The Leadership Institute
The Mission:
To provide mentorship and leadership development for MoCo EmpowHER’s most committed members; to build a strong community of middle and high school girls across the county; to form a safe space for the discussion of sexism, sexual assault, and other gender-based discrimination; to grow a sense of confidence among a close-knit community and provide young women with a varied set of knowledge and leadership skills.
What We Do:
Over the course of a two month program, participants attend bi-weekly Zoom workshops on strengthening leadership skills and understanding of women’s activism, including public speaking, intersectionality, implicit bias, and team dynamics. At the end of each session, participants are assigned a new group of girls to work on a project. Participants also have access to a Google Classroom with free career-readiness and women's empowerment resources.
Middle School
Spring Leadership Institute
Calling all middle schoolers interested in understanding women’s activism and strengthening leadership skills! By joining the Spring Leadership Institute, you will form a strong community of middle school students across the county as you gain knowledge and develop leadership skills. Over the course of the two month program, participants will attend bi-weekly Zoom workshops covering a variety of current topics, including (but not limited to) public speaking, intersectionality, implicit bias, and team dynamics.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm on February 18th
Fall Program Dates: Bi-weekly Saturdays from 1-2:30pm: 2/24, 3/9, 3/23, 4/6, 4/20, 5/4
This is the page for the most recent session Fall 2021 Fellows. To see the work of the previous sessions, click below:​
MEET OUR SPRING 2021 FELLOWS:
SAMANVI
HARI
BABITHA
KARRE
SAHASRA
RAMREDDOLA
LULU
AUGUST
REBECCA
FUCHS
KEERTHNA RAWAT
DAIJA
MARTIN
ZARIA
NAQVI
NAHLA
HABONA
SOPHIE
BARRO
SOPHIA
TUASON
ELIANA
WANG
OORJA
MUNOT
NAVYA
K
SANIYA
MALHOTRA
MARIA TORRES BENITEZ
HANNAH THOMAS
MINGEN
LI
NOEMI
BOLANOS
YASMINE
JUHAR
Spring 2021 Session of The
Leadership Institute:
SESSION 1: Intersectionality and Implicit Bias
SESSION 2: Communications and Team Dynamics
SESSION 3: Sexism in Media
SESSION 4: Public Speaking I
SESSION 5: Public Speaking II
Implicit Bias/Intersectionality Project:
The Fellows made slideshows defining diversity and inclusion, and explaining how they are different using what they learned and practiced!
Sexism in Media Project:
The Fellows picked a fictional female character and made a one-pager explaining 2 ways the character positively influences their viewers and 2 ways the character negatively influences their viewers.
