Mission Statement

Our mission is to give teenage girls an opportunity to get informed about issues, gain confidence, and identify community resources in a safe, supportive, informal, fun atmosphere with a discussion format.

Values

Here is a list of the...
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Mission Statement

Our mission is to give teenage girls an opportunity to get informed about issues, gain confidence, and identify community resources in a safe, supportive, informal, fun atmosphere with a discussion format.

Values

Here is a list of the values of Ophelia’s Voice:

We value a safe, informal, positive, fun, supportive environment for the participants of the Ophelia’s Voice program.

We value a non-hierarchy and having the program facilitated, organized, and instructed by other youth to rid of a “classroom-type” setting.

We value having a close, personal relationship with each of the participants in the program, by means of frequent communication and activities.

We value having supportive, experienced mentors, either high school or college-aged, to offer input, support, experience, and ideas to our sessions.

We value maintaining a strong bond with the community, through advocacy, activities, partnerships, and the sharing of resources.

We value having participants offer feedback on Ophelia’s Voice, its development and activities. We try to instill an active evaluation program, giving participants an opportunity to share their suggestions, concerns, and ideas to benefit Ophelia’s Voice.

Objectives

1) To empower girls to have the self-confidence to make their own decisions, voice their opinion, and have the opportunity to make positive choices for the future.

2) To inform girls of important issues and give them strategies, resources, and support when facing these issues in their daily lives.

3) To give girls an opportunity to connect with the community, identify resources, and advocate the issues to other youth through monthly action projects.




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Empowerment

Our first component is empowerment. We strive to empower girls to make positive choices and gain the self-confidence and awareness to contribute to society. We will achieve this through supportive, non-discriminatory discussions, role-playing activities, and the...
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Empowerment

Our first component is empowerment. We strive to empower girls to make positive choices and gain the self-confidence and awareness to contribute to society. We will achieve this through supportive, non-discriminatory discussions, role-playing activities, and the encouragement of women mentors and guest speakers. We will also encourage this by having an initial goal-setting activity, and time for reflective journaling and discussion throughout the program.

Education

Our second component is education. We strive to educate teenage girls in an informal, youth-instructed environment. Each month we will have “monthly themes” that center around an important, relevant issue. We will educate using discussions, handouts, community organizations presentations and guest speakers, PowerPoint presentations, art activities, and more. We think it is important to educate girls without the “classroom” atmosphere, and offering a safe, supportive environment for all girls to share their opinion, be heard, and contribute.

Advocacy

Our third component is advocacy. We would encourage girls to be more aware of other community resources and organizations, and also increase advocacy to other adolescents of the issues we have been discussing. We will do this by identifying community resources, encouraging partnerships with other organizations, having presentations from other community groups, and planning our monthly action project. This action project could take the form of a presentation, dramatic performance, information session/workshop, or even a poster to distribute to other community locations.
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nterested in getting involved in Ophelia's Voice? Here are the ways you can get involved with this program:

Want to set up your own chapter of Ophelia's Voice?

That's great! See the section, Publications, for a 250-page Ophelia's Voice Resource and Programming Guide...
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nterested in getting involved in Ophelia's Voice? Here are the ways you can get involved with this program:

Want to set up your own chapter of Ophelia's Voice?

That's great! See the section, Publications, for a 250-page Ophelia's Voice Resource and Programming Guide that will give you all of the tools, resources, and information you will need. We want to strongly emphasize that Ophelia's Voice is a program led by teenage girls, for teenage girls. If you are an adult who still would like to set up a chapter, that's not a problem. Talk to local Youth Councils, youth groups, schools, or community organizations that work with youth if you can get interested teenage girls involved in the planning process. Also, contact me at let me know what you are doing! See my contact information in the Contact Information section. Don't hesitate to e-mail me and ask questions or offer suggestions.

Want more information on Ophelia's Voice?

Thanks for your interest! See our section, Publications, to download some documents on Ophelia's Voice. We have lots of information sheets, resources, and tools that would be of interest to parents, educators, program directors, and even teenage girls themselves. Also, feel free to contact me you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns. I would love to hear from you!

Want to make a donation to Ophelia's Voice?

Please accept our heartfelt thanks in advance. Please contact me at the e-mail address in the Contact Information section and I can give you my mailing address and any more additional information you will need. Your donation to contribute to programming that will help adolescent girls gain confidence, self-esteem, and become empowered to be tomorrow's leaders is greatly appreciated.

Want to participate in Ophelia's Voice/have a daughter you would like have participate?

As our organization is only getting off the ground, we do not expect to have programming started until September 2006. Contact me for information of programs in your area. If there is not a chapter of Ophelia's Voice in your area, I can refer you to other similar programs that work with teenage girls that are in your area.

Want to volunteer for Ophelia's Voice?

Contact me and we can certainly make arrangements for you to volunteer for Ophelia's Voice. We would love to have you work with us!

Want to partner with Ophelia's Voice, as a similar organization that works with girls?

We are always seeking organizations that work with teenage girls to partner with to exchange resources with. Contact me and I can send you an Information Package about Ophelia's Voice, and we can discuss the opportunities available.



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