She is Me Presents: Careers in Media and Journalism Washington D.C.

The She is Me Program™ Presents: Careers in Media and Journalism

An education workshop for high school girls interested in careers in the field of Media and Journalism designed to teach goal setting, boost self esteem, and exposes young women to various career paths and positive role models

What: The She is Me Program™: Media and Journalism Seminar that will features guest speakers who are women and “experts “in their respective fields and careers. Each workshop participant and speaker leaves knowing that “She is Me” and we are all responsible for the success of others.

When: Saturday April 24, 2010; 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where: The George Washington University

Academic Center Building

Suite 736

Washington, DC 20052

Click Here to Register

College Readiness Tip of the Week: Study

A really good tip that I received from one of my professors when I was in College was to not only read the material before class, but to read the material again after class the same day. I know, I know this sound very time consuming, but honestly this is one of the best ways to study, and this is the reason why you are in college in the first place. One way that you can prepare for the next class is with questions for the instructor that you’ve come up with during class and while you are studying. That way your professor sees that you are involved and you care about learning. You never know when you eagerness is going to come in handy, especially when you need that extra point to make it to the next letter grade.

College Readiness Tip of the Week: Scholarships

Apply for as many scholarships as possible. Many people think that once you have applied for or received one scholarship, you are done with the scholarship search, but that's not the case. Apply for as many scholarships that you can. This takes the burden off of you and your parents. It takes the burden off of your parents because the cost of your college education is taken care of, and it takes the burden off of you because you will not have to be worried about your classes being canceled for nonpayment. And it will also keep you from not being able to focus on your studies because the whole time you are think about not having money.

Congratulations to Miss America 2010!

Congratulations to Caressa Cameron Miss Virginia 2010, she was crowned Miss America 2010 last night!

Her platform is Real Talk: Aids in America.

America's Next Top Role Model

Teen Domestic Violence To be Taught in Schools

My organization, The She is Me Program Inc. , does Teen Dating Violence workshops annually during October which is Domestic Violence awareness month. When we first began to talk about Teen Dating Violence many people were not receptive towards the idea. So I never thought that I would ever see the day when schools would be open to the idea of including Teen Dating Violence into the regular curriculum. I was surprised to see this article on the BBC News website that talks about a new thing that some schools in England will be doing in 2011. According to the article, more than £13m is being provided to help support male and female victims of sexual and domestic violence in a range of actions by the police, local authorities, NHS and government.

"From 2011, lessons in gender equality and preventing violence in relationships will be compulsory in the personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education curriculum.Before qualifying, trainee teachers will have to learn about teaching gender awareness and domestic violence. Schools minister Vernon Coaker said lessons would be age appropriate."

To read more about this click here

Still No Hope for Images in the Media..

Sometimes it seems as though the more "noise" we make regarding the images of women, the worse the images become. Granted, women and teen girls may not be the target audience for this new Burger King commercial in the UK, its still sends out the wrong image.

Click Here for the article from Jezebel.com