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GUIDANCE AFFIRMATION EMPOWERMENT

Afterschool • Weekends • Camps
for pre-teens & teens

Structured groups designed to: Help girls build and maintain authentic connections with themselves, peers and adult women in their community; To teach and model awareness of feelings and needs; To counter trends toward self-doubt; And to allow for genuine expression through verbal sharing and creative activity. more


Coming of Age Passage Programs

As early as ages 11 - 13, girls' bodies are changing and they begin to explore who they are as emerging young women. Girls have more independence and begin to make important decisions. Their peer relationships and new love interests have more power in their lives.
They have questions. These coming of age girls want to mark this change and explore personal identity and future goals. It is a natural stage throughout all cultures.
Coming of age mentorship programs are being recognized as potent and meaningful foundations to create more stable, conscious and responsible young adults who are then more prepared and skilled at navigating choices about education, career, marriage and family. Adolescence happens and youth need to individuate and find their identity independent of their parents. They will choose their own “role-models” from among their peers, public personalities, mentors and other adults in their lives. Girls Initiate provides a venue where adolescent girls can focus on their journey into young womanhood... where we support them in empowered and life-affirming choices.

To begin this process, a girl needs to initiate her
Passage-Circle in 4 steps:

Step 1 Collective Conversation

Step 2 Girls Initiate

Step 3 Girls Invite

Step 4 Girls Create a Passage-Circle

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