The Leadership Institute
The Mission:
To provide mentorship and leadership development for MoCo EmpowHER’s most committed members; to build a strong community of middle and high school girls across the county; to form a safe space for the discussion of sexism, sexual assault, and other gender-based discrimination; to grow a sense of confidence among a close-knit community and provide young womxn with a varied set of knowledge and leadership skills.
What We Do:
Over the course of a three month program, participants attend bi-weekly Zoom workshops on strengthening leadership skills and understanding of womxn’s activism, including public speaking, intersectionality, implicit bias, and team dynamics. At the end of each session, participants are assigned a new group of girls to work on a project. Participants also have access to a Google Classroom with free career-readiness and women's empowerment resources.
We are NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for the Institute!
If you still want to be involved with MoCo EmpowHER, learn more by clicking below:
This is the page for the current session of Fall 2020 Fellows. If you would like to see the work of the previous session of Spring 2020 Fellows, click HERE.
MEET OUR FALL 2020 FELLOWS:
SPRING 2020 WORK:
Fall 2020 Session of The
Leadership Institute:
SESSION 1: Public Speaking Training
SESSION 2: Intersectionality in Womxn’s
Activism and Experiences
SESSION 3: Implicit Bias
SESSION 4: Sexism in the Media
SESSION 5: Activism and Political Organizing
SESSION 6: Team Dynamics and Being a Good Ally
SESSION 7: Reflection and Celebration!
Intersectionality Art Piece:
The fellows used what they learned about implicit bias and microaggressions in combination with their personal experience with intersectionality to develop an art piece. They expressed these, for some personal, issues they've experienced as womxn through paintings, poems, and more.
