
American Apparel is selling girls' seats as pieces of meat (and we're not buying)!
Learn about our new petition to get American Apparel's ad campaign "Best Bottom Contest" pulled.
Bangor Adventure Girls
We are pleased to announce that a beloved Hardy Girls program, Adventure Girls, is taking root in Bangor this Spring. Download the brochure to learn more!
Where the Real Girls Are
Nancy Gilbert Brenner, who serves on the HGHW Board of Directors, will be delivering a workshop at the 2010 Tri-State Camp Conference on March 18th.
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10 Wishes for a Better World
Check out our 10 wishes for a better world for girls in 2010 on our blog. Then, add your own!
Check out Lyn Mikel Brown's piece featured in the PTA online magazine!
Know a Girl Who Rocks?
As a part of Hardy Girls' 3rd annual Girls Rock! Weekend, we will be giving out the second Girls Rock! Awards to 5 girls ages 12-19 who are making a difference.
PORTLAND: Cultivating Hardiness Zones: A Strength-Based Approach to Working with Girls
Date: March 15th and 16th, 2010
Location: University of New England (UNE), Portland, ME
Spend two days learning an effective strength-based approach to working with girls and how to incorporate techniques informed by the latest research on girls' health and development into the work you're already doing. Learn more.
Give the Gift of Media Literacy!
Lyn Mikel Brown, co-founder of HGHW, and fellow colleagues Sharon Lamb and Mark Tappan outline four ways to provide your child with "a critical eye along with a warm heart" in the 2009 edition of CFCC Guide to Commercial-Free Holidays. Best of all, the online download is free! Learn more.
Support New Moon Girl Media!
Hardy Girls asks for your help in sustaining New Moon and its positive impact on girls. Our recent affiliation enables friends of Hardy Girls to support New Moon while simultaneously assisting HGHW programming! Learn more
Hardy Girls Healthy Women respond to the Maine election and its impact on youth.
Hardy Girls' Exec makes Mainebiz Top Ten List
We couldn't be more proud of Hardy Girls' executive director Megan Williams who was named by Mainebiz this year as one of 10 Mainers driving the future of Maine's economy! Read more
BOSTON: Cultivating Hardiness Zones: A Strength-Based Approach to Working with Girls
Date: April 27th and 28th, 2010
Location: Simmons College, Boston, MA
Spend two days learning an effective strength-based approach to working with girls and how to incorporate techniques informed by the latest research on girls' health and development into the work you're already doing. Learn more
New Resources to Support Your Work with Girls
The third edition of the widely-acclaimed From Adversaries to Allies curriculum is here, and includes a new unit on family issues. We've also released a resource for facilitating girls groups called A Facilitator's Guide to Becoming a Muse.
Become a Muse for Girls
We are looking for female students interested in working with girls to help them develop media literacy skills, practice social action and develop a sense of empowerment through connection with other girls. Click here for details.
Sign Up for the '09-'10 Adventure Girls Season
The new season starts in September and is full of new adventures with daring women. Sign up now to meet these 12 amazing women!
Join a Hardy Girls Coalition Near You
Wish Hardy Girls programs were in your area? Coalitions in Washington, Piscataquis, Aroostook, and Somerset Counties are working to bring Hardy Girls programs to their communities.
Volunteer for Hardy Girls Healthy Women!
We are pleased to announce the launching of our volunteer program, which includes both short-term and long-term opportunities. To learn more or to fill out an application, please follow this link.
Hardy Girls Healthy Women can help communities create hardiness zones for girls and women.
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10 Ways to Move Beyond Bully-Prevention (And Why We Should)
Read these tips by Lyn Mikel Brown, originally published in Education Week.
Read and respond to the latest rants, reviews and research on the Hardy Girls Blog or the Ugly Ducklings Blog or the blog written by girls for girls from our Girls Advisory Board G-WAVE
New Season of Adventures Check out the new season of Adventure Girls! Exciting events this season include igloo building, meeting a female pilot and much much more. For all girls in 2nd-6th grade.
Buy Your Copy of Get Out of My Grill
Get Out of My Grill: Skewering Stereotypes - Hardy Girl Style is not your typical cookbook. Interspersed with 35 tasty recipes and stories collected from the important women in our lives you'll also find recipes for life. Preview part of the book right here!
Free Ugly Ducklings Community Action Kit
Hardy Girls is giving away the Ugly Ducklings Community Action Kit to every school district in Maine. Find out how your school can get one!
Body Image and the Media
Use this activity to begin a discussion with your daughter or any girl in your life about the media and its effects on girls.
Become a Hardy Girls Member
Every girl everywhere can now join the Hardy Girls community with our new girls membership program. Join now and receive 40% off your purchase of Get Out of My Grill:Skewering Stereotypes - Hardy Girl Style
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