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The Connection
The e-newsletter of the Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania
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Girls Coalition Events and Announcements
Girls Coalition Quarterly Programming, Second in the Series The Intersection of Gender Equity in Education and Title IX:
Understanding Girls' Rights and Provider Responsibilities
Please
join us for a conversation and workshop with Sue Frietsche, Senior
Staff Attorney with the Women's Law Project, Sally Mole, Program Manager for the Alternative Education Department of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and Gail Br own, from the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) Education and Training Department. This
program will include a panel presentation and discussion about girls'
rights & equal access to athletic opportunities, the rights of
pregnant and parenting teens and responsibilities of educators in
addition to providing facts and resources pertaining to sexual
harassment in the schools. Date: Wednesday, September 2ndTime: 8:30am - 10:30amLocation: Calvary Church 315 Shady Avenue at Walnut Street Pittsburgh , PA 15222 Click here for directions. Ample free parking is available.Cost: $15.00
Registration: Reserve your place at this program today.
Click here to register online.
If you must pay for the event using a check or purchase order, please call 412.253.3263 to register.
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Member Events and Announcements
Learn the Ins & Outs of Campaign Management
Join the Coro  Center for Civic Leadership for the Fall program of RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
(RPO). RPO is designed to strengthen citizen participation in the
democratic process. Those interested in running for elected office,
serving as a campaign manager, or volunteers looking to learn more can visit http://pittsburgh.coro.org/rpo to apply. *Note the posted deadline is today, Aug. 17, Coro is still
accepting applications, and will note when space is no longer
available. Apply or nominate a candidate today!
16th Annual Golf Event to End Domestic Violence
Friday,
August 28th @ Youghiogheny Country Club
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Lunch
- 18 holes of golf on a beautiful private course
- Gourmet dinner
- Auction and games
- Chance to win $10,000!!!
Together
We Can End Domestic Violence!!!!
YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Seeks Nominations for the
2009 Racial Justice Awards
The YWCA  Greater
Pittsburgh is pleased to announce open nominations for the 2009 Racial Justice
Awards. This annual event recognizes
individuals, companies and organizations that have demonstrated a commitment
to eliminating racism. The YWCA seeks nominations in the
following categories: Community Engagement, Company/Business, Education,
Faith-Based, Government, Health Care, Legal, Public Safety and Youth
Achievement.
Forms
must be received by 5:00 p.m. on or before Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
If you would like
to recognize a leader in racial justice, please complete the nomination form. Nominations can be completed online at www.ywcapgh.org. Please direct questions to YWCA Office of Racial Diversity and Inclusion at rja@ywcapgh.org.
 North Hills Youth Ministry Counseling Center 18th Annual Golf Classic and
Silent Auction at Diamond Run Golf Club---
September 14, 2009
Please join us for a day of golf,
fun, food and fellowship as we work together to positively impact and heal
individuals and families and strengthen our community. This golf outing
is a major fundraiser for NHYMCC. Proceeds from the sales will directly
benefit children and families who come to us in need of low-cost or free
professional counseling and/or tutoring. Please help us continue the
healing!
Join us for this extra-special
event! Call to reserve a spot--spaces are limited! Individual
Golfer pays $240.
Diamond Run Golf Club.
132 Laurel Oak Dr.
Sewickley,
PA 15143
Phone: 412.741.2020 / Fax:
412.741.8133
Web Address: http://www.Diamond-Run.comSunflower POWER 
On Wednesday, September 16, join POWER at Perlora Leather
for Sunflower POWER as we celebrate the launch of the
latest design from RIVERSIDE DESIGNS + PLATES WITH PURPOSE™.
The event, chaired by Mary Prezioso, begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes light fare from Square Café, DJ
entertainment by Kelli Burns and a surprise raffle. POWER will
receive 65% of proceeds from the evening's plate sales. Perlora Leather will donate 10%
of sales from select items from the evening of the event through Sunday,
September 20. Please RSVP by Thursday, September 10 to Emily Stimmel at 412.243.7535, ext. 223. |
"Cool" Stuff and Opportunities for Girls
 Promoting Financial Empowerment
Check out www.learningtogive.org for
resources about teaching civic engagement, service learning and
volunteerism. There is also a great section aimed at teens on managing money.
Funding Opportunity for Girls:
Women and Girls Foundation Regional Change Agents
The Women and Girls Foundation's Regional Change
Agents program is offering a new grant opportunity for girls ages 13 to 18 to
make change in their communities. The
Regional Change Agents, a diverse group of 15 young women from Allegheny,
Fayette, Greene and Washington counties have been trusted with $20,000 in
funds to award to girls wishing to implement programs impacting the lives of
other girls in their own communities.
Grant applications must be received by September
20th. Additional information and grant applications are available at
www.girl2girlgrants.org or contact Tara Simmons at 412.434.4883 or info@wgfpa.org. |
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Profiles
Call for Amazing Girl Nominations
The Girls Coalition of Southwestern Pennsylvania is always accepting nominations for "Amazing Girls" to be featured in our newsletter. The purpose of this feature is to hear about
girls who may be "truly amazing" but have not yet been recognized. Please share your recommendations, and we can all see how she shines! Send us an email about an Amazing Girl you think we should profile.
Member Profile: Women's Law Project
Since our founding in 1974, our mission has been to end sex
discrimination and improve the lives of women and girls. One of our most
important cases was Planned Parenthood v.
Casey, a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court case challenging Pennsylvania's
restrictive abortion law, which is widely credited with saving the core of
abortion rights. Here in western
Pennsylvania, we are working on gender equity in schools. We currently represent female students at
Slippery Rock University in a Title IX class action that has won significant
improvements in the athletic program for women. Our advocacy led the Pittsburgh Public Schools to undertake a
comprehensive Title IX audit of its high school athletics programs to
determine whether girls are treated equally. We also have been instrumental in expanding civil rights protection
through enactment of a new Allegheny County ordinance that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender
expression. Our new manual, Are Schools
Giving Female Athletes a Sporting Chance?, is available through our
website, www.womenslawproject.org. Contact us at infopitt@womenslawproject.org.
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Organizational and Professional Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) RFP
The Women and Girls
Foundation (WGF) has released the 2009 Request for Proposals (RFP) with which
it seeks to support women and girl serving agencies and their efforts to
increase rights of women and girls through community organizing or policy
advocacy initiatives implemented in southwest Pennsylvania.
Deadline for submission is October 1, 2009. To learn more, please see here: http://www.wgfpa.org/section_grantmaking/index.htm.
If you have any questions, please contact WGF Program Officer, Adriana
Dobrzycka via email (adriana@wgfpa.org)
or phone
412.434.4883. Thank you!
Jewish Women's Foundation Call for Proposals 
The Jewish Women's Foundation of Greater Pittsburgh is pleased to
announce its 2009 grantmaking cycle. The JWF is interested in funding
innovative projects that address critical issues impacting adolescent
girls. Examples of the types of projects that have been funded by the
foundation include those that focus on education, gender equity,
leadership development, dating and intimate partner violence and girls'
health. Other areas of funding interest are projects focusing on
behavioral health including mental health and substance abuse.
Additional information about guidelines and the grant application process may be found on the JWF website, or call/email Judy Greenwald Cohen, Executive Director, at 412.727.1108 or jcohen@jwfpgh.org. Proposals are due on September 15, 2009.
Community Action Grants
Community Action grants provide funds to individuals, AAUW branches and
AAUW state organizations as well as local community-based nonprofit
organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects
that promote education and equity for women and girls. Special consideration is given to projects focused on K-12 and
community college girls' and women's achievements in science,
technology, engineering or math. Awards range from $5,000-$10,000. The application deadline is January 15, 2010. The application and more information are available here.
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Resources
"Written and researched by the Pennsylvania
Commission for Women, the 2009 Status of Pennsylvania
Women Report provides a non-partisan, in-depth look at what the women of this Commonwealth face, including all of the good news and all of the bad." Click here for the report.
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If you have any suggestions or comments about
the newsletter and how we can make it more readable and useful, please send them to info@girlscoalitionswpa.org. We would love to hear from you. Hope to see you on September 2nd!
Sincerely,
Girls Coalition Southwestern Pennsylvania
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