Boys To Men

The Boys To Men is for young men, ages twelve to nineteen, who are working together to solve problems without resorting to violence.  The program also looks at the underlying messages our society gives adolescent males about what it means to be a man.

By addressing the roots of male violence, this effective curriculum helps young men break the cycle of violence passed from generation to generation.  Activities and materials help young men challenge the beliefs that lead to violent behaviors and teach them how to successfully resolve conflict.

A Girls Life

A Girls Life Program Meets National Academic, Health Education & Life Skills Standards

A Girls Life Building Self-Awareness for Life is a program for young women ages fourteen to nineteen.  It is designed to celebrate and enhance their strength, experience, creativity, and intelligence.

It is a group curriculum for young women working together to curtail destructive behaviors, to support one another's successes, and to connect to the ongoing struggles of women in this country for greater equality, opportunity, and social justice.  The curriculum is also designed to assist young women in reducing the negative impact of interpersonal and institutional violence. 

Working through the 60-90 minute sessions will help young women establish lives based on personal strength, self-confidence, connection to others, and involvement in community eforts to diminish violence against women.

Who benefits from A Girls Life?

Girls aged 14 – 19 years old from a variety of settings: local schools, recreation programs, treatment programs, and juvenile detention centers. They may be youth leaders, “problem” youth, athletes, mothers, survivors of incest, runaways, or part of a girl’s program.

Despite the diversity of their backgrounds, and whether they have been identified as “in trouble” or not, they all have one thing in common—they are young women trying to build their lives in a society that fails to provide adequately for their safety, healing, education, growth, and personal or emotional health.

Drawing on the strength, understanding, and experience of many young women, we believe this curriculum will help girls look at, heal from, and overcome the effects of the hurts, limitations, and abuse that most young women experience.