​GIGO Training & Licensing: Two-day training conference for adult leaders to enhance their skills and effectiveness working with girls of color.  The customized GIGO-II Facilitator's Guide and handbooks, are tools to strengthen youth serving programs.  The empowerment model offers concrete tools for helping girls of color reach their full potential.  As a result of this training, participants will:

 

• Become familiar with the GIGO social-emotional development model

• Enhance skills around working with adolescent girls of color

• Learn to assess how their feelings about girls of color determine the effectiveness of their program  

• Identify key components of a culturally relevant and creative program for girls of color

• Strengthen network of like-minded youth professionals who care for and about girls of color

 

Who Should Attend:  Educators, youth service providers, community and faith-based organizations, juvenile justice professionals & individuals

 

Length:  12 - 15 hours (One and one-half days)

 

Group Size:  Maximum 30 participants

 

CEU Credits:  TBD