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Too many of us are not living our dreams
because we are living our fears. ~ Les Brown
About the Academy
The ShePOWER Leadership Academy (SPLA) is designed to expand the number of female civic and business leaders, redefining the vision of leadership. Leadership to include doing well at school, to do more good in the community and excel in her personal life while owning her personal power. The Academy enroll individuals who are ready to grow and engage in preparation for leadership.
By design, the Academy’s leadership and personal development based programs focus on rigorous reflection and thoughtful development around worth, civic leadership agility and business leadership interaction. It is rooted in working on the individual as a unique leader.
The Academy’s core program involves
(1) Leadership: exploring, discovering, and developing each participant’s distinctive style of leading
(2) Personal Development: identifying and developing the skills for negotiating culture in school, civic, professional and social settings
(3) Mentorship: develop a personal agenda for growth and development through access to mentors and strategic connections with community leaders who understand the importance of leadership, relationships and partnerships.
WHO ARE WE & WHAT WE DO
ShePower Leaders is a non-profit organization that establishes leadership, personal development and peer mentoring programs for girls, which are led and facilitated by women. ShePower’s programs are designed to help young girls build self-esteem, develop leadership skills, and recognize their value. ShePower provides lessons that include discussion points, information, activities and the POWER of ONE, a signature ShePower lesson.
SHEPOWER mentor girls to live, learn and lead. Relevant leadership, mentoring and personal development programs encourage her ambition, empower her confidence, and keep them on track by helping them set goals and work toward achieving those goals. ShePOWER platform is created to educate and train young women to become leaders in their community and leaders in business. Our focus, is on girls in under-served communities, education, engaging and assisting in building relationships local, national and global to improve the quality of her life and leadership.
ShePOWER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Promotes lifelong learning by encouraging girls to develop values and execute in excellence.
SHE LEARNS
The power of Respect: By having self-respect, I gain respect
The power of Making a Difference: By making a positive impact, I get a positive outcome
The power of Integrity: By fulfilling promises and expectation, I gain trust of others
The power of Excellence: By having the desire to operate in Excellence, I will win
The power of Service: By extending beyond my own self-interest, I impact lives
The power of No Fear: By being myself, I am comfortable living life being bold and different.
The power of Passion: By operating from a place of passion, I will live a balance fulfilled life
The power of Diversity: By accepting people from varied academic, social, emotional, and economic backgrounds, I accept myself.
Our ShePower Leaders complete our sessions with a clearer sense of the knowledge, skills and tools needed to achieve greater success, leadership, influence and to contribute to her community. She gains a confidence that she can move within her school and community as a thought-provoking leader and role model. This mind and skill set allows her to be a highly valued community contributor. She completes the Academy with an increased commitment to shaping her community as a future leader.
ShePower Leaders complete the program:
• more self-aware of her personal leadership style and strengths
• with an enhanced understanding of areas that are critical to her personal growth, community engagement, and leadership capabilities
• more able to identify her most and least effective attributes and skills
• with an understanding of the difference between – and the role of – support and leadership
• able to develop personal strategies for greater success in achieving academic, community and life goals
• with a sense of community and collaboration among peers, educators and community individuals.
THE DATA:
Key middle school statistics Approx. 7.8 million (10-13-year-old) middle school girls in America
9% pregnant
13% disabled
22% never make it through high school (drop out)
25% of girls with low self-esteem resort to self-injurious behavior
27% have been or will be suicidal
34% have eating disorders
55% experiment with alcohol, drugs or tobacco
75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in activities such as disordered eating, cutting, bullying, smoking or drinking - * Sources U.S. Census Bureau 2009 data
OUR DEMOGRAPHICS
Middle school girls Ages 10-14 - Grades 6-8
High school girls Ages 15-18 Grades 9-12
Other interested parties: Professional Adults
programs
ShePower Civic Leadership - Summer Intensive Program
An innovative and unique leadership program designed for highly motivated, intellectually curious girls who are interested in social issues and creating positive change as a future civic leader.
ShePower Business Leadership Summer Intensive Program
ShePower Business Leadership expose our girls to the business world through our experiential learning model, fostering the development of business literacy and leadership skills necessary to be more successful in school, in life and as a business owner.
Personal Development Program
It's not enough to celebrate “she power” without providing examples of ShePOWER. We can’t tell girls they can change the world without equipping them to take on the task. If we encourage young girls to dream big, we must provide direction and skills to help them develop that personal reality. If girls are going to succeed in their life and career goals, they must be provided with guidance, training and resources. Our personal development program is dedicated to preparing our girls for their own unique kind of success.
Mentor Program
ShePOWER is aware that a supportive adult invites the greatness out of a youth. When women donate their time or money to mentor and foster the potential of a motivated girl, we all feel good about her potential achievement. When one of the girls in ShePOWER ‘makes it,' it’s not just a success for her, it’s a success for all women.
Research shows that mentoring helps at-risk youth.
27% are less likely to begin using alcohol
37% are less likely to skip class
46% are less likely to begin using illegal drugs
52% are less likely to skip school
More confident in their school work performance
Get along better with their families - Source: Public/Private Ventures (P/PV)
Youth Partnership Program
ShePower Leadership Academy partners with Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Athletic Programs as well as most Youth-Serving organizations across the nation to provide school aged students (grades 6th-12th) a high-impact leadership, personal development and mentorship experience.
We believe that creating a positive school culture begins with teaching your students self-leadership and integrity, so that they can be a positive influence on their peers. The leadership and life skills our programs teach will impact your young lady now and into the future.
Partner with us today!