012 AmeriCorps Florida State and National Conference in February. The two day conference featured special guest speakers, trainings, and joyous celebrations of service. At the event, guest speaker La-Verna Fountain, President of Defiant Hope, spoke of committing to serve others; “I could either put my best self forward or my mediocre self forward. I decided to...

By Ajiah Daley, SWSG mentor at the University of Miami The Strong Girls of Shake A Leg Academy, a SWSG program site in South Florida, are more than excited to serve their community in their spring service projects. Before I could utter so much as a “Hi girls,” Adrianne Louis, a 3rd grade participant, belted out, “I can’t wait to make our newspaper, Ms. Ajiah!” This semester, the girls have been transformed into journalists in...

The University of Miami Strong Women, Strong Girls Chapter just received word that they will be joining 1,200 college students from around the world as part of the Clinton Global Initiative University in Washington DC! Four chapter members, including Directors Kate Perri and Alejandra Perez, will attend the Institute from March 30th-April 1 as Strong Women, Strong Girls representatives. After hearing from world leaders – past...

On November 3rd, 2011, SWSG South Florida held “Meet Your Match,” the kickoff event for SWSG’s Strong Leaders program. At the event, held at the University of Miami, college mentors were matched with their professional Leadership Coaches. These Coach/coach-ee pairs will meet throughout the year, as Coaches provide valuable leadership and professional guidance. Through this recently-launched program, SWSG is extending its mentoring...