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 women 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 women’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.
Applications for Middle and High School Leadership Institutes are NOW OPEN!
Middle School DEADLINE: September 4th, 11:59 PM
High School Winter Session DEADLINE: November 24th, 11:59 PM
High School Spring Session DEADLINE: February 26th, 11:59 PM
This is the page for the most recent session Fall 2021 Fellows. To see the work of the previous sessions, click below:
MEET OUR SPRING 2021 FELLOWS:
SAMANVI
HARI
BABITHA
KARRE
SAHASRA
RAMREDDOLA
LULU
AUGUST
REBECCA
FUCHS
KEERTHNA RAWAT
DAIJA
MARTIN
ZARIA
NAQVI
NAHLA
HABONA
SOPHIE
BARRO
SOPHIA
TUASON
ELIANA
WANG
OORJA
MUNOT
NAVYA
K
SANIYA
MALHOTRA
MARIA TORRES BENITEZ
HANNAH THOMAS
MINGEN
LI
NOEMI
BOLANOS
YASMINE
JUHAR
Spring 2021 Session of The
Leadership Institute:
SESSION 1: Intersectionality and Implicit Bias
SESSION 2: Communications and Team Dynamics
SESSION 3: Sexism in Media
SESSION 4: Public Speaking I
SESSION 5: Public Speaking II
Implicit Bias/Intersectionality Project:
The Fellows made slideshows defining diversity and inclusion, and explaining how they are different using what they learned and practiced!
Sexism in Media Project:
The Fellows picked a fictional female character and made a one-pager explaining 2 ways the character positively influences their viewers and 2 ways the character negatively influences their viewers.
