Girl 2 Girl Program 4 At-Risk Middle School Girls

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Summary

Girl 2 Girl builds leadership skills for at-risk middle-school girls. It offers structured workshops that challenge girls to think about themselves, their community, economic equity, and identity. progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Oasis activities and mentoring opportunities help girls face their many struggles, including: • Constant sexual harassment in the community; • Many immigrant families do not allow their daughters to attend coeducational programs. Because Oasis is a girls-only program, it offers a unique resource; • As a “gang-neutral” site, Oasis represents an important alternative to gang life, building girls' cross-ethnic alliances and appreciation.

Activities

1) We use arts activities to channel girls' positive and negative energies. 2) We conduct icebreakers and team-building exercises, resulting in improved interpersonal skills and communication. 3) Our workshops help girls develop positive self-image

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $630
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $34,370
Total Funding Goal: $35,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Girl 2 Girl will touch the lives of 60 middle school girls. The overall goal is to ensure girls ages are healthy, well educated, and well prepared for the transition from middle to high school

Project Message

I love Oasis because we talk about our problems [and] staff help me when I have trouble. It helps to feel safe in the group. During the summer, I go to Oasis and do fun things like art and baking.
- Natasha Ann Hovan, in grade 7, has been at Oasis for 3 years

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Rachel Paras,
Executive Director
1129 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
4157017991
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Project Sponsor

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Organization

Oasis For Girls, a Project of the Tides Center
1129 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
United States
415.701.7991
http://www.sfoasis.org

Learn more about Oasis For Girls, a Project of the Tides Center and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Women and Girls.

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When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 28, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 14, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Girl 2 Girl at New School in San Francisco with New Staff

By Rachel Paras - Executive Director, July 28, 2008 06:46 PM

We are excited to bring Julia Ris on the staff to Oasis for Girls. Julia is an artist who has a background in community organizing around racial justice and LBGT issues, political education and youth development. She believes in the brilliance and creativity of all youth!

She will be joining a new group of girls in a multi-genre arts based, life skills program at Francisco Middle School in San Francisco. Oasis will also be at a 2nd middle school in the Spring semester. We are glad to expand the program to two school sites to serve more girls in the arts and life skills! Girl 2 Girl participants also come on site to our center for a Spring Break Week of Arts.

A group of Girl 2 Girl participants also had their artworks published in "Utopia/Eutopia" published by the Center for Creative Pedagogy in collaboration with Oasis. This was a special project in coordination with Anna novakov, Ph.D. and students from St. Mary's College of California.

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