Girls Making Change Fellowship 2020
Encouraging and inspiring high school girls of color to pursue careers in civic engagement and public office.
Leader
Stephanie Marroki
Location
connor Detroit, MI 48215
About the project
Girls Making Change is a fellowship program serving high school girls of color in Senate District 1 over the course of a 16-week community and political leadership curriculum from June to October 2020. Through a series of leadership and skill building sessions, shadowing of women of color elected officials, and a community action project, the Change Fellows will develop a better understanding of community and justice issues, as well as ways to be civically engaging towards change. This program is sponsored by the Mary Turner Center for Advocacy.
The Steps
- Develop social justice leadership, confidence, and identity empowerment skills through weekly informational and interactive sessions
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Shadow women of color elected officials in Michigan during their Capital Day Visit in Lansing, Michigan
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Develop and work on a community action project that they facilitate to address a community issue that they choose to focus on
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Understand the legislative process and turn an idea into a bill to address a problem in the community
Why we‘re doing it
The long-term goal of the “Girls Making Change” Fellowship is for more representation of women of color in Detroit and Michigan in our government and in public policy.