2008 Girl Leadership Institutes

GSUSA is pleased to offer four Girl Leadership Institutes for 2008 that include Challenge and Change, College Bound, Get Down to Business and Global Climate Change. These Leadership Institutes offer girls rich leadership learning opportunities. The institutes will take place at the Edith Macy Conference Center in New York. All travel and board expenses are paid by GSUSA. If accepted into the program, girl’s participation fee is $100.

 

 

Challenge and Change Leadership Institute

June 26, 2008 until July 1, 2008

30 girls

 

Through the Challenge and Change Leadership Institute girls learn an innovative approach to leadership.  Through this week-long event, girls absorb valuable lessons about social entrepreneurship and their own role in community action.  Challenge and Change has demonstrated itself as an effective and easy way for girls to become leaders in their communities, schools, and the world.  

http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/event_details.asp?eventid=437

 

 

College Bound Leadership Institute

July 24, 2008 until July 29, 2008

40 girls

 

Discover what it takes to be college bound, the stress-free way!  What college is right for you and what entices college recruiters? Find out what college life is really like!  Prepare to find a college that’s right for you and de-mystify the financial aid process.  Connect with college students and find out what college life is really like! 

http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/event_details.asp?eventid=435

 

 

Get Down to Business Leadership Institute

July 31, 2008 until August 5, 2008

40 girls

 

Learn how to start your own business and be successful at it!

Girls will participate in various learning sessions on entrepreneurship and develop their own business plan.  You will explore the world of business, network with professional women entrepreneurs and visit the financial district of Wall Street.

http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/event_details.asp?eventid=438

 

 

Global Climate Change Leadership Institute

August 9, 2008 until August 14, 2008

40 girls

 

Come together with experts and 40 other curious girls from around the country to explore the issue of global climate change.  Understand the evidence and form your own opinions on whether current solutions to the problem are working.  Work together with fellow participants to come up with action plans to return home and make a difference in your own community.

http://www.studio2b.org/escape/destinations/event_details.asp?eventid=436