Participants in Young Women Choosing Action will learn and practice real-world leadership skills by working together to identify and address an authentic community need. Mindfulness-based somatic exercises, such as yoga and breathing activities, will support their leadership efforts and personal empowerment. Ultimately, young women who complete the program will be empowered to effectively employ choice, mindfulness, and leadership strategies in a wide variety of life situations.
This program has previously hosted been hosted at First Ward Community Center and the Boys and Girls Club Saginaw Teen Center in Saginaw.
Previous Social Justice Action Projects:
Young Women Choosing Action Social Justice Action Project - February 2023: Sexism Video Report (First Ward Community Center Program)
Young Women Choosing Action Social Justice Project - December 2023: Gender Inequality Video Report (Boys & Girls Club Program)
Next Session:
Young Women Choosing Action Summer Camp 2024
Great Lakes Dream Center 700 Lafayette Ave, Bay City
Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
June 17 - 27, 2024
Cost: $45 per camper
Young Women Choosing Action
Young Women Choosing Action is an intersectional, culturally responsive, leadership program designed with the unique challenges and opportunities of low-income young women and young women of color, ages 13–19, in mind. This is a fun and active program that includes mindfulness exercises, arts and crafts, jewelry making, games, leadership activities, goal-setting, door prizes daily, and nutritious snacks.
Young Women Choosing Action will enable young women to practice skills and dispositions, which can lead to new habits of decision making rooted in an active choice rather than a reactive behavior. Through participation in this program, young women who have had varying experiences with trauma, stress, and structural oppressions will develop leadership skills, expand their understanding of their physical and emotional responses, cultivate a practice of personal well-being, and build their capacity as leaders. Young women will learn how healthy decision-making, self-advocacy, and self-regulation support effective leadership.
Next Session: Young Women Choosing Action Summer Camp 2024
Location: Great Lakes Dream Center 700 Lafayette Ave, Bay City
Dates & Times: Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM June 17 - 27
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 31, 2024
Cost: $45 per camper
