Girls voices matter in Chicago and abroad

In a few short months, Global Girls will turn 20 years old. January 18, 2000 was the day we were granted organization status in the state of Illinois. We've accomplished quite a lot since then including taking girls to Ghana twice, traveling to Kenya four times, to India, London and Grenada once. In all, over 40 African American girls from the south side of Chicago have traveled abroad and worked with hundreds of girls in other countries thanks to Global Girls. Since 2000, we’ve engaged over 5,200 girls and a few boys in arts education programming. We are currently conducting a research project to reach all girls who have ever participated in our programs and determine our impact in a variety of areas so that we can our model and share it with others. 

So far, 2018 has been a banner year. Here is a snapshot:

• This summer, 63 girls ages 3 to 14 and eight boys, ages 5 to 8 participated in our Youth Performance Camp.
• This year marks our 13^th year partnering with After School Matters. 32 teen boys and girls took part in our summer program. Thanks to “A Marvelous Creation,” they had their own meeting/rehearsal space.
• We ran twelve school-based arts education programs during the 2018-19 school year and engaged 727 youth.
• We now have seven committed, hard-working board members.
• The Hamilton Chicago partnership with Global Girls continues.
• We have 10 on-going partnerships.
• If you know a former Global Girls participant, send us her info so we can include her in a long-term impact research project.

It's only August! We've got four months of programs and activities before our birthday. Lots more to come!

• gg_newsletter_Sept_2019_ok_2.pdf (PDF)