Facilitated Trainings for Girl Led Workshops

Who: Project Girl co-creators Kelly Parks Snider and Jane Bartell facilitate half and full day art-based workshop sessions for high school girls interested in assisting girl group leaders, educators, and girl allies in conducting Project Girl arts-based media literacy workshops for younger girls.

Why: Because it's essential that girls everywhere become educated, supported, equipped and inspired to be critical consumers of media. Project Girl’s proven arts-based approach gets girls asking questions they’ve never heard asked before and gives them critical tools to look at their contemporary media based culture with smarter, more resistant eyes. Project Girl offers peer-to-peer leadership training for high school girls because we know younger girls particularly respect the opinions and beliefs of girls who are slightly older. Information that is conveyed by older girls to younger girls commonly is paid particular attention to and deemed as credible. Learning to help facilitate Project Girl workshops is a unique and enriching opportunity for high school girls to get active and become the change they want to see in the world. Project Girl peer to peer trainers are an important part of the solution to the harmful effects of media messages on the lives of girls everywhere.

What: These half day or full day training workshops are designed to equip High School girls with the necessary tools to successfully assist in conducting independent Project Girl workshops using Project Girl's unique arts-based media literacy curriculum. Workshops guide future peer to peer trainers through the process of exploring the following topics with adolescent girls: 1) basic media literacy concepts; 2) stereotypes and labeling; 3) body image and the beauty myth; 4) consumerism; 5) real girl power. Participants take part in a unique reflective and expressive art experience, equipping them to replicate this essential component of Project Girl’s arts-based curriculum.

Cost: Quoted based upon specific time requirements. Please contact us at 608-576-2847 or Jane Bartell, jabartell@tds.net.