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Girls for Gender Equity is committed to the physical, psychological, social and economic development of girls and women. Through education, organizing and physical fitness, Girls for Gender Equity encourages communities to remove barriers and create opportunities for girls and women to live self-determined lives. Description and/or History:
Teens may visit myspace.com/sistersinstrength Health and Fitness Health and Fitness Programming establishes and maintains tri-fold programming for 26-30 NYC schools and CBO's to coordinate girl's participation in equitable fitness activities, in self determination groups and in educational health workshops. Programming includes:
Urban Leaders After School Program Urban Leaders After School Program at MS 61 is a holistic program designed to help young men and women, of Central Brooklyn, achieve academic excellence, explore career education and maintain healthy lifestyles. Support is provided by families, community members, teachers, peers and professionals who live throughout NYC and who set high standards for Urban Leaders youth to internalize community activism and self determination as being achievable. Programming includes but isn't limited to:
*Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964). 10 key points: Access to Higher Ed, Athletics, Career Education, Education for Pregnant and Parenting Students, Employment, Learning Environment, Math and Science, Sexual Harassment, Standardized Testing and Technology. GGE is a volunteer-run, grassroots, youth development organization, founded in 2000 by Joanne Smith, Executive Director. Joanne Smith is a Haitian American Activist born in New York City who currently resides in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. With an Open Society Institute fellowship, Joanne launched GGE in 2001 as an equitable after-school health and fitness program; due, in part, to a letter signed by a coalition of seventy low-income African-American and Caribbean petitioning OSI to bring GGE to Brownsville and Bedford-Stuyvesant. These parents explained to OSI, "We need your help to change the derogatory views of women and girls that plague our society". Now, through a combination of advocacy, leadership and self-esteem development, community organizing, and programs, Girls for Gender Equity keeps 600 NYC boys and girls ages 8-18 off the streets by offering them a safe place to achieve academic excellence, explore career education, and maintain healthy lifestyles. Contact people:
Office fax number: (718) 857-2239 Address:
Web Site: http://www.ggenyc.org Directions:
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