Thanks to the support of a group of community activists, Hardy Girls is helping to support an initiative to work with community stakeholders to enhance and expand girls' development programming in central and northern Maine.
Hardy Girls is facilitating community conversation about the needs of girls in the greater Bangor/Orono area, strengthening the network of educators and service providers working with youth in the area, and encouraging the enrichment and expansion of programming to support girls' healthy development.
back to topOn November 12, community members met in Bangor to participate in an area needs assessment, inventorying the programs that exist for girls and what gaps in services could possibly be filled by strength-based programs. Download the results of the assessment here.
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There are currently no meetings scheduled. The Bangor Advisory Committee is in the process of developing and conducting a survey of local girls to find out what they identify for programming and resource needs. Results from that survey in combination with the Needs Assessment will inform how the group moves forward.
back to topIf you are interested in learning more about the initiative in Bangor, contact Megan at megan@hghw.org or (207)861-8131.
Thanks to Hardy Girls...
“Our entire staff was able to better understand the societal pressures and stereotypes that our campers deal with…and how to counteract the impression they leave on our girls. Thank you for your wealth of knowledge." – Tracy St. Onge-May, Director, The Summer Camp
"Ugly Ducklings has provided us with a brilliant film and an information-rich, user-friendly action kit that we can employ with youth in very diverse settings – schools, youth groups, faith communities, shelters, and other residential programs. This documentary is right now the best film on the planet that confronts us with the painful intrapersonal and interpersonal effects on all young people of the pervasive sexual prejudice that we teach them, and the resultant harassment and bullying, and it does so with power and sensitivity." - Diane Elze, School of Social Work, University of Buffalo
Allies Flower created by a Girls’ Coalition Group
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