NYWF HAS 10TH ANNUAL GIRLS LEADERSHIP DAY

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The New York Women’s Foundation®

Hosts

The 10th Annual Girls’ Leadership Day

In Partnership With

Girls Incorporated Of New York City
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Jacqueline M. Ebanks, Vice President Of Programs, NYWF


Tiffany Dufu, President Of The White House Project



The New York Women’s Foundation® hosted the 10th Annual Girls’ Leadership Day in partnership with Girls Incorporated of New York City last week at the Urban Assembly Institute in Brooklyn. Girls Lead the Way: Taking Personal and Community Action hosted keynote speaker Tiffany Dufu, president of The White House Project, and 196 girls aged 13-19 from 14 community-based organizations from the five boroughs and Long Island, as well as 40 parents and staff chaperones.



The leadership filled day offered a morning group activity with all participants, then networking lunch sessions with topics such as construction, education, entrepreneurship, finance, government and public services, human resources, law, media and marketing, nonprofit, philanthropy, science and medicine, and lastly, technology. To end the day, participants attended different workshops such as Leading the Way to Economic Dependence, Empowering Teen Girls to Help Girls Around the World, Teen Dating Violence 101, Exploring Career and High School Options, Unpacking Your Leadership Toolbox, and Introduction to Youth Activism.



The 10th Annual New York Women’s Foundation Girls’ Leadership Day presented in partnership with Girls Incorporated of New York City gives many thanks to CITYarts, Dove Movement for Self Esteem, Eileen Fisher, The Grantee Partner Action Group, The Urban Assembly Institute, The Volunteer Action Group, The White House Project and Tiffany Dufu.



ABOUT NYWF: The New York Women’s Foundation® is a cross-cultural alliance of women serving as a voice for women and a force for change. The Foundation identifies innovative organizations that are effecting change in the communities they serve for women. NYWF strategically funds organizations and programs that move women, girls, and families toward long-term economic security through individual transformation and systemic change, mobilizing leaders and community partners as philanthropists and change agents. NYWF funds programs that promote economic security and justice; anti-violence and safety; health, sexual rights, and reproductive justice for women and girls in New York City.



For further information about The New York Women’s Foundation®, please visit www.nywf.org.



Photos By: Donna Aceto of Donna Aceto Photography

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