This locally-developed program is a multi-workshop series designed for girls ages 6-18 that teaches participants a variety of life skills they then use while presenting awards to women at Girls Incorporated of the Island City’s Women Who Dare benefit. Through role-playing, practice, and participation in public events, girls build skills in:

• Researching information on the Internet
• Conducting interviews and being interviewed
• Writing scripts
• Making presentations and public introductions
• Building Consensus
• Conversing with both peers and adults

In 2002, Girls Inc. of the Island City won an award for Best Foot Forward in the “Outstanding Program in Self-Reliance and Life Skills” category at the Girls Inc. National Conference in Washington D.C.

Since it’s inception in 2000, girls in this program have met, interviewed, and introduced women such as: broadcast journalist Dana King, Co-Anchor for CBS Channel 5 News; Tara Van Derveer, basketball coach for the Stanford Women’s Basketball Team and the U.S. Women’s 1996 Olympic Gold Winning Basketball Team; broadcast journalist Belva Davis; radio personality Renel Brooks-Moon; and Captain Dawn Riley, the first women in the world to lead an America’s Cup challenge.