Agency Details:

Girls For A Change (GFC) empowers girls and women to be social change agents, leaders, and innovators. GFC empowers girls to design, lead, fund, and implement social change projects that tackle problems they face in their own neighborhoods.

Description:
Girls For a Change kicks off each fall with a Girl Summit attended by more than 1,000 girls and 300 women. Following the Girl Summit, groups of 10 girls and two women form Girl Action Teams to identify a problem in their community and implement a solution over the course of a year.

GFC provides the tools, resources, partnerships, and support girls need to move from feeling like spectators to being leaders. Each year 1,000 teenage girls learn how to identify an issue in their community and pull together the resources needed to create change.

History:
GFC was founded in San Jose, California in 2002 and has since doubled the number of girls served. We expanded to the Phoenix Metro Area in 2005 (see Communities). In 2008, GFC took its annual Girl Summit on the road for our National Tour. The tour included teaching more than 2,500 girls about social change and giving them the tools to create change through our Change Your World Trainings. Girls For A Change began empowering girls in 2000.

Contact person: Ashley Smith, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

PO Box 1436 San Jose, CA 95109

Web Site: http://www.girlsforachange.org

Miscellaneous Information

Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency?
	Spanish
What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency?
	18
Is your agency wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10?
	Yes
Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20?
	Yes

Last updated on July 13, 2010