This past Monday, WCI President Marjorie Margolies hosted an event at her home to gather support for WCI’s Global Advocacy and Leadership Series (GALS) program. The event served to introduce GALS to new friends of WCI and update longtime supporters on the continued success of the program.
GALS works to promote the value of leadership and [...]
[ September 12, 2011; ] Join Marjorie Margolies, president of Women’s Campaign International (WCI), at her home for an evening dedicated to learning about WCI’s program for adolescent girls in Philadelphia, GALS (Global Advocacy and Leadership Series).
When: Monday, September 12, 2011 from 5:30 to 7pm
Where: Marjorie’s home
To encourage civic participation at an early age, WCI facilitates Saturday workshops for high [...]
On Saturday, April 30, as part of their global awareness education, the students in WCI’s GALS program had the great privilege of Skyping with young Liberian women from our Liberia office!
We’ve asked one participant from Liberia, Office Assistant, Jojo, and three GALS girls from our Philadelphia office, high school students Helena, Simone and Tion, [...]
Recently, Women’s Campaign International asked our teaching liaison at Freire Charter, Julie Anderson, to share her experiences working with GALS 2010 graduates on an Advocacy Club. Here are her thoughts:
The Freire Charter School Advocacy Club was started by the 2010 graduates of WCI’s Global Advocacy Leadership Series (GALS). After completing their advocacy training [...]
[ April 30, 2011; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Financial Literacy Day at GALS!
The GALS will learn how to create budgets, how to allocate money, and how to optimize their networks to save money and receive in-kind donations.
On Saturday, March 26, the agenda for the GALS workshop included tips on public speaking and how to put “messages in motion” using Flip cams. The girls watched as Monica, a WCI Program Officer, demonstrated some of the traps we all fall into when speaking in public.
Monica stood up to introduce herself. She said, “Uh, [...]
[ April 9, 2011; 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. ] GALS: Join us for a pizza party and work session on Saturday April 9th!
The final presentation day for GALS, May 21, is rapidly approaching!
To make sure you’re all moving ahead on your projects, we’re offering a chance to get together with your groups in our WCI offices and eat pizza, bond with your group [...]
Social Media day at GALS was held on Saturday, February 26! The students learned how to use social media to build advocacy campaigns. In addition, they were inspired to ask in-depth questions about the implications of online messaging.
To get started, the WCI staff introduced the girls to online social media concepts and tools, including [...]
Paula Introduces Herself
On Saturday February 26, the GALS were visited by girls’ leadership coach, Paula Singer. Paula joined the group activities, listened to the girls’ brainstorming, and shared her reflections with our WCI staff. Here’s what she had to say:
“When I walked into the room, I was really impressed with the many bright faces of [...]
Saturday February 12, 2011: Global Awareness and Leadership Series kick-off
Simone was the first to speak. She rose slowly out of her seat to introduce herself. It was, after all, 9:30 in the morning on a Saturday and she is a teenager, a time in life where sleeping in on a Saturday is sacred.
Simone, deep in [...]
