Project Girl; March 1 – 31

Project Girl is our nation’s first youth-led media literacy arts and awareness project. It was created to empower girls to take action toward becoming more critical consumers of mass media advertising and entertainment. Through Project Girl, girls learn to support each other, to widen their definition of who they are and what they really care about, and to become leaders in media reform. 
 
The centerpiece of the project is its multi-medium art exhibition, “Commercial Land,” which has been touring nationally for the past three years. Themes explored in the exhibition include brand brainwashing, labeling, body image, media and culture, consumerism, body objectification, the beauty myth, respect, and activism. This exhibition will be available for viewing on campus March 1 – 31 in Komatke A, B and C buildings, as well as Estrella Hall. 
 
Also part of Project Girl, the college will be hosting a community workshop on Saturday, March 6, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. in the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Project Girl facilitators, Kelly Parks Snider and Jane Bartell, will facilitate this half-day arts-based workshop session for girl group leaders, educators, girl allies, concerned parents, high school girls, students, and community members who are interested in assisting in conducting Project Girl arts-based media literacy workshops for adolescent girls. This training workshop is designed to equip group facilitators and high school peer-to-peer trainers with the necessary tools to successfully assist in conducting independent Project Girl workshops using Project Girl’s unique arts-based media literacy curriculum. Learning to facilitate Project Girl workshops offers a unique and enriching opportunity for adults and young women to get active and become the change they want to see in the world. RSVP is required due to space limitations. Please email Dr. Olga Tsoudis at [email protected], or Jennifer Means at [email protected] to RSVP.
 
Project Girl events are sponsored by the Divisions of Behavioral Sciences and Cultural Studies, Arts Composition and Languages, Fine Arts, and International and Intercultural Education.
 
For additional information about Project Girl, visit www.projectgirl.org.