WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GIRL EFFECT?

The Girl Effect club at AHS has joined the global network focusing on fundraising for this educational movement. “The girl effect is a movement about leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves, their families, their communities, their countries and the world. It's about making girls visible and changing their social and economic dynamics by providing them with specific, powerful and relevant resources. Created by the Nike Foundation in collaboration with the NoVo Foundation, United Nations Foundation and Coalition for Adolescent Girls, the girl effect is fuelled by hundreds of thousands of girl champions who recognize the untapped potential of adolescent girls living in poverty. When we include girls in education, health and economic investment we have a better chance of preventing issues such as child marriage, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty. But girls can't do it alone; they need the world to listen to them and invest in their potential” (www.girleffect.org).

The Girl Effect Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction:

When: April 27th at 5PM

Where: Samoa Women’s Club

Cost: adults $10/children under 13 $5

Check out this article in the NY times about AHS Graduate Adam Parker Smith.

One of our favorite Art Dept. graduates, from Arcata High School, Adam Parker Smith, has been a persistent and prolific artist in Brooklyn for awhile now.  Check out the New York Times article on him published today, March 29.

http://tinyurl.com/bphjax5

Photo Credit: Benjamin Lowry for the New York Times