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Brettschneider travels to the girls' homes to discuss the opportunities the organization has to offer. GirlForward is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, while the second location opened in 2016 in Austin, Texas. [10] The organization serves about 200–300 girls a year and has nine people on their staff between the two locations.
The Barack Obama Foundation is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization founded in 2014. It oversees the creation of the Barack Obama Presidential Center, runs the My Brother's Keeper Alliance (a program Barack Obama began while he was president), and operates a scholarship program through the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy.
Former first lady Michelle Obama has launched the “Get Her There” campaign with two prominent stakeholders to empower and educate The post Michelle Obama launches female empowerment campaign ...
Mercy Home began accepting girls in 1987. Three years later, it was renamed Mercy Home for Boys and Girls. Mercy Home is composed of two separate campuses where abused and neglected children are cared for—the Boys' Campus, located in Chicago's West Loop area, and the Girls' Campus, located south, in Chicago's Morgan Park community.
According to Chicago mom and entrepreneur Gayle Keller, actress and activist Geena Davis said it best. ... Keller’s goal is to help women and girls pursue careers in the fields of S.T.E.A.M., or ...
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The organization's mission was to help young women who had migrated from rural communities in search of job opportunities, experiencing upheaval in the aftermath of the Civil War. [3] [4] In 1945, fourteen charter Girls Clubs joined together to form a national organization. [5] In 1990 the Girls Club of America changed their name to Girls ...
On November 30, 2017, Nova Maday, a transgender senior at Palatine High School, filed a state lawsuit against District 211 with the help of the ACLU and a Chicago law firm. She alleged that the district had discriminated against her by denying her full use of the girls' locker room.