Spotlight on: Project Girl

I love to hear about organizations that empower teens and give them a voice, and that’s why I wanted to spotlight Project Girl. Project Girl is a girl-led arts-based program with a focus on media literacy. Their goal is to enable girls to be smart media consumers so they can be in control of the way they interpret the messages they receive from TV, movies, advertisements, and other media.

Through their workshops, Project Girl supports teen girls in creating visual art – everything from poetry to body tracings and masks – as a way to educate, inspire, reflect and encourage social change.

But even if you can’t attend a Project Girl workshop, you can still be a part of the change. Check out the Project Girl website for some cool interactive activities, videos, and bulletin board featuring offensive ads.

Also, congratulations to Project Girl for being picked as one of Best Buy’s @15 Change Exchange partners!