Mission

MEDIAGIRLS (www.mediagirls.org) is a nonprofit that teaches middle-school girls & young women to discover their self-worth,and harness the power of media for positive change. We do this by recruiting and training female college students to share with girls in our after-school programming how to critically analyze and reject sexist media messaging, know their true self worth, and produce and publish empowering media content.

What We Do

Our approach:

MULTI-WEEK PROGRAM IN SCHOOL OR AFTERSCHOOL: We provide 8- or 16-week programming, taught by female college Mentors in Boston, who we recruit and train. In Part 1, participants learn to think critically about media's influence on girls, define their self-worth, and create empowering content using social media. In Part 2, participants create, launch and promote an eight-week campaign using Instagram and YouTube designed to empower girls.

PARENT WORKSHOPS: In our 90-min workshop, we help parents and educators understand the complicated world of girls and social media, and provide a concrete road map with strategies for making their favorite apps healthier and more positive for girls.

60-90 MINUTE WORKSHOP FOR GIRLS: Middle-school participants discuss in this workshop the pros and cons of social media, along with the repercussions of unspoken "girl rules." Together they create a new plan for making Instagram, Snapchat and other apps more inspiring and powerful for girls and young women.

FREE ONLINE RESOURCES: We provide free resources and activities and a blog to help parents and educators engage girls in discussions about how media shapes our attitudes, and how we can collectively change the culture of media for girls and women.